The Lord said, “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?"
Jesus tells the parable of the judge in a certain town and a widow who would come to him and ask him to make a just decision against an adversary of hers. For a long time, the widow kept coming to him, and eventually he gave in to making a just decision for her. Before telling this parable to his disciples, Jesus says to them that it is necessary to pray always without becoming weary.
How is it possible, Lord, to pray always? There are moments during the day where I am engaged in something or with someone and am hardly aware of anything else. Help me understand that through your grace, the disposition I take toward things and toward others can be a form of prayer. And what is it the widow wanted from the judge? A just decision. God is always good, always just, and I sometimes lose sight of that. As Jesus says at the end of the Gospel reading, “But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
Thank you, Lord, for the gift of your presence! Be a light to me throughout the day, and teach me to seek you out in quiet prayer and in my disposition toward all I know and experience, which is pure gift.
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
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