Dear Parishioners:
The Gospel reminds us that God is
interested in hearing from us. Jesus
invites us to ask, seek and knock, and He tells us that we will receive, find
and have doors opened to us. In other words,
He teaches us that we must be engaged by “getting involved” with our own salvation. God has the power and He has the gifts He
wants to give, but He has set things us to allow it all to flow only if we are
open.
We are called not to judge our
enemies, but to intercede. Abraham has a
face-to-face encounter with God as he prays for the territory of Sodom and
Gomorrah, where His nephew Lot lived. In the end, God saves Lot and his family (though Lot ’s wife is lost by her failure to
obey) for the sake of Abraham. We have a
relationship with God that is more intimate than that of Abraham because Jesus
has taught us to call God Father.
Perseverance in prayer and
persistence in asking, seeking and knocking at the door, are effective because
they dispose us to be open to God’s will, which we pray is done “on earth as it
is in Heaven.” Prayer is the heart of
the life of a Christian. When we are too
busy to pray, we are too busy. When we
pray, we find that God gives us the time to accomplish more than we can ask or
imagine.
Unity of mind and heart come from
prayer together. May we find such unity
among us that world will discover through our witness the truth of the
Gospel. Unity is a Gift from God. It requires a Commitment on our part. And we must see it as a Goal that will not be
accomplished fully until all experience welcome.
Let us pray that all unity may one
day be restored. And they’ll know we are
Christians by our love…..
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