Sunday 24th July 2022 – XVII in Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Luke (11: 1 – 13)

Jesus was in a place praying; when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” And he said to them, “When you pray, say:
“Father,
hallowed be your name,
Come your kingdom;
give us our daily bread every day,
and forgive us our sins,
for we too forgive all our debtors,
and do not abandon ourselves to temptation ”».
Then he said to them: «If one of you has a friend and at midnight he goes to him and says: ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend has come to me from a journey and I have nothing to offer him’; and if the one inside replies: “Don’t bother me, the door is already closed, my children and I are in bed, I can’t get up to give you the loaves”, I tell you that, even if he won’t get up to give them to him because he is his friend, at least for his intrusiveness he will get up to give him as much as he needs.
Well, I tell you: ask and it will be given to you, seek and you will find, knock and it will be opened to you. Because whoever asks receives and whoever seeks finds and to whoever knocks it will be opened.
Which father among you, if his son asks him for a fish, will he give him a snake instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more will your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him! ».

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