{"id":47154,"date":"2024-06-12T00:04:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T04:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/?p=47154"},"modified":"2024-06-12T15:19:59","modified_gmt":"2024-06-12T19:19:59","slug":"ask-seek-and-knock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markmallett.com\/blog\/ask-seek-and-knock\/","title":{"rendered":"Ask, Seek, and Knock","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ask and it will be given to you; <\/span>
\nseek and you will find; <\/span>
\nknock and the door will be opened to you…<\/span>
\nIf you then, who are wicked, <\/span>
\nknow how to give good gifts to your children, <\/span>
\nhow much more will your heavenly Father <\/span>
\ngive good things to those who ask him.<\/span>
\n(Matt 7:7-11)
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Recently, the writings of Servant of God Luisa Piccarreta have been cast into doubt, if not slanderously attacked, by certain radical traditionalists.[1]<\/sup><\/a>cf.\u00a0Luisa Attacked Again<\/em><\/a>; One claim is that Luisa’s writings are “pornographic” because of symbolic imagery, for example, of Luisa “suckling” at the breast of Christ. However, this is the very mystical language of Scripture itself: “<\/strong>You shall suck the milk of nations, and be nursed at royal breasts… That you may drink with delight at her abundant breasts!\u2026 As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you…” <\/strong>(Isaiah 60:16, 66:11-13) <\/span><\/span>