Daily Gospel Reflection for October 7, 2021

Join us as we reflect, ponder, and pray together inspired by today's Gospel.

Reflection by Leona Peszka

Today's Gospel: Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary - Luke 11:5-13

How many times do we give up praying for something because we don’t think that God is listening, or we think He is just plain tired of hearing the same old thing from us?

Luke recounts a parable of Jesus, with a little humor, in today’s Gospel. He explains that a friend reluctantly wakes in the middle of the night to help his neighbor, but only so that he can be left alone and at peace to sleep with his family. While we can chuckle at the image of the grumpy man and the annoying neighbor, we also have to recognize the unrelenting tenacity of the neighbor to get what he needs. He asks, he seeks and he knocks…incessantly!

God wants us to approach Him in exactly this same way in our everyday prayer life. He yearns for us to come to Him and trust that He will provide for our every need. He longs for us to bang on His door, no matter what time of day or night, and persist in our requests. He desires to show us that because of our insistence, through the Holy Spirit, His generosity is limitless and His love inexhaustible.

Always remain steadfast in your prayers, be patient and persevering, and surrender to the will of the Father. He knows “how to give good gifts.”

Ponder:

What does God desire us to pray for? And why?

Pray:

Heavenly Father, we ask You to send Your Holy Spirit to inspire us to pray faithfully and with conviction. May we never surrender our prayer life, but surrender completely to Your kind and loving will for our lives.

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Copyright 2021 Leona Peszka

Leona was born and raised in Philadelphia, PA and is an alumna of the University of Tampa. She was commissioned as a Lay Ecclesial Minister by the Bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, FL in 2014. She is currently the Program Assistant and Theological Reflection Mentor for the Lay Pastoral Ministry Institute in that diocese. Her experience includes involvement in numerous parish liturgical, spiritual and pastoral ministries.