Lucas 11
Glossa Ordinaria
Lucas 11:7
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (ordin.) He does not then take away the liberty of asking, but is the more anxious to kindle the desire of praying, by showing the difficulty of obtaining that we ask for. For it follows, The door is now shut. (ordin.) And because of what has gone before he adds, I cannot rise and give thee, which must have reference to the difficulty of obtaining. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas
Lucas 11:14
[(as quoted by Aquinas, AD 1274)] (non occ.) The Lord had promised that the Holy Spirit should be given to those that asked for it; the blessed effects whereof He indeed clearly shows in the following miracle. Hence it follows, And Jesus was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. — Catena Aurea by Aquinas