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00:00The text that Scripture presents to us today is very much related, as always, to the
00:23First reading. In the first reading we see how Moses is continually praying to the Lord
00:31And as long as he held his arms up, he was winning against Israel, but when he grew tired,
00:42He was beating Malek so badly that his assistants decided he should sit down and they
00:50They also helped him in prayer. They held his hands up, in such a way
00:57that he was continually praying to the Lord. This reading that the liturgist proposes goes
01:05In relation to today's reading, where Jesus clearly tells them, that is, seeking
01:13He proposed to his disciples that they understand the need to pray and to pray without ceasing.
01:21This parable of the unjust judge, who, although he is not interested in doing justice, well, in the end, with
01:28So that they stop bothering him, he finally says, well, let's help him
01:33Here to this widow. In this passage, Jesus proposes two ideas that are very important for
01:44We as Christians. The first is to believe that God truly cares about us.
01:54God, sometimes we think, well God, let's see if He has time, let's see if He remembers, let's see
02:05If you find my cause interesting. Sometimes we think that what we're asking for might be...
02:12It might seem trivial to God, right? Well, with so many problems in the world...
02:18And so many circumstances and so many millions of us who are constantly asking
02:24to the Lord, as if we had to, so in the places where we have to stand in line,
02:31Right? And take out a slip of paper and then I have number 280, that is, there are 280 ahead of me,
02:40Let's see if I get one before the office closes. And if I don't, well, too bad, I can't do anything about it.
02:45It happened. And it's not like that. He says, if the unjust judge, who is bad, finally does justice, then
02:54God is our Father. And He is always attentive, just as all fathers are attentive to our needs.
03:01of their children. What's more, parents don't need their children to be telling them.
03:07that they need. Or don't you realize that your children need shoes? Or that they need pants?
03:16Or that they need to pay something at school, or whatever. As parents, we notice all of them.
03:24The needs. God does too. However, God has his timing, as I believe we do as well.
03:33We have them. And He knows what to give, how to give it, and how much to give. In His time, He will do it.
03:44What does this imply? The second instruction: Pray with perseverance. I recently said in the
03:56Morning sermon at my parish. I was telling them how sometimes we find ourselves asking something of God.
04:04Lord, but we were discouraged. We kept praying. And the Lord was about to give it to us.
04:13We could have just insisted one more time and that would have been it. But we got discouraged. No, I think, I think that
04:24The Lord is not home today. I'm leaving now.
04:30Pray persistently.
04:32This whole business of praying persistently is truly a mystery, because it would seem that God doesn't...
04:43Listen. And I think it has more to do with the final part of the Gospel, the theme of faith.
04:54Do you truly believe that God is your father? Do you truly believe that He will take care of you? Do you truly have faith? Because
05:07We tend to say that we have faith. In a text I was reading this morning to prepare for humility, the
05:15The translation of this text said, "They will have this kind of faith." In other words,
05:24Is there a true faith that believes God will answer him?
05:30Because if we truly believe this, we will persist and persist and persist and persist, because
05:37I have faith. I believe that God, for some reason I don't know, isn't giving me what I need right now.
05:45I want to. And sometimes he's even going to give me something that I don't think is what I'm asking for.
05:54And this is the mystery of a God who always watches over us and always seeks our good.
06:04A widow who insists on justice is acting in her own best interest. So too is God.
06:11in the parallel text presented to us by the other synoptic texts, which we have just read
06:22Recently in Luke, he tells us, if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children,
06:30How much more will the Father do to meet their needs? In fact, Luke differs from the Synoptic Gospels.
06:41Because Luke presents us with a difference in the Gospel. Whereas Matthew says,
06:49If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in Heaven do for you!
06:59In other words, God will give us better things than we can even imagine. Luke, on the other hand, says,
07:08How much will the Holy Spirit give to those who ask Him? For sometimes we ask for things, Scripture says,
07:16that don't suit us, that we think are beneficial. And I'm going to give you one of the most... well, one of the most...
07:25They can make us reflect at times. There may be economic situations where we ask
07:34To the Lord, for example, a person who is unemployed. Lord, I need a job to feed my family.
07:42Or the person who asks, Lord, I need or I ask you to heal a member of my family.
07:51Two very clear situations that can frequently occur in our lives.
07:57We ask and ask, and it seems God doesn't hear me. It seems He's deaf.
08:04And then those people usually tend to lose faith. Why? Because they don't believe God is listening to them, for one thing.
08:15Two, because God probably has something better in store for you. But it's not the right time.
08:23I'm going to use the example of work. Sir, I haven't been able to find a job.
08:30And the Lord says, wait a little while because the job I have for you, the person who is in that position is not yet available.
08:42I have a great job for you, but you'll have to wait a couple of months because in my eternity I see
08:48that person will be promoted in two months, will leave, will move to another city
08:52And I'm going to give you that position. What could be better than what you're thinking?
08:57But you're already desperate. And that's understandable, isn't it? Because you have to eat.
09:03And then the Lord gives you other things. He brings you people who help you.
09:10I don't know, so many things, but we don't see it anymore.
09:12We already canceled our relationship with God because I don't see that He's giving me anything.
09:18If you have faith, wait, believe, trust that you are worth more than a bird.
09:28And if God feeds the birds, won't he feed you?
09:32When it comes to illness, we sometimes think that the best way to exist is to be healthy.
09:38No, indeed. St. Ignatius of Loyola sometimes says that the best way to be is to be sick.
09:45It makes us see our weakness. It draws us closer to God's mercy.
09:51How often does an illness in a family bring together a family that was angry with each other?
09:57It draws us back into the mystery of God because finally, my brothers,
10:03The theme of our lives is to save ourselves.
10:05And while we are here, the Lord will provide what is best.
10:09within the limitations of our world.
10:14In other words, the best thing we would say is always to have a job.
10:19Yes, indeed. And always to have good health. Yes, indeed.
10:22However, in the Beatitudes,
10:25the good news that Jesus presents to us in the Beatitudes of Saint Matthew
10:30It's a change of mind, a paradigm shift.
10:32Blessed are the poor.
10:38Do you agree with that?
10:43Blessed are the rich, Lord.
10:47No, the poor.
10:50Blessed are those who suffer.
10:52No, sir, you were wrong.
10:55Blessed are those who do not suffer.
10:56Do you notice?
11:00We need to keep changing, let the Holy Spirit guide us.
11:04Change our mindset and persist, persist, persist.
11:10but having faith.
11:12I insist because I believe God is going to give me something wonderful.
11:16Do you believe this?
11:22Will the Lord find faith, this faith?
11:25Will He truly find a people who believe in Him when He returns?
11:28who praises him, who blesses him, even in times of need?
11:31Will we have faith in what God has prepared for me?
11:34Something wonderful in my life, still on this earth?
11:38That is faith.
11:40To believe that God has something wonderful in store for me,
11:43Even if it takes a while to reply?
11:46And it's not because I want to prolong things,
11:50but because He knows the right time for this to happen.
11:56Let us therefore ask the Lord for this grace today,
11:59that our faith may increase within us
12:00And may we always persevere in His love with this faith.
12:06Let us never stop praying.
12:08God has wonderful things in store for you.
12:11Praise be to Jesus Christ.
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