The Flavour of Persistency(REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 12TH OCTOBER 2023
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR THURSDAY OF THE 27TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 12TH OCTOBER 2023 Malachi 3:13-4:2a; Ps.1; Luke 11:5-13 The Flavour of Persistency! Yesterday, Jesus taught the disciples how to pray. Today, he continues that lecture by teaching on the need to be persistent in prayer. Teaching about persistency in prayer shows that Jesus is very much aware that sometimes our prayer request will not be meant as and when we desire them. Jesus is invariably teaching us that delay will definitely be our experience in prayer. However, we are not to interpret this experience of delay as God’s unwillingness to grant our request. There is a flavour persistency adds to Christian prayer, without which, our prayer life may not be rich. In the parable, Jesus talked about a friend who never wanted to help his stranded friend but later did due to persistency. We can misinterpret this parable to mean that persistency in prayer is powerful on the ground that it can change the mind of God. But that is n...