Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, 20th October

Luke 18:1–8

Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray
always and not to lose heart. He said, "In a certain city there was a
judge who neither feared God nor had respect for people. In that city there was
a widow who kept coming to him and saying, 'Grant me justice against my
opponent.' For a while he refused; but later he said to himself, 'Though I have
no fear of God and no respect for anyone, yet because this widow keeps
bothering me, I will grant her justice, so that she may not wear me out by
continually coming.'" And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unjust
judge says. And will not God grant justice to his chosen ones who cry to him
day and night? Will he delay long in helping them? I tell you, he will quickly
grant justice to them. And yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith
on earth?"

Reflection

Am I puzzled by no justice being not quickly granted by God
to human sufferings?

In seemly delay of God’s helping us, can I me turn to the
memory of Jesus’ Passion, and his agonized prayer in the Garden?