with an enemy; and in the Name of Christ he asketh all, and what he asketh is nothing. What then must be asked for? “Ask in My Name.”4312 And He said not what, but by the very words we understand what we ought to ask. “Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. Ask, and ye shall receive, in My Name.” But what? Not nothing; but what? “That your joy may be full;” that is, ask what may suffice you. For when thou askest for temporal things, thou askest for nothing. “Whoso shall drink of this water, shall thirst again.”4313 He letteth down the watering pot of desire into the well, he taketh up whereof to drink, only that he may thirst again. “Ask, that your joy may be full;” that is, that ye may be satisfied, not feel delight only for a time. Ask what may suffice you; speak Philip’s language, “Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us.”4314 The Lord saith to you, “Have I been so long time with you, and have ye not known Me? Philip, he that seeth Me, seeth the Father also.”4315 Render then thanks to Christ, made weak for you that are weak, and make ready your de- sires4316 for Christ’s Divinity, to be satisfied therewith. Turn we to the Lord, etc. 4312 John xvi. 24. 4313 John iv. 13. 4314 John xiv. 8. 4315 John xiv. 9, Vulgate. 4316 Fauces. 1122 On the words of the Gospel, John xvi. 24, ‘Hitherto have ye asked nothing…