"Ask
and it will be given to you; 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.” We hear
this famous verse as a part of the Gospel reading from St Matthew this
afternoon. When we
see an image of a door as a symbol of our faith, we can picture that door
either open or closed. It can a door
that is inviting us in or a door that closing us off from our faith. In 2011,
Pope Benedict wrote an apostolic letter Porta Fidei - The Door of Faith – a letter
that declared the year of faith for us in the Catholic Church. Pope
Benedict declared that “door of faith”
is always open for us, that it ushers us into the life of communion with God
and offers us entry into His Church. He said
that it is possible for us to cross the threshold of the door of faith when the
word of God is proclaimed and our heart allows itself to be shaped by God’s
transforming grace. Pope
Benedict said: To enter through the door of faith is to set out on a journey
that lasts a lifetime. However,
sometimes we can be afraid to open the door of faith, can’t we? Sometimes,
we fear what will happen next in our lives. Sometimes,
it is difficult taking that first step or taking a risk. The Lord
tells us to knock at the door – we have to be willing to take that chance no
matter how frightening it may seem.
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