Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Jesus is our friend, praise God! The stupid Galatians, as St. Paul says have forgotten that this—they are too wrapped up in worldly desires. Jesus says in the gospel today, “‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived at my house from a journey and I have nothing to offer him,’ and he says in reply from within, ‘Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’ I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.’” But then he goes on to say “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
If everything is done in according to God’s will and not of the flesh, then he will grant our request because, as Jesus says in the gospel of John, “I no longer call you slaves, because a slave does not know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.” But everything that we ask must be done according to His will. Remember to always follow God’s Will. Though it might be tough sometimes, we get our strength from him because his yoke is easy, and his burden is light!
Reflection by Br. Maximilian Burkhart, OSB
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