+ Our message today in the readings is short and to the point: “In every
place, then, I want the men to lift their hands up reverently in prayer, with
no anger or argument.”
In the first reading from St.
Paul to Timothy, he advises the new community of believers that there should be
prayers offered for everyone – in the form of petitions, intercessions and
thanksgiving. This built-in “thanksgiving element” when asking for something
will go a long way in obtaining the desired results.
God likes it very much when we
remember that he really is God: he can do anything – but that we, his people,
need to approach him always in a manner and mode of humility and thanksgiving,
before asking anything at all.
This is the posture that the
military official presented to Jesus, humility and awe, when asking for the
health of a favored servant! Jesus is so impressed with his demeanor and his
grasp of his right relationship with him that he immediately grants his
request.
The more we tell God that he
really is who he says he is: Father, Creator, Healer, Redeemer and Friend: and
we posture ourselves at his feet in humble adoration and thanks – the more
quickly and surely our requests for others will be addressed – and maybe even a
few for ourselves.
Yes, Lord, “make me grasp the
way of your precepts and I will muse on your wonders!”
Amen.
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