Prayer Prompt before reading LK 11:5-13
Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“ASK AND YOU SHALL RECEIVE; SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND.” LK 11:5-13
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Today, Jesus reminds us to ask God for whatever we need physically or spiritually. Yesterday, Jesus taught us how to approach the Father in prayer through the Our Father prayer which has the 7 petitions to ask God the Father for everything we need (7 is the number of perfection in the Bible). Today, I want you to reflect on what you’re asking for.
What we want or what God has in store for us. Do we know what God wants for us or made us for. Jesus is letting us know today that the Father will take good care of us if we allow Him to. We must rest in His arms and allow Him to love us.
Jesus tells us if we seek the Truth (God) we will find Him. If we ask the Father for the Holy Spirit, He will give it to us. Even though God knows what you will be asking for, He wants you to ask, to make a friendship with Him, to allow Him to be your Father and help you. Jesus is with you in your prayer, He cries with you in your suffering, He rejoices with you when you feel sorrow for your sin and ask for forgiveness for this is why He died.
Remember, you may not receive what you are asking for if it is not God’s will. He may be asking you to carry a cross to purify your soul in preparation for heaven or He may be testing your faithfulness to Him. He knows you and loves you more than you know and love yourself. He knows how to help you gain salvation. He wants you to participate in your salvation. Accept it with open arms and be ready to ask for His grace for the battle.
“God knows you better than you know yourself, God loves you more than you love yourself, God wants you to know His Will.” -Fr. Mike Schmitz
Today’s challenge: Allow God to help you, pray, seek, ask!
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
What felt personal to me was the ask and you shall recieve because when God Creator of everything is telling me to ask and I will recieve I know that it isnt like a wish but more like a prayer because God awensers not some magic genie.
In today’s gospel Jesus says”For everyone who asks, receives.” We can’t just expect God to give us what we want. We have to ask for it. If we don’t ask why should we expect God to give it to us. If we need something earthly we ask our parents for it. We don’t just expect them to give us what we need. The same should go for when we need help from God with heavenly things. We need to ask to recive.
In todays’s Gospel Jesus says knock and you shall receive. This means to me that all you have to get the heaven is ask him but not physically but through prayer, Eucahrist, and confession but asking is way harder then you think because sin gets in the way of you asking. So we must try our best to ask and get to our main goal in life which is heaven.
Jesus tells us how we should be treating our neighbors and friends. Whenever the circumstance is right, If they ask for something we should give. Towards the end of the Gospel. He says how much God will give to us if we ask. Being faithful to God and our neighbors is a great thing. If we give something of ours to God, he will return it tenfold.
I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves
because of their friendship,
he will get up to give him whatever he needs
because of his persistence.
God is telling us that we need to ask for his friendship because it wont happen by itself. In the Gospel the friend asked for 3 loaves of bread and because of their friendship he got up to give him the 3 loaves. We need to be persistent about or friendship because in the Parable since the friend was persistent he got the loaves.
The part of the Gospel that stuck out to me was when Jesus says, “I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.” This means to me that God may not give us what we want immediately and we might have to ask multiple times or He will give it to us when he thinks we need it most or at some later time in our lives.
the gospel is saying that we should ask for whatever we need, and if we ask we shall receive, if god wills it. if not, he is testing your faithfullness or its just not his will. I think that if we are persistent with what we ask for, we will eventually get it. like if you continually ask your mom for something, eventually, I think you will get it. I think god is trying to personally tell me that I wont always get what I want, because I know there has been times when I have gotten angry about not getting what I want.
“What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?” I know it isn’t our Father. He is the greatest father of all time and I feel like people are starting to forget that. The wicked person who refuses to forgive others is themselves withheld from receiving God’s forgiveness.
What stuck out to me was “ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” To me this means that if you ask ,seek or knock Jesus will open up his heart to show you the plan God has for you. Even though he might not give you his plan he will help you make the right decision.
The part in the Gospel that stuck out to me was when Jesus says, “I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.” This means to me that God may not give us what we want immediately and we might have to ask multiple times or He will give it to us when he thinks we need it most or at some later time in our lives.
“What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?” this line from the gospel stood out to me because you can’t trust a lot of people. A lot of people will only use you if they need you for something but when you need just a small favor they won’t help or they will only talk to you to tear you down when you’re not by them. So you have to be careful of fake friends and people. It also reminds me to try and not do that and be the least fake that I can be. You have to also remember that God will never do that to you and that he will always have his door open and will always help and love you.
In today’s Gospel it says “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” this means to me that God is giving us all that we need to get to heaven but we just need to do his will to find it.
