Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
(Galatians 3:1-5; Luke 11:5-13)
If any of us were to list our needs,
probably no one would include the Holy Spirit.
Yet, as Jesus indicates in today’s gospel, the Holy Spirit is the most precious
gift of all. The Holy Spirit provides
the joy, peace, and love that make life not only bearable but truly wonderful.
Psychologists have taken surveys to
determine where people are most happy.
One might think that California’s refreshing climate would make it the
place where the happiest people live.
However, according to psychological studies, the happiest people reside
in the upper Midwest where family relations are strong and faith in God is
often prominent. More people there probably
have the Holy Spirit.
We can and should ask God to provide for
pressing needs. Perhaps we have a sick
child or are to take an important exam.
Let us pray for these intentions but never to the exclusion of the Holy
Spirit.
