For everyone who asks, receives, and the one who seeks, finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
(Luke 11:10)
Here am I, Lord, on your threshold. What do I want to ask? You give me what I need every day. What more can I want? I beg your forgiveness. You tell me that just as I forgive others, so will you forgive me. I seek the strength to resist temptation and avoid evil. Now I am at the door. Why do I hesitate to knock? You are never disturbed by your children; you instruct us to come to you. Of course, I am not worthy, but you have redeemed me, baptized and forgiven me. What then, do I fear? Open to me, Lord. Gather us in, all of us.