St. Joseph Parish

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                                                      29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

It can be so difficult to be patient. Lessons we learned or attempted to learn in childhood are still with us as adults. Opportunities to learn patience abound! One clever prayer, inspired by St. Francis of Assisi, reads: “Lord, grant me patience….NOW!”

Early Christians, and maybe even modern, grew impatient with the delayed Parousia, the promised coming of Christ. Some Christians eventually abandoned this hope and therefore abandoned their discipleship. Our Gospel is a reminder that disciples are “to pray always.” And not only that, but to do so “without becoming weary.” That may seem like a tall order, equivalent to telling a child on a long drive to “sit patiently; we’ll be there soon enough.”

Yet, that’s the exhortation we receive, along with a final question wondering whether the Son of Man will find faith when he returns. This, too, in a nod to the children in the car, might be the equivalent of, “I wonder if there will be ice cream for children who were quiet the entire way?”

The issues that concerned the early church concerns us. When will Jesus return? How long will this be? Is he slow to answer? The response is that we continue praying, doing justice, and God will act when he does.

God Bless your hearts!!