Ask and you will receive!

Evangelist St. Luke recorded the words of Jesus for us: “Ask, and you will receive! Search, and you will find! Knock and open for you! For everyone that asked received, and he that seekers’ finder, and he that knocked it open unto him” (Luke 11: 9-10). Of his disciples: “Lord, teach us to pray” (Luke 11: 1). Thanks to this unknown disciple, the world receives instructions for the most beautiful prayer of the Father, a conversation with God. The words of St. James the Apostle: “You have nothing, for you, do not ask. You ask, and you do not receive because you ask badly, you want to use it for your zeal “(James 4: 3-4).
The prayer must be true. It is to be penetrated by hope because we turn to God. God is not traded in worship. God is not a slot machine that puts what we want on a fair coin. Prayer is not a cross on his neck or a medallion in a pocket, which we would understand is enough as a ticket to heaven. True prayer is not calculating prayer. God is memorable. God is raising us. We can quickly forget about the commitments from the sacrament of reconciliation, pilgrimage, ceremonial events. God cannot be deceived. God cannot be imagined as a sclerotic older man. Knowing God only when it suits me is an insult, not a sign of friendship. God wants to give us great things, but He also demands from us reasonably great deeds. Do not fathers and mothers do this when they raise their children? And don’t parents love their child then? Jesus’ words apply: “If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him” (Luke 11:13). Into the hands of him who asks. It is good when we realize this in prayer. We must not forget to pray with faith, with a pure heart, in a state without sin.
The priest mentions one family in his parish. When he came to the parish, he was going through an internal crisis. It was hard for him to leave the previous one. In the new one, every night, he saw St. Mass of certain spouses who took turns. One evening a wife came, the next evening a husband. He saw in them that they were in trouble, but they did not complain in a word. On the contrary, at each meeting, he felt peace and special joy. After half a year, he was invited to visit. The priest says, “I will never forget that evening! They showed me their only child. She was lying in the crib. Her head was as big as an adult’s man, and her tank top was like a year-old child. At that time, I not only understood their situation, but my crisis was lost. ”
Prayer, prayer, prayer. That is not a phrase. It’s a cure. Hope. Knowledge of God’s love. Prayer is undoubtedly one of the most needed forces in history. Prayer does not change the world, but it changes people, and people change the world. Prayer is like a golden ladder reaching into the sky, after which one goes out to God.