10/17/10 cblog GOD IS NOT ALWAYS AN INSTANT GOD, St. Cath Laboure m "persisten prayer theme..gospel luke begins by saying pray always...adds passage .if son of man will find faith on earth when he comes..if we take a look at our own life + others..we are an instant people..fastfood..instant coffee...instant communication...cellphones..so don't have to wait for what we want..but god is not an instant god..Jesus..chief of salvation..single..or word..took time to experience years of ups downs..in garden of getgsemane..jesus prayed wo ceasing....faith is what keeps us going...we will never be perfect..keep trying..ancient israel not perfect either...,Moses w upraised arms realized lord w them..persistent widow..hero..not bc she...rightfully.. she did not give up..face of obstacles..if we...faith in our own life..pray persistently..going to church every Sunday..highest form of persistent prayer..." Ex 17:8-13 In those days, Amalek came and waged war against Israel. Moses, therefore, said to Joshua,"Pick out certain men, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle I will be standing on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." So Joshua did as Moses told him: he engaged Amalek in battle after Moses had climbed to the top of the hill with Aaron and Hur. As long as Moses kept his hands raised up, Israel had the better of the fight, but when he let his hands rest so they put a rock in place for him to sit on. Meanwhile Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other, so that his hands remained steady till sunset And Joshua mowed down Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. R. Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. 2 Tm 3:14-4:2 "Beloved: Remain faithful to what you have learned and believed because you know from whom you learned it, and that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for refutation, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that one who belongs to God may be competent, equipped for every good work I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching. Lk 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?"
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