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Daily Reflections

Thursday, 19^thOctober 2017.

Twenty Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Rom 3: 21-30;

Ps 130: 1-6 (R) 7;

Lk 11: 47-54.

KEY OF KNOWLEDGE

Today’s Gospel speaks about the conflict that was between Jesus and the religious and civil authorities of that time. The teachers of the law presented God as a severe judge and imposed laws and norms which had nothing to do with the commandments of God. They condemned and killed the prophets, yet later made graves in their respect. Today Jesus points to them, that they block themselves and become hindrance to enter the kingdom.

Jesus chastises them because they “have taken away the key of knowledge” and have actively tried to keep others from the knowledge God wants them to have. What is the key of knowledge? The key of knowledge is faith, and faith can come only by listening to the voice of God. The key to knowledge is to let God speak to you and to reveal to you His deepest and most beautiful truths. These truths can only be received and believed through prayer and through direct communication with God. The saints are the best examples of those who have penetrated the deep mysteries of God’s life. Through their life of prayer and faith they came to know God on a profound level. Many of these great saints have left us beautiful writings and a powerful witness of the hidden but revealed mysteries of the inner life of God.

Reflect, today, upon whether or not you have taken the “key of knowledge” and opened the mysteries of God through your life of faith and prayer. Recommit yourself to seeking God in your daily personal prayer and to seek all that He desires to reveal to you.

Prayer: Lord, help me to seek You through a life of daily prayer. Draw me into a deep relationship with You, revealing to me all that You are and all that life is about. Jesus, I trust in You. Amen.