ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE

PRAYER PAUSE

Saturday 12 May 2018

ASK AND YOU WILL RECEIVE

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading:  “Ask and you will receive, and so your joy will be complete.” (John 16:23-28)

Reflection. As a mother looks for a response in her new born child God looks for a response from us, whom he has made in his own image. Let us not “tame” this invitation – “ask and you will receive”.  It is a serious one. People often want to solve their difficulties, in a marriage relationship, for example.   But they pray asking that the solution will be the one they want!  They find it hard to be open to ”the solution” which may be quite different from what they want.  We do not ask unconditionally and we do not ask persistenly and with all our being.  And we end by saying, ‘God does not answer.’ He does not answer on our conditions.  There is much to  purify when we say “Ask and you will receive.”

Prayer. Lord, help us to desire with purity of heart..  Amen