October 10, 2019 Thursday of the 27th Week in Ordinary Time-C

Malachi 3:13-20

Psalm 1

Luke 11:5-13

The Lord watches over the way of the just… Ps. 1:6

“Ask and you will receive… Lk. 11:9

Lord, prayer is a mystical encounter with you.  I hear your promise of watching over all my ways.  I believe in your love for me for I see the image of it in the crucifix.   And I trust you hear all my prayers: the formal and informal.  Today you urge me to persevere in seeking a response from you.   You want me to ask, seek and knock continually in prayer.  I know I can sometimes ask for what is not good for me; seek what I’m not ready for; or to knock on the wrong doors.   There are times I can grow weary of not seeing the answer I’m looking for.  Lord, I want to trust in you and your goodness.  You see into the depths of my heart and out of love will provide what is best for me.  I may miss your response because I am looking for something different.  I may not be ready for what it is you wish to give me.  You may wait until I’ve grown enough in faith to handle the answer.  Lord, I need your grace to hang in there and wait on you.   My prayer: “Thy will be done.”  Amen.