Geeky Catholic Sunday: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Gospel Reading: Luke 11:1-13
Highlight: "What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?"
Reflection: Is the message of this gospel reading that God will always give us what we ask for? Because if that's the measuring stick for prayer, I'd have lost my faith a long time ago. But that's not the message. The point of Jesus's question, "What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?" is not that a snake is different than what the son asked for. It's that the snake is harmful to the son. When we pray, God gives us what we need, even when we think we need something else. After all, what father among you would hand his son a scorpion, even if he asks for a scorpion? So maybe, instead of asking God for things that we want, we should ask him to help us want the things we need - the things God wants for us.
Geeky Quote: "Okay, you ask for it!" - Short Round, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Prayer: Lord, align my desires with your plan for me. Help me to want the things you want. Amen.
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Highlight: "What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?"
Reflection: Is the message of this gospel reading that God will always give us what we ask for? Because if that's the measuring stick for prayer, I'd have lost my faith a long time ago. But that's not the message. The point of Jesus's question, "What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?" is not that a snake is different than what the son asked for. It's that the snake is harmful to the son. When we pray, God gives us what we need, even when we think we need something else. After all, what father among you would hand his son a scorpion, even if he asks for a scorpion? So maybe, instead of asking God for things that we want, we should ask him to help us want the things we need - the things God wants for us.
Geeky Quote: "Okay, you ask for it!" - Short Round, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Prayer: Lord, align my desires with your plan for me. Help me to want the things you want. Amen.
To get these short reflections every week, click the Subscribe button at the top of this page, or you can "Like" or "Follow" the GeekyCatholicDad Facebook page here.
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