Saturday of the Thirty-Second Week in Ordinary Time | 3 John 5-8 | Luke 18:1-8
A widow keeps coming to a judge who neither fears God nor respects anyone. She asks again. And again. Eventually he gives in, mostly to be rid of her.
Jesus tells this so that his disciples will pray always and not lose heart. Then he leaves a question hanging, and it is not about the judge.
In 3 John, Gaius is praised for something plainer than stubbornness: he kept welcoming traveling strangers, whether or not anyone noticed.
Today in & Altar:
Hearth is asking the family to start a prayer list where everyone can see it, and to go back and look at last month's requests.
Iron is asking you to name a prayer you gave up on, and to bring it back every day this week.
Vessel holds the same ask more quietly, for the request you stopped bringing because it had gone unanswered too long.
Eventide invites you back to a prayer you set down, with the Joyful Mysteries offered for those who searched for God across a long life.
Young Disciples is one short prayer, and it asks for something specific about the widow.
Ostium asks about an effort you abandoned because the results were slow.
Some prayers were never meant to be finished in a day.