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 answer 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, right? Therefore, the gift of prayer that Jesus had
gratuitously given us is a balm that immediately soothes our wounded and burdened
lives.
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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