{"id":20673,"date":"2020-11-13T22:32:27","date_gmt":"2020-11-14T03:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/?p=20673"},"modified":"2020-11-14T09:22:11","modified_gmt":"2020-11-14T14:22:11","slug":"persevering-prayer-and-persevering-faith-32nd-saturday-ii-november-14-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/persevering-prayer-and-persevering-faith-32nd-saturday-ii-november-14-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Persevering Prayer and Persevering Faith, 32nd Saturday (II), November 14, 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Roger J. Landry<br \/>\nVisitation Mission of the Sisters of Life, Manhattan<br \/>\nSaturday of the 32nd Week in Ordinary Time, Year II<br \/>\nNovember 14, 2020<br \/>\n3 Jn 5-8, Ps 112, Lk 18:1-8<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>To listen to an audio recording of today\u2019s homily, please click below:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-20673-2\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/11.14.20_Homily_715_1.mp3?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/11.14.20_Homily_715_1.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/catholicpreaching\/11.14.20_Homily_715_1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>The following points were attempted in the homily:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Today Jesus asks us what I think is perhaps the most haunting question in Sacred Scripture: \u201cWhen the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?\u201d It\u2019s\u00a0not a rhetorical question. He was asking it because the answer wasn\u2019t obvious. He had a serious concern as to whether when he comes for each of us or for all of us, whichever comes first, he would find us truly faithful. He\u2019s been giving us over the past couple of weeks lots of encouragement to be found vigilant upon his arrival, like that faithful and prudent steward giving his goods to others at the proper time. Today we can ponder two ways that he hopes to find us faithful.<\/li>\n<li>The first is through persevering prayer. Jesus gives us a parable about the <i>\u201cnecessity\u201d\u00a0<\/i>\u2014 not just the invitation! \u2014 for us to \u201cpray always without becoming weary.\u201d Prayer is faith in action. Jesus describes a widow, someone who was helpless without a husband or a son to plead her case before a corrupt judge, who continued to seek a just decision against an adversary. It would appear that the judge may have been bought off by that adversary. The judge, who feared neither what God or what others thought of him, was unwilling but the woman didn\u2019t stop. Eventually, however, he relented, saying, \u201cBecause this widow keeps bothering me\u00a0I shall deliver a just decision for her\u00a0lest she finally come and strike me.\u201d Jesus tells us, \u201cPay attention to what the dishonest judge says,\u201d before adding, \u201cWill 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.\u201d Jesus wasn\u2019t <em>comparing<\/em> God to a corrupt magistrate but <em>contrasting<\/em> him. If even an unjust judge would eventually give in, how much more will a Father who loves his children respond to them when they \u201cpray always without losing heart?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Pope Francis pondered the reality of this persevering prayer in a homily in 2013. The first thing he said is that we need to be willing to pray in such an enduring way as to \u201cbother God.\u201d He said, \u201cJesus himself, when he taught his disciples how to pray, told them to pray like \u2026 the\u00a0widow with the corrupt judge. To do so \u2014 I would say \u2014 by being bothersome. \u2026 Praying is a little like bothering God so that he listens to us. \u2026 \u00a0This is how Jesus teaches us to pray. \u2026 Jesus tell us: \u2026 \u00a0\u2018Knock at the door!\u2019 and whoever knocks at the door makes noise, he disturbs, he bothers.\u201d In another 2013 homily he took up the very important question as to why Jesus would want us to persevere in prayer, asking over and over again, if God already knows what we need. He said, \u201cWhy does God want this? Doesn\u2019t he already know what we need? \u00a0\u2026 God invites us to pray insistently not because he is unaware of our needs or because he is not listening to us. On the contrary, he is always listening and he knows everything about us lovingly. On our daily journey, especially in times of difficulty, in the battle against the evil that is outside and within us, the Lord is not far away, he is by our side. We battle with him beside us, and our weapon is prayer, which makes us feel his presence beside us, his mercy and also his help. <em>But the battle against evil is a long and hard one; it requires patience and endurance,<\/em> like Moses who had to keep his arms outstretched for the people to prevail (cf Ex 17:8-13). This is how it is: there is a battle to be waged each day, but God is our ally, f<em>aith in him is our strength and prayer is the expression of this faith.<\/em> Therefore Jesus assures us of the victory, but at the end he asks: \u2018When the Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?\u2019 (Lk 18:8). If faith is snuffed out, prayer is snuffed out, and we walk in the dark. We become lost on the path of life. Therefore, let us learn from the widow of the Gospel to pray always without growing weary. \u2026 Pray always, but not in order to convince the Lord by dint of words! He knows our needs better than we do! Indeed persevering prayer is the expression of faith in a God who calls us to fight with him every day and at every moment in order to conquer evil with good.\u201d\u00a0In other words, Jesus wants us to pray with the persevering insistence of the widow so that we might grow in faith and persevere in the battle of faith our entire life long. Just think about how Saint Monica grew in holiness through her persevering prayer for her husband Patricius, her mother-in-law and her son Saint Augustine. <em>Perseverance in prayer trains us for perseverance in life<\/em>. And perseverance in prayer does not mean merely to persist in prayer of intercession and petition, but also in praise, thanksgiving and for mercy. When Jesus comes, he wants to find faith in us\u00a0through the expression of faith-in-action that is prayer.