Esther 4:17 / Matthew 7:7-12 (2020)
One of the most remarkable faculties that we have as human beings is this ability to remember and to reflect.
We have this ability to store experiences, feelings, etc. in our memory.
Stored in the deepest recesses of our memory are the experiences of life and the things we learned about life.
Things like love, compassion, patience, forgiveness, and of course about faith in God.
That was where Queen Esther took refuge in her moment of peril, which we heard of in the 1st reading.
She had recourse to what she had been taught from young and what was stored in her memory.
She took recourse to God as her only Saviour.
She remembered what she had been taught about God.
In the gospel, Jesus tells us to remember that when we ask it will be given, when we search we will find, and when we knock it will be opened.
Because God does not turn His back on us who are His beloved children.
Let us remember that, and let us remember to teach that to our children.
It will come in necessary at some point in life.