Today, the Lord uses three verbs to point out the actions that we should take whenever we want to present a petition. He says: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you (Mt 7:7). Jesus is inviting us to present our needs to the Lord, and to be persistent in doing so, like a trusting child might present a petition to a loving parent.
There is great trust in these words. The openness and willingness that Jesus displays by inviting us into such a relationship with God is already a sign of the openness and the trust that he himself was enjoying in his own frequent encounters in prayer.
If during this Lenten journey, our hearts have been opened in a new way, and we have been filled with a desire to come to the Lord, these words of Jesus should encourage us on our journey, and if there are others who need us in turn to encourage them to come to the Lord, perhaps these words can help us to speak to hearts that yet do not know how to draw close to Him.
Have a great day.
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