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Scripture of the Week
Mass Readings—Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
The Book of Exodus, chapter seventeen, verses eight thru thirteen;
Psalm One Hundred Twenty-one (R/. cf. two), verses one & two, three & four, five & six, & seven & eight;
The Second Letter to Timothy, chapter three, verse fourteen thru chapter four, verse two;
The Gospel according to Luke, chapter eighteen, verses one thru eight.
Commentary: Sunday Readings.
Gospel reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire):
Friends, today’s Gospel exhorts us to pray with persistence. This command is everywhere in the Bible. We see it in Abraham’s steady petition on behalf of the people of Sodom. We see it in today’s account of the persistent widow. We hear it in Jesus’ extraordinary teaching: “Knock and the door shall be opened to you; seek and you will find; ask and it will be given to you.”Video reflection by Bishop Robert Barron (Word on Fire): Sunday Sermon.
One reason that we don’t receive what we want through prayer is that we give up too easily. What could be behind this rule of prayer? Augustine said that God sometimes delays in giving us what we want because he wants our hearts to expand. The more ardently we desire something, the more ready we are when it comes, the more we treasure it. The very act of asking persistently is accomplishing something spiritually important. So when the Lord seems slow to answer your prayer, never give up.
Video reflection by Father Greg Friedman, O.F.M. (U.S.C. of Catholic Bishops): Sunday Reflection.
Video reflection by Doctor Tim Gray (Augustine Institute/Formed.org): Sunday Reflection.
Video reflection by Jeff Cavins (Ascension): Encountering the Word.
Audio reflection by Scott Hahn, Ph.D. (St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology): Breaking the Bread.
Papal Quote o' the Day
"God the Father loves each of you. It is not that He loves you too, but that He lovesyou most of all. His is a love so strong that it melts the hardness of the human heart. His is a justice that is clothed in mercy."Saint Quote o' the Day
—Pope Saint John Paul II the Great (1920-2005, r. 1978-2005; feast: 22 October)
"What a joy to remember that she is our Mother! Since she loves us, & knows our weakness, what do we have to fear?"Mother Teresa Quote o' the Day
—Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, O.C.D., Doctor of the Church (1873-1897, feast: 1 October)
"If you were to die today, what would others say about you? What was in you that was beautiful, that was Christlike, that helped others to pray better? Face yourself, with Jesus at your side, & do not be satisfied with just any answer. Go deep into the question. Examine your life."Archbishop Sheen Quote o' the Day
—Saint Teresa of Calcutta, M.C. (1910-1997, feast: 5 September)
"Sensationalists miss divinity for just that reason: the true religion is always unspectacular. The foolish virgins go & buy oil for their lamps, & when they comeback, they find the Bridegroom already returned. And the door closed. It was so undramatic. A beautiful maiden knocks at the door of an inn, & an innkeeper tells her there is no room. Into the stable she enters, & there a child is born. It was God's entrance into the world. But it was so undramatic."
—Venerable Fulton Sheen (1895-1979)
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