These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.

Thursday, Week XXVII, 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. (Lk 11:5-13)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101024.cfm
Sometimes folks just need permission—well, spiritually, the Lord gives us permission to ask, to seek and to knock. If we know how to give good gifts to our children, how much more our heavenly Father will give us the Holy Spirit if we ask.