A time of Lexio devena for the discerning heart.

Thursday of the first week in Lent.

As you begin, take a deep breath and exhale slowly.

For the next few moments,

surrender all the cares and concerns of the stay to the Lord. Say slowly from your heart, Jesus, I trust in you. You take over. Become aware that he is with you, looking upon you with love, wanting to be heard deep within your heart.

A reading from the Holy Gospel of Matthew,

Chapter 7, verses 7 through 12.

Jesus said to his disciples,

Ask, and it will be given to you.

Search, and you will find.

Knock, and the door will be open to you.

For the one who asks always receives, the one who searches, always finds.

The one who knocks will always have the door open to him. Is there a man among you who

would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread, or would hand him a snake when he asked for a fish?

If you then, who are evil, know how to give your children what is good,

how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask him?

So always treat others as you would like them to treat you.

That is the meaning of the law and the prophets.

What word made this passage Lord saying to you. Jesus said to his disciples,

Ask, and it will be given to you. Search and you will find. Knock and the door will be open to you.

For the one who asks always receives. The one who searches always finds, the one who

knocks will always have the door open to him. Is there a man among you who would hand his son

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