{"id":992,"date":"2022-07-23T18:44:06","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/?p=992"},"modified":"2022-07-23T18:48:37","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T11:48:37","slug":"ask-seek-and-knock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/2022\/07\/23\/ask-seek-and-knock\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask, seek and knock"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">XVII Sunday of Ordinary Time\nJuly 23-24, 2022\nLk 11, 1-13<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<pre id=\"block-211c3726-f1b5-4395-840a-fbd7e2f9b86d\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><em>\"And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.\"<\/em>&nbsp;<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Brothers and Sisters,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">In today&#8217;s Gospel, we heard the art of prayer that Jesus taught us through his disciples. If we see it carefully, the first part of Jesus&#8217; teaching talks about the hierarchy of a prayer. While the Catechism recalls that: &#8220;There is a hierarchy in these petitions: we pray first for the Kingdom, then for what is necessary to welcome it and cooperate with its coming&#8221; (n. 2632). But extraordinarily, Jesus gives us the courage to ask for our basic needs, our &#8220;daily bread.&#8221; We are also encouraged to ask for &#8220;simple gifts&#8221; [Pope Francis, December 9, 2020]. Jesus realized that asking for extraordinary things may make us feel strange, unworthy, or uncomfortable. Therefore, he asks us to recognize our relationship with God first by saying, &#8220;Our Father.&#8221; It creates the closeness and bonds between us and God, Our Father.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus gives us tips to chase our faith in prayer to fulfill our needs for both liturgical and simple prayer. In Lk 11:9, Jesus says,&nbsp;<em>&#8220;And I tell you, ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and it will be opened for you.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;There are three keywords: ASK, SEEK and KNOCK. These acts must have some background:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to God&#8217;s will [1 Jn 5:14-15]; Trusting in God&#8217;s Great Mercy [Dan 9:18]; In the name of Jesus Christ [Jn 14:13]; In faith, &#8220;And whatever you ask in prayer,&nbsp;<em>if you<\/em>* believe, you will receive.&#8221; [Mt 21:22].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus secures his words by concluding, &#8220;For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened&#8221; [Lk 11:10].<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, let us put ourselves in front of God as his children, sinners, and those in need. Because &#8220;asking&#8221; means requesting other things, it is an expression of dependence like a child who always depends on their parents. And if someone never asks, they are independent, at a distance, and far from God&#8217;s grace. Pope Francis encourages us not to be ashamed to ask something to God, our Father: &#8220;Therefore, we should not be shocked if we feel the need to pray, we should not be ashamed. And, especially when we are in need, to ask.&#8221; [Francis,\u00a0<strong>Catechesis on prayer &#8211; 18.\u00a0<em>The prayer of petition,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>December 9, 2020]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre id=\"block-b194d6ff-1b9f-440b-91ef-fd7e883ce2a1\" class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">Salam Misioner<br>RDHJ<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">______________\nXVII Sunday of Ordinary Time\nJuly 23-24, 2022\nLk 11, 1-13\n\n\n\"Ebbene, io vi dico: chiedete e vi sar\u00e0 dato, cercate e troverete, bussate e vi sar\u00e0 aperto. 10Perch\u00e9 chiunque chiede riceve e chi cerca trova e a chi bussa sar\u00e0 aperto.\"\nLc 11:9-10 \n\nFratelli e sorelle, \nNel Vangelo di oggi abbiamo ascoltato l'arte della preghiera che Ges\u00f9 ci ha insegnato attraverso i suoi discepoli. Se vediamo bene, la prima parte dell'insegnamento di Ges\u00f9 parla della gerarchia di una preghiera. Mentre il Catechismo ricorda che: \"Nelle domande esiste una gerarchia: prima di tutto si chiede il Regno, poi ci\u00f2 che \u00e8 necessario per accoglierlo e per cooperare al suo avvento\" (n. 2632). Ma straordinariamente, Ges\u00f9 ci d\u00e0 il coraggio di chiedere i nostri bisogni di base, il nostro \"pane quotidiano\". Siamo anche incoraggiati a chiedere \"doni semplici\" [Papa Francesco, 9 dicembre 2020]. Ges\u00f9 si rende conto che chiedere le cose straordinarie pu\u00f2 farci sentire strani, indegni o a disagio. Perci\u00f2 ci chiede di riconoscere per prima cosa la nostra relazione con Dio dicendo \"Padre nostro\". Questo crea la vicinanza e il legame tra noi e Dio, Padre nostro. \n\nGes\u00f9 ci d\u00e0 dei suggerimenti per inseguire la nostra fede nella preghiera, per soddisfare i nostri bisogni di preghiera sia liturgica che semplice. In Lc 11,9, Ges\u00f9 dice: \"io vi dico: chiedete e vi sar\u00e0 dato, cercate e troverete, bussate e vi sar\u00e0 aperto.\". Ci sono tre parole chiave: CHIEDERE, CERCARE e BUSSARE. Questi atti devono avere un contesto: \nSecondo la volont\u00e0 di Dio [1 Gv 5,14-15]; Confidando nella grande misericordia di Dio [Dan 9,18]; Nel nome di Ges\u00f9 Cristo [Gv 14,13]; nella fede: \"E tutto quello che chiederete con fede nella preghiera, lo otterrete\" [Mt 21,22]. Ges\u00f9 assicura le sue parole concludendo: \"Perch\u00e9 chiunque chiede riceve e chi cerca trova e a chi bussa sar\u00e0 aperto. \" [Lc 11,10].\n\nQuindi, mettiamoci davanti a Dio come suoi figli, peccatori e bisognosi. Poich\u00e9 \"chiedere\" significa richiedere altre cose, \u00e8 anche un'espressione di dipendenza come un bambino che dipende sempre dai suoi genitori. E se qualcuno non chiede mai, \u00e8 indipendente, distante e lontano dalla grazia di Dio. Papa Francesco ci incoraggia di non vergognarci di chiedere qualcosa a Dio, nostro Padre: \"Dunque, non dobbiamo scandalizzarci se sentiamo il bisogno di pregare, non avere vergogna. E soprattutto quando siamo nella necessit\u00e0, chiedere.\"\n\n [Francis, <em>Catechesis on prayer<\/em> - 18. The prayer of petition, December 9, 2020]\n\nSalam Misioner\nRDHJ\n\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>XVII Sunday of Ordinary Time July 23-24, 2022 Lk 11, 1-13 &#8220;And I tell you, ask and it will be &hellip;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":993,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,7],"tags":[13,28,17,19,18,29],"class_list":["post-992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homily","category-sunday-preaching-rdhj","tag-shortcutechism","tag-diocesidiroma","tag-rdhj2021","tag-renunganmingguan","tag-renunganmisioner","tag-sundaysermon"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/prayer-gda91a7f77_1280.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":996,"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992\/revisions\/996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/habeljadera.keuskupanbogor.org\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}