<\/li>\n<li>The second expression of persevering faith Jesus hopes to find is with regard to charity. Today we encounter for the only time in the Church\u2019s two year liturgical daily Mass readings a portion from St. John\u2019s very short third letter. In it, St. John is praising the recipients of the letter for the way their faith has overflowed in acts of love. St. Paul said that what God wants in us is an operative charity, \u201cfaith working through love\u201d (Gal 5:6) and that\u2019s precisely what St. John was praising. He said, \u201cBeloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers and sisters,\u00a0especially for strangers. They have testified to your love before the Church.\u201d Their faithfulness was shown in their charity especially to strangers. St. John called them to persevere in helping the others persevere in faith in the midst of a context in which the pagans were mocking them and trying to get them to leave the Christian faith: \u201cPlease help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey.\u00a0For they have set out for the sake of the Name\u00a0and are accepting nothing from the pagans.\u00a0Therefore, we ought to support such persons,\u00a0so that we may be co-workers in the truth.\u201d All of us are supposed to be \u201ccoworkers in the truth,\u201d working together to inspire each other\u00a0by our own seeking the truth, our living the truth and our teaching the truth so that when the Lord appears, we may all be found persevering in faith.<\/li>\n<li>The greatest example of persevering prayer, and the greatest means to help us to learn how to be faithful, is the Mass. In Eucharistic Prayer III, we say to the Lord that we offer this prayer of Christ in the Upper Room \u201cfrom the rising of the sun to its setting.\u201d This is the prayer of the Church that never ceases. It is through the Mass that we are strengthened to pray like the importune widow. \u00a0It\u2019s through the Mass that we are strengthened from within to \u201cdo this\u201d in memory of Christ and make his self-giving charity the standard of our life. Today we beg the Lord for the grace to help us to persevere in prayer and charity in such a way that when he comes he will find us faithful and say, \u201cWell done, good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of your Lord.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>The readings for today\u2019s Mass were:\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Reading 1\u00a0<a id=\"\/bible\/3john\/1:5|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=2d51dd47b7&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">3 jn 5-8<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">Beloved, you are faithful in all you do for the brothers and sisters,<br \/>\nespecially for strangers;<br \/>\nthey have testified to your love before the Church.<br \/>\nPlease help them in a way worthy of God to continue their journey.<br \/>\nFor they have set out for the sake of the Name<br \/>\nand are accepting nothing from the pagans.<br \/>\nTherefore, we ought to support such persons,<br \/>\nso that we may be co-workers in the truth.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Responsorial Psalm\u00a0<a id=\"\/bible\/psalms\/112:1|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=55a1d0c390&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">R.\u00a0<strong>Blessed the man who fears the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\nor:<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>Alleluia.<\/strong><br \/>\nBlessed the man who fears the LORD,<br \/>\nwho greatly delights in his commands.<br \/>\nHis posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;<br \/>\nthe upright generation shall be blessed.<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>Blessed the man who fears the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\nor:<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>Alleluia.<\/strong><br \/>\nWealth and riches shall be in his house;<br \/>\nhis generosity shall endure forever.<br \/>\nLight shines through the darkness for the upright;<br \/>\nhe is gracious and merciful and just.<br \/>\nR.<strong>\u00a0Blessed the man who fears the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\nor:<br \/>\nR.\u00a0<strong>Alleluia.<\/strong><br \/>\nWell for the man who is gracious and lends,<br \/>\nwho conducts his affairs with justice;<br \/>\nHe shall never be moved;<br \/>\nthe just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.<br \/>\nR.<strong>\u00a0Blessed the man who fears the Lord.<\/strong><br \/>\nor:<br \/>\nR.<strong>\u00a0Alleluia.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"bibleReadingsWrapper\">\n<h4>Gospel\u00a0<a id=\"\/bible\/luke\/18:1|\" href=\"http:\/\/usccb.us8.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=b927174dbe854683d4b527f98&amp;id=84f4002951&amp;e=b55e3798ee\">lk 18:1-8<\/a><\/h4>\n<div class=\"poetry\">Jesus told his disciples a parable<br \/>\nabout the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.<br \/>\nHe said, \u201cThere was a judge in a certain town<br \/>\nwho neither feared God nor respected any human being.<br \/>\nAnd a widow in that town used to come to him and say,<br \/>\n\u2018Render a just decision for me against my adversary.\u2019<br \/>\nFor a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought,<br \/>\n\u2018While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,<br \/>\nbecause this widow keeps bothering me<br \/>\nI shall deliver a just decision for her<br \/>\nlest she finally come and strike me.\u2019\u201d<br \/>\nThe Lord said, \u201cPay attention to what the dishonest judge says.<br \/>\nWill not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones<br \/>\nwho call out to him day and night?<br \/>\nWill he be slow to answer them?<br \/>\nI tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily.<br \/>\nBut when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-20676\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/catholicpreaching.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/image.png?resize=236%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" 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