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Commentary on the Gospel for Thursday, October 10, 2024
Dear brothers and sisters,
Jesus says we should ask God for what we need and trust that he will give it to us.
Sometimes what we ask for is the problem. We ask God to fix our lives, which is our responsibility. How many times did we ask God to help us pass exams when we were young? We forgot that God gave us our intelligence and time. We must use them to work. God has done his part. Now it is up to us. God is not a cure-all. We must take responsibility.
We can give other examples. If we have problems at home, we must pray and use the remedies God has given us: our intelligence, courage, capacity for dialogue, capacity for forgiveness and reconciliation. This is God’s answer to our prayers. We must use it to solve our problems. We cannot just close our eyes and expect God to work a miracle.
God gives us his Holy Spirit, strength and grace. He has put the Gospel in our hands and made us free to make decisions. We can ask him to help us become freer, more mature, more responsible and to forgive more. He will give us these things. He will not give us an exam.