Gospel: Luke 18:1-8
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:
How
persistent are we when we have prayer petitions before God? If God seems
silent; do we easily give up that He will hear our prayer petitions? Do we lose
our faith when we don’t hear/feel any signs from God about our
pleadings?
In the gospel Jesus gave the disciples a parable about
a Judge who neither feared God nor respected any human being and a widow who
was very persistent with her petition before the judge to grant her a just
decision against her enemy.
Initially it would seem that the judge would not grant
her request but the widow was very persistent and she never gave up thus she
continued on badgering the judge. Eventually the judge granted her petition for
a just decision.
We all have our own silent prayers before God, we may
have been praying for weeks, months, even years and it may seem that God is
absent and quite. Let us not lose hope let us continue to whisper to God our
prayers. For in His own time of choosing and when we least expect it He
definitely will respond to our prayers.
Are you always persistent when you pray to the Lord?
– Marino J. Dasmarinas
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