God wants us to feel comfortable enough with him so we can ask him things. My biggest fear is public humiliation there is nothing that can make me cry faster than everyone staring at me when i mess up or being yelled at in public. this has made it hard for me to ask people for things because the worst they can say is no right, but that no makes me feel stupid makes me think ¨why would i even ask¨ ¨that was embarrassing¨. God wants me to feel comfortable enough with him so i can ask him things.
“God knows you better than you know yourself, God loves you more than you love yourself, God wants you to know His will.” I chose it because God knows more about us because he created us. Also God loves you even more than you love yourself because he created us because he loves us than we do.
I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves
because of their friendship,
he will get up to give him whatever he needs
because of his persistence.
this stuck out to because it shows the true meaning of
friendship and it shows how kindness is good
“What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
I feel like this part is saying that we have the all time best Father in Heaven. He will supply us with what we need, and he won’t give us anything he can’t handle. It is also saying that we have to ask, persestintly, for what we need.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
What this means to me is if you keep seeking you may recieve.
A verse that stuck out to me is “And I tell you, ask and you will receive.¨ This verse stuck out to me because whenever and wherever God is always there to talk like if you need help on something you can ask. I think Jesus is teaching me Gods always there with me.
One sentence that stood out to me was he will get up to give him whatever he needs. To me this shows that God will always be there for us no matter the circumstance and no matter what it is that we need.
“I cannot get up to give you anything”. This stuck out to me because if you aren’t willing to get up for a friend you aren’t willing to get up for God. We can get up to pray to God and get up for a friend.
Through his holy prophets he promised of old that he would save us from our enemies,from the hands of all who hate us.
The rescue was not just about winning wars but about giving people freedom to worship and live without fear.
ask and you will receive
seek and you will find
This stuck out to me cause it is kinda
telling us that all we need
to do is ask god for help
if we feel down or hurt and it tells us
to pray to him and you will receive.
Something that stuck out to me was when Jesus said: ask and you shall receive. This stuck out to me because this tells me that Jesus will always answer me no matter how much i have sinned. Jesus will answer me, but it might not always be the thing i asked for. Jesus has his own plan for me and i dont know it. I just have to wait and see.
OCT 1
I think it is saying that cildrens prays are more powerful than adults. I think it is telling me to never underestimate kids.
When we seek the truth in God we will find him. He is always there You can’t do anything to separate him from his overwhelming love he has for us .Trust in the Lord and listen to his voice.
Oct 8
Th line that stuck out to me was Knock and the door will be opened. I think this means if you ask God for help and pray to him he will answer it one way or another.
I really like the one where it says “God knows you better than you know yourself, God loves you more than you love yourself, God wants you to know His Will.” Because It tells you that there are people that love you a lot more than you could imagine and there there are people that love you.
Something that stuck out to me was when it says “God loves you more than you love yourself, God wants you to know His Will.”
I think that this means that God loves us very much and he died on the cross for us but then we sin and turn away from Christ
“What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?” This tells me that you cannot depend on everybody but when you don’t have someone to depend on God is always there and he will be with us forever. That is why it stood out to me today
What stood out to me in the scripture today was “seek and you will find”. I think God is trying to tell me that if you seek out for him, you will find him and you will join him in heaven. God will never turn you down if you try to get close to him. All he wants is to be your friend.
Something that sticks out to me is when the Gospel says “ask and you will receive, seek and you will find.” This stuck out to me because you have know and trust in Him for His plan to work.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.”
This stuck out to me because I hear this all the time and it is a friendly reminder that all you have to do is ask God and he will help you. (to an extent) God will provide if he feels that it will need to be provided. My parents say this a lot and I have never really understood the full meaning. Today, I am starting to understand.
In today’s gospel what stood out to me the most was “And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you. To me that means that if someone does something for us we should do it back for them . God wants us to treat others nicely and kindly so we should help and give somebody something if they need it.
In todays gospel, the thing that stuck out to me the first was “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.” This stuck out to me because it tells me that Jesus will always respond to us.
Something that really stuck out out me is, “For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” This stuck out to me because if you ask for something from God he will give it to you.
“What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?” I chose this because we see this too much nowadays. We are all getting all snakes and no fish.
among you would hand his son a snake
when he asks for a fish?
Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? I chose this because I usually don’t know want to give him often so I do something what I he doesn’t ask for.
i think today’s gospel was talking about how we should rely on god. i also think its saying god is our father and that he is a good father.
Jesus talks about how when someone asks you should give. ”What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?” it should be the right object like if the ask for you shouldn’t be lazy and not give them what they ask for but its close you give them what they ask for.
