Summary: <br> <br> Show 269 ” Building a Kingdom of Love” – On Prayer<br> <br> Msgr. Esseff reflects on the teaching of the Sacred Scriptures and on how we pray:<br> <br> Gospel <a href="http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/bible/luke/18:1">LK 18:1-8</a><br> <br> Jesus told his disciples a parable<br> about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.<br> He said, “There was a judge in a certain town<br> who neither feared God nor respected any human being.<br> And a widow in that town used to come to him and say,<br> ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’<br> For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought,<br> ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,<br> because this widow keeps bothering me<br> I shall deliver a just decision for her<br> lest she finally come and strike me.'”<br> The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.<br> Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones<br> who call out to him day and night?<br> Will he be slow to answer them?<br> I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily.<br> But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
