Picking the right gift

It is one of the most difficult of the common challenges in families and in relationships.

What am I going to get so-and-so for this coming Christmas/birthday/special occasion?

Sometimes, we end up getting our loved one something we would want.

Often, it's not something they want.

What's more, often the thing we think we want turns out not to be good for us.

Fortunately, God knows what is truly good for us - better than we know ourselves, as today's Gospel (Matthew 7:7-12) reminds us:

If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will your heavenly Father
give good things to those who ask him.

Let us ask.