What stuck out to me was “Seek and you will find”. It stuck out to me because if you can go and seek God can help you find what you are looking for. Also it stuck out to me because God will help you seek to find and give him time to help you seek and find.
What stuck to me the most was And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find; It stuck out to me because a true friend will do anything for his other friend.
In todays scripter reflection Jesus says knock and you shall receive. This means to me that all you have to get the heaven is ask him but not physically but through prayer, Eucharist, and confession but asking is way harder then you think because sin gets in the way of you asking. So we must try our best to ask and get to our main goal in life which is heaven
What stood out to me was this “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” I think what it is saying to me is to ask and you shall receive.
It stuck out to me because it says “You may not receive what you are asking for if it is not God’s will” that stuck out to me because if you don’t believe in God and if the thing your asking for isn’t reasonable like it’s something dumb it’s not gonna get granted. He usually grants important wishes not something you want.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive” We always expect God to just give us anything we want, but that’s not true. We need to pray and ask God for things and trust in his plans for us.
Today the Gospel told me how if we want something, we have to pray to Jesus. Why should we deserve something if we have done nothing good? We receive our grace and other gifts through the sacraments and through prayer time.
I think Jesus is say ing to be president to others when trying to get them in to the fath and the dor will be opened to them.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
What this means is that we need to pray so we can keep a good healthy relationship with God
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
I think this is saying that if knock the door should be open and if you asked you shall receive and they you should do the same for someone else.
I think today’s gospel is similar to when Jesus says I was hungry and you did not feed me and I was hungry and you gave me no drink. He is talking about how we should accept people who are more lowly than us who may not have the same blessings such as a roof over their heads or clothes on their backs. we should accept them as if they were the Lord because God is in all of them.
I once heard people say that 777 is God’s number or something similar to that. I see why now because 7 is the number of perfection in the bible, and God is perfect.
The theme of this Gospel is mentioned in it and that theme is persistance. This also goes with the ideology that if you set your heart to something you will always be able to accomplish it. God affirms this when he says ask and you shall receive, knock and the door shall be opened. If we want to love God and spend eternity with him in heaven we can! We just have to work for it instead of just wanting it. Do your part as a Catholic because sloth will prevent you even if you ask every day to love. If we are diligent there is nothing we can’t do.
In today’s gospel we are told to ask and we shall receive, this doesn’t mean physically but spiritually. Ask for God the Father and you shall get him, ask for the Eucharist and you shall get it, but sin is still there and will try to get in the way and you need to fight it in order to get to Heaven.
“ask and you will receive,” when we need to get out of a place of sin, we will always fail if we try to do it by ourselves. We should always ask God for his help and guidance when we need it.
“Even though God knows what you will be asking for, He wants you to ask, to make a friendship with Him, to allow Him to be your Father and help you.” This sentence stood out to me because it tells you that you can’t just assume God will give you or do something. You have to ask and pray for it. You might even have to for days, weeks even. But you can do it and you have to ask God.
If we want something, persistenceis key. We will perservere in our fancies if only we persist. When we all persist, and keep going the fight, we will change the world.
I believe that we should share our gifts with the world and be peersestan with the Lord so he can be persenstant with us when we sing we should ask of him and not be tempted Jesus was tempted in the desert but he followed God so lets follow hima and be the LIGHT OF THE WORLD!!!
We must rest in His arms and allow Him to love us. We need to put down all of are electronics and realize how much God loves. He will always forgive your sin no matter how big or serious it is. And always give love to God or you will not make it to heaven and be kind to others.
God is saying don’t ever be lazy and help a friend that is in need if they need help. When someone knocks on your door don’t ignore them and answer them. So therefore always help people in need.
The Gospel is saying that if you do not give of yourself or possessions to those who ask of it, you should not expect God to give us the Holy Spirit. If any one of us is able to give to others, we should give all that we have. “And I tell you, ask and you will receive;seek and you will find;knock and the door will be opened to you.For everyone who asks, receives;and the one who seeks, finds.
I really like today’s Gospel. I like the parable of what friendship really means sometimes showing up even when it’s hard. Also the verse “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” I like this verse so much because it is so true, ask for things from God he will answer; one thing I’ve learned is that sometimes what we were asking for isn’t right so God gives us what we really need. But no matter what God is always on the other side waiting to open the door for you or knocking on the door to your heart patiently waiting on you.
In the Gospel today When there were 2 friends and one friend needed help and his friend just turned away from him and told him I have nothing for you. This can be true for any day any year because sometimes people may turn your back away from you and wont care sometime its not only friends it could be cousins siblings or people in your class. When people turn away from you, you can ask people you know that care or that you trust. But if you ever get no answer or something like that you will just have to be nice still because that’s the right thing Todo.
