THE GOSPEL
Luke 11:1-13“I tell you, if he does not get up to give the visitor the loaves
because of their friendship,
he will get up to give him whatever
he needs because of his persistence.”
O
Jesus,
your father
stands at the door
waiting for us to knock,
never sleeping,
always seeking ways to dote on us,
and fill us with good things.
Help us
to persist
in our prayers
for
climate,
gun control,
immigrants,
starving children,
racism,
war.
THE FIRST READING
Genesis 18:20-32a
“Please, let not my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time.”
Abraham bargained.
“Forty innocent ones? Twenty? Ten?”
God, his loving abba, surrendered each time.
So Abram kept
asking for
more!
O
God,
our Father,
let us come to you.
Let us commit to your love.
Thank you for hearing and answering
our life-long pleadings.
THE SECOND READING
Colossians 2:12-14
“Even when you were dead in transgressions …
he brought you to life along with him.”
Oh Christ,
gracias,
dank u,
grazie,
hvala.
You
partner with us.
You take away the stumbling stone.
You break down the wall between us and yourself.
You ask us to come to you and
to call God’s great
mystery
by its
real
name,
which is,
of course,
Father.
Thanks!