LENT DAY 9: PRAYER IS AN ACT OF LOVE. (Homily for February 18, 2016. Thursday of the First Week of Lent)


Bible Study:  Esther 14, 1 to 14. Matthew 7, 7 to 12).


Jesus says to us in today’s Gospel passage, “If you who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him.” God is OUR FATHER and the most essential property of a father is love for his children.

Knowing we are praying to a Father who LOVES us should give us confidence to ask, to seek and knock. Esther knew this and that was why she called to God prostrating herself on the ground from morning till night. She asked for God to grant her favour in the presence of the king against man who was making plans to destroy her entire nation. And we all know how God answered her prayer.

There is a difference between asking and complaining. While asking is done with a disposition of love towards God, complaining is telling God how unjust he is for allowing so and so happen. To complain is to express bitterness about one’s situation hoping that things would remain the same or even go from bad to worse. To complain is to be out rightly pessimistic.

The moment we stop believing that God is capable of solving our problems, we become bitter like the people of Israel who despite seeing the mighty hand of God in the plagues, despite seeing how he divided the red sea in two could still complain against Moses in the desert because of food. That bitterness towards God is dangerous and deadly.

Asking, knocking and finding demands CONFIDENCE in God as a loving father who is more than capable of giving us something better than what we are asking for.

Let us Pray:
Lord Jesus, give me the grace to always have a positive disposition whenever I come before you in prayers remembering always that you love me. Amen.


God bless you. Good morning. Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. 

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