I think the gospel is telling me that we should not be afraid to ask for help and that if we do he will not decline us. But if we don’t ask for help how will we get any. And that a true friend would help you with whatever you need help with. Another thing that I got from the gospel is that you shouldn’t trick someone with harm, that if you do you are wicked.
“For everyone who asks, receives;” this stook out to me because it meant to me that if i ask for forgiveness, like Peter, Jesus will forgive me. I also need help for asking my neighbors around me for help and help my neighbors if they ask.
i think the main message in the gospel today is that we need to be persistent with god. the man had to keep asking and soon he did receive, just because God did not answered your prayer doesn’t mean you stop. he is testing your faith by doing this, it makes you a stronger catholic. Jesus eventually will give you what you want if you pray enough and keep being persistent, just like the man, he kept asking and soon the other man eventually gave him what he wanted. Keep praying. Work hard, pray harder. #YODO
In today’s Gospel this stuck out to me “For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” It is telling me to never be afraid and all I have to do is ask and I will receive an answer so do not be afraid and just do it because God will lead you in the right direction.
For everyone who asks, receives;and the one who seeks, finds; ask and you shall receive. When we sin, we fall constantly. God’s love is never ending so having persistence and being able to get back up when we’ve done wrong is truly putting yourself in God’s hands and letting Him take the wheel. We will find God’s love if you just stop to listen.
What sucked out to me was: “And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish? Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
If you then, who are wicked, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?” This stuck out to me because I feel like the Lord is trying to ask and he will answer.
The part that stuck out to me was,”For everyone who asks, receives.” This is because if you ask Jesus for things, he will help.
“Suppose one of you has a friend i feel like what he is saying in theses verses is that god would give you anything you want if you just ask him but we need to give back to him just as he given to us.
ask and you will receive i think that this means you just have to ask God for help and we will receive his greatness
I think Jesus is trying to say if you have a friend you should test your friendship by going to their house at night and ask for bread but say you have nothing in return
I think what stood out to me was when the Gospel said ” knock and the door will be opened to you.” I think the Gospel was telling me that I should talk to God more and to trust in the Holy Spirit.
A part that stuck out to me was, “I tell you, if he does not get up to give him the loaves because of their friendship, he will get up to give him whatever he needs because of his persistence.” This reminded me of another story about a widow who wanted a lawyer to stand for her, but he refused because he did not care. The only reason why he agreed was because of her persistence. Both stories talk about a person that doesn’t want to help, but only does it because they were being persistent. Jesus doesn’t want us to do that. He wants us to give, love, and be generous and not look for anything in return.
For everyone who asks, receives;and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. I like this line because it saying how ” for anyone who ask receives ” so if u ask you will receive, ” and the one who seeks finds” saying if u look u will find something or someone. ” and to the one who knocks and the door will be opened” Saying if u knock god will let you in to be with with him. So the moral of this story is ask and its be givin to you
Something that stuck out to me was a phrase and it went like this “I tell you ask and you will receive seek and you will find”. this stuck to me because it means to me that if you ask of the Lord you will receive and if you seek for the Lord you will find the Lord. and I just feel like I always hear that phrase while I am in prayer.
Something that stood out to me was “ask and you shall receive”. This is probably because I keep asking God what I’m supposed to do in life. Actually, I AM getting an answer. From God AND satin.
Something that stuck it to me was “And I tell you, ask and you will receive seek and you will find knock and the door will be opened to you.For everyone who asks, receives and the one who seeks, find sand to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. I think this means that you can ask God anything and he will do something about it. Gods love never runs out for any of us so he will do anything and always forgive us.
a part in today’s gospel that stuck out to me was “And I tell you, ask and you will receive,
seek and you will find” I think that means, we can/should ask him for help because he will answer, or Follow the church in hopes for better relationship with go and you will.
what stuck out to me was ” ask and you shall receive” I like it because it proves how God will give you anything if you just ask.
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find”. This sticks out to me because this shows me that if you ask to receive Jesus you will receive him and if you seek him you will find him.
Today the part that stuck out to me was when Jesus said that if we seek the truth God we will receive him this stuck out to me because it proves how much God loves us and how its never ending.
What stuck out to me is that we should ask God for the things we need. When we ask God for what we need He will provide. God wants us to ask for things from Him. We should praise God and ask Him for what we need and He will happily provide.
We are told to ask and receive. God will give us what we want and if we need it he loves us. No matter what we do.
I think that todays gospel means the more you give, the more you will recieve