In this week's edition of There's More in the Gospel than Meets the Eye, Jill
Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the Twenty-ninth
Sunday of the Year. Listen:
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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?"