Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
Jesus told his
disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without
becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither
feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come
to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a
long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true
that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps
bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and
strike me.’” The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will
not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and
night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that
justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find
faith on earth?
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Reflection:
Does God always
answers our prayers? The gospel would tell us that He always answers our prayers.
But the reality of it all is there are times that God doesn’t answer our
prayers. There are times that God fails us. We don’t know the reason behind
these unanswered prayers only God knows.
If God seems deaf to our prayers would it be right for us to stop kneeling in prayer before God? We need not stop praying even if we get no answer from God. For the simple reason
that our prayers before God gives us hope. Our prayers before God brightens our gloomy day. Our prayers tell us that amidst our life struggles there is a
powerful God who is ever ready to listen notwithstanding the nature of His
reply.
It's already immaterial if God answers or not because our prayers are not only
limited with God answering or not answering it. Our prayers before God is much
bigger that the reply that we expect from Him. This is for the reason that the
gift of prayer in itself is already an enormous blessing from God.
What happens to us when we pray and after we pray? When we pray we connect with our loving and powerful God. And after we pray we become
hopeful and we feel relieved. Therefore, the gift of prayer that Jesus has
gratuitously given us is a balm that immediately soothes our wounded and
burdened beings.
We therefore have to
pray as often as we can since a life without prayer is a life without hope and
a life bereft of the presence of God.
Do you have a
healthy prayer life? – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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