--- title: Daily Readings Reflection for 10/08/09 description: Daily Readings Reflection for 10/08/09 --- [![catholic-mom-logo-v2](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/images/catholic-mom-logo-v2.svg "catholic-mom-logo-v2")](https://www.catholicmom.com/) [![facebook](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-facebook.svg)](http://www.facebook.com/CatholicMomCommunity) [![twitter](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-twitter.svg)](http://twitter.com/CatholicMomCom) [![instagram](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-instagram.svg)](http://instagram.com/catholicmomcommunity) [![youtube](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/social-icon-youtube.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAuUqHCVPDzyMgSMaMZxxug?view_as=subscriber) [![search-icon](https://www.catholicmom.com/hubfs/_catholicmom/icons/search-icon.svg)](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/2009/10/08/daily-readings-reflection-for-100809#) # Daily Readings Reflection for 10/08/09 Oct 8, 2009 8:00:42 PM  |  by [Guest](https://www.catholicmom.com/articles/author/guest) Reflection on the Daily Readings for 10/08/09 by Fr. Bertrand Buby, SM [Today’s Readings](http://www.usccb.org/nab/) Scripture: Lectionary # 464. Malachai 3:13-20. Psalm 1:1-2.3.4.6. Luke 11:5-13: "How much more with the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?"  What an encouraging conclusion from the Gospel for today (Luke 11:13).  This is supporting our desire to pray with persistence when it comes to being a disciple of Jesus.  It follows the selection of yesterday which spoke of Jesus' teaching the disciples how to pray while giving them the Our Father or the version that Luke has, "Father, hallowed be thy name."  Here we see that Jesus is giving us the greatest of all gifts, in fact, in our Catholic Tradition, the Holy Spirit is the giver of all gifts including the special seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.  As believers in the Risen Christ we look upon his exclamatory question and see in it a Trinitarian theme. the Father will give the Spirit while Jesus is the one to proclaim that this is what our prayer can bring about. Jesus, as the Son of the Father, encourages us to ask the Father and He will certainly give us the gift of the Holy Spirit.  Asking, knocking at the door of heaven is preceded by the striking parable of the person who comes at night banging on the householder's door while asking for some bread.  Because of the persistence of the beggar, the owner gets up form his cozy bed and goes down and gives the person the nourishment he needs. It is as simple as that. This leads Jesus to develop further the theme of prayer while following up on the example of prayer that he gave us in the Lord's Prayer. Knocking on the door of heaven has to be done with perseverance and deliberateness.  The heavens are opened and the Father, Son, and Spirit answer our needs when done with faith of the heart and love of God. We know the Trinity lives from all eternity in peace, joy, and love and each of the Divine Persons wishes that these gifts be ours.  We need, however, to petition, that is, to ask and to knock on the door.  Doesn't Jesus reinforce this in another writing of the New Testament? "Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone listens to my voice and opens the door to me, I will permit him to sit with me upon my throne; as I also have overcome and have sat with my Father on his throne.  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches." (Rev. 3:20-22). Notice again the mention of the Father, Spirit, and the Son who speaks to us asking us to open the door of our heart through faith, hope, and love the trinity of virtues that unites us to the Trinity of Persons. So when we read the parable of the importunate event of someone knocking on the door in the middle of the night, we can see that Jesus is teaching us to be disciples who keep on trying till the door is opened to us through our persistent prayer.   The deeper meaning of the passage comes after the parable which acts like a commercial for the gift of deep and persistent prayer.  We are encouraged not to stop praying  but to persevere. The householder will open the door for us and feed us with the heavenly food as well as give us our daily bread. 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