29th Sunday of Ordinary Time

 

If you are beautiful or handsome.

If you are rich and powerful.

If you are strong and athletic.

Then you have the ability to oftentimes get what you want.

That’s how this world works.

We’ve all seen it.

But what if you are poor and homeless?

What if you are elderly and alone?

What if you are sick or dying?

What if you are disabled or disfigured?

What are the chances of getting what you want?

There was a Widow who was seeking a decision from the judge. Lk. 18:1-8

She had nothing.

No family.

No power or clout.

No money.

No social standing.

Nothing except perseverance!

When we come before God what do we have?

Do our good looks impress Him?

No one is more Beautiful than God.

Do our riches make Him want to be our friend?

Everything in the Universe belongs to God.

Does our power and clout influence Him?

God is all powerful

When we come before God in prayer

we are like the Widow;

We come with nothing.

Nothing that God needs or wants.

All we have is our perseverance.

Thorough our perseverance we show God that we are Real!

Those who pretend do not persevere against all odds.

Through Our perseverance we show God that we are Faithful!

Those who do not believe eventually walk away.

What catches God's Eye?

What touches His Heart?

What moves Him to Act?

It is not beauty, or power, or money or intellect.

But perseverance.

A Faith that perseveres against all odds.

For that is REAL FAITH!

But When the Son of Man comes will He find such Faith on earth?