The scripture we are reciting together for meditation today is from the New Testament, Luke 11:13. The chapter opens with a reference to Jesus' own prayer, which made the disciples who followed Jesus curious to know how to pray as well. Jesus teaches his disciples what prayer is all about and also uses parables to emphasize the perseverance needed to pray. Then a parable mentions how a father who is born sinful knows how to treat his children well and give them good gifts, let alone the perfect and all-knowing Father in heaven. Jesus used the logic of reasoning to prepare his disciples for the future reception of the Holy Spirit, the most important gift of connection with God. Today all those who call on the name of the Lord and follow Jesus, because of Christ's resurrection from the dead, are no longer of the flesh but of the Spirit, and are new creatures in Christ! (translation from DeepL.com/translator)