+ Today we see the plight of Queen Esther – a devout Jew, who risked her own life to save the lives of her fellow Jews who were being put to death by King Xerxes. She told the king who was very fond of her, that if she was to kill Jews then she would have to kill her too because she also was a Jew. The king had a change of heart, and rather than killing any Jews, hanged the ones in his court who were plotting against the Jews.
It was because Queen Esther trusted completely in the Lord that the saving of her people and herself was accomplished – and their mourning was turned into gladness and their sorrows into wholeness.
On the day that we call for help, the Lord will answer us as well!
In the gospel passage Jesus indeed tells us to ask, seek and knock, that is to say: to ask humbly at his feet, to seek humbly from his heart, to knock at the door of knowledge from his lips! When we do these things, expecting to hear God speaking loudly and clearly and lovingly his will for us, then we know that we have asked, sought and knocked properly – and it shall be done for us – because it will be God's holy will. And chances are our request to him and his of us will be to treat others as we ourselves would want to be treated
– for this is the summary of the law and of the prophets!
Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me!
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