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[Emoke Greschik]

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Your daily Gospel reflection...
*Monday, August 27, 2018*
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Memorial of Saint Monica

Matthew 23:13-22

*NEM A MA ÁLTALAM KIKÜLDÖTT EVANGÉLIUMHOZ, HANEM A KÉRŐ IMÁRÓL SZÓLÓHOZ:*

*The meditation below does not concern the Gospel reading posted by me this
morning, but one on petitionary prayer:*



*Friends, on this day we remember St. Monica, who prayed persistently for
the conversion of her son, St. Augustine of Hippo.Even though petitionary
prayer—asking God for something—*seems simpler and more basic than
contemplation*, it’s more difficult to make sense *of theologically.



* If God is omniscient, what is the point of telling him what you need? And
if God cannot change, what is the point of asking him for anything? The
prayer for the liturgy of St. Monica sheds some light on these questions.
The text begins as follows: "Lord, you graciously received the tears of
Monica for the conversion of her son Augustine." Mind you, it does not say
that the tears of Monica moved God to act or compelled him somehow to
change the structure of his providence. But it does say that God accepted
those tears in coordination with granting the grace of conversion to her
son, implying that God himself was effectively crying through the tears of
Monica. God indeed knows everything about everything, so he is aware of
what we need before we ask; but like a good parent, he delights in
receiving our tearful requests—even if, like a good parent, he does not
always respond the way we would like him to. And God, as the unmoved mover,
can never be changed by our prayer; but through whatever is good and right
and true in our prayer, God is already praying through us. *
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