GRM 203.10 · Volume 3
The Gospel as revealed to me
Quotation
“Give us today our daily bread”.
When you are in Heaven, God alone will be your nourishment. Beatitude will be your food. But here, you still need bread and since you are the children of God, it is only fair to say: “Father, give us some bread”. Are you afraid He will not hear you? Oh! No! Just think: If one of you has a friend and, if he finds out that he has no bread to offer another friend or relative, who has arrived in the middle of the night, and he goes to his friend saying: “Lend me three loaves, because a guest has arrived and I have nothing to give him to eat”, can he possibly hear his friend answer him from inside the house: “Do not bother me, I have already bolted the door and my children are already sleeping beside me. I cannot get up and give you what you want”? No. If he has gone to a true friend and if he insists, he will receive what he asks for. He would receive it even if he went to someone who was not a very good friend. He would be satisfied because of his insistence, as his friend, of whom he asked the favour, will hasten to give him what he wants, so that he may no longer be bothered.
But when you pray the Father, you do not turn to a friend of the earth, but you apply to the Perfect Friend Who is the Father of Heaven. That is why I say to you: “Ask, and it will be given to you, search, and you will find, knock and the door will be opened to you”. For the one who asks will receive, the one who searches always finds, the one who knocks will have the door opened to him. What father among you would hand his son a stone when he asked for bread? Or hand him a snake instead of a roasted fish? A father who did that to his own children would be a criminal. I have already told you and I will repeat it to convince you to be good and trustful. As a sound-minded person would not give a scorpion instead of an egg, with what greater bounty will God give you what you ask for! Because He is good, whereas you are more or less wicked. Ask, therefore, the Father for your bread with humble filial love.
Annotation
I've already said it: in EMV 172.7.
Gospel of Matthew 7, 7-11
Mt 7, 7-11 : "Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; to him who knocks, it will be opened. Or: Which of you will give his son a stone when he asks for bread? Or will he give him a snake when he asks for a fish? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
Gospel of Luke 11, 1-13
Lk 11, 1-13 : It happened that Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he had finished, one of his disciples asked him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John the Baptist also taught his disciples."
He replied, "When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us the bread we need for each day. Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves forgive all those who wrong us. And lead us not into temptation."
Jesus said to them again, "Imagine that one of you has a friend and goes to him in the middle of the night to ask, 'My friend, lend me three loaves of bread, for a friend of mine has arrived home from a trip, and I have nothing to offer him.'" And if, from inside, the other replies, "Don't come bothering me! The door is already closed; my children and I are in bed. I can't get up to give you anything." Well, I tell you, even if he doesn't get up to give out of friendship, he'll get up because of this friend's shamelessness, and he'll give him whatever he needs.
I say to you: Ask, and it will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; to him who knocks, it will be opened. What father among you, when his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? Or will he give him a scorpion when he asks for an egg? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good things to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!"