To men you may not always speak of heavenly things, but to God you may. “Ask, seek, knock.” Let your prayer be adapted to…

St. Jerome: Having previously forbidden us to pray for things of the flesh, He now shows what we ought to ask, saying, As…

Thus far the Sermon on the Mount lays down the righteousness, sincerity, humility, purity, and love expected of Jesus’ followers; now it assures th…

For every one that asks receives. Some think that this is a proverbial saying taken from common life, but I am more inclined to a differen…

For everyone that asketh receiveth For God is no respecter of persons; whoever makes application, whether he is a Jew or …

Prayer is the appointed means for obtaining what we need. Pray; pray often; make a busine of prayer, and be serious and earnest in it. Ask, as a be…

Christ fulfilled the Law regarding its precepts and its promises; now He fulfills the Law regarding its judgments. Firstly, therefore, He directs t…