Twenty-Seventh Thursday of Ordinary Time

And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Praying the rosary is just one of the ways we can ask and receive, seek and find, and knock and open. God the Father listens to His Daughter. God the Son listens to His Mother. And God the Holy Spirit listens to His Blessed Spouse. Who better to intercede for us than Mary? She knows the Holy Trinity better than any of us and because of her insights into the Holy One, she also knows God's Will better than we do. She knows when we ask for the wrong favors and instead she asks God to give us the right ones. She knows when we are seeking the wrong things and asks God to lead us to the right ones. She knows when we are knocking at the wrong doors and asks God to open the right ones. Her motherly love helps us to receive what we truly need, to find what we are truly seeking, and to open the doors that will lead us to heaven. We would do well to visit her often in our prayers and one of the best ways is through the rosary.

Do we pray for Mary's intercession in our lives? Do we thank her for the aid she gives us? How can we live lives that will make Mary proud to be our spiritual mother?

O Lord, we asked for your aid and you gave us Mary as our Mediatrix. We sought your Will and you gave us Mary as an example. We knocked at your door and you gave us Mary as the Gate of Heaven.

Amen.