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Gospel	Luke 18:1-8

The parable of the unjust judge

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart. ‘There was a judge in a certain town’ he said ‘who had neither fear of God nor respect for man. In the same town there was a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, “I want justice from you against my enemy!” For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, “Maybe I have neither fear of God nor respect for man, but since she keeps pestering me I must give this widow her just rights, or she will persist in coming and worry me to death.”’

  And the Lord said ‘You notice what the unjust judge has to say? Now, will not God see justice done to his chosen who cry to him day and night even when he delays to help them? I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find any faith on earth?’

We live in a cell phone world.  Whatever we want is available to us with the manipulation of a few buttons we can summon information, order food to be delivered, talk to someone half of a world away, all of these things while playing a game of "Shoot the Bad Guy."  If we forget our precious phone or heaven forbid, break it or lose it, well then we are lost, hopeless, alone, and cut off, truly a caricature of our former powerful self.  How sad that many of us judge our worth based on the power of the phone we carry. 

Regardless the state of your wireless network, you are always connected to God.  He is there with you every moment of every day looking out for you, sending you graces to live life better, waiting to hear from you, not over a smartphone but through prayer.  God will always answer your prayer.  His answer may not always be the one you want to hear, but he will answer.  In God's eyes, you are worth more than all of the gold, silver, and Apple X cell phones in the world.  We know this because He sent His only Son to die for you. 

 As a beloved adopted son or daughter, we have immediate access to the throne of God. He is our Father and He will take care of us and be there for us from the rising of the sun to its setting and all through the hours of the night. He wants us to share our lives with Him, to share our secrets, to share our wants and desires and our fears and troubles.  For this, we need to have faith in Him. 

 According to Steven Curtis Chapman, a great Christian singer, faith is "standing in the pouring rain and knowing that the sun will shine again."  Without faith, we do not pray.  Without prayer, we do not receive.  We demonstrate our faith in the promises of God by our persistence in prayer.  Being persistent shows that we know that a God is there and He is listening.  Whenever you pray, be ready to be overwhelmed with the answer you receive.  Even if God answers "no," the graces you will receive will make you a stronger person and more in love with God than you were before. 

So, if your network indicator says, "no service" or your screen is cracked so bad that when you try to use it your fingers bleed, always remember that you are permanently connected to God and the signal strength is always five bars and He will always respond to you as a loving Father, granting you all that you need to be with Him in his house forever.   

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May I please ask for a favor from you please.  I have a friend who will be undergoing serious surgery on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving Day.  May I ask that you offer a prayer for her and pray also that her family, who is estranged from one another, come together at this time to offer their support and love.  I am not listing her name out of respect for her privacy. Just call her "Michael's friend,"  God will know who you are talking to Him about!