Saturday November 18, 2017
Recently a friend of mine told me about a nun—Sister Joan—who works for the rehabilitation of leprosy patients in a certain country. She had been in this ministry for several decades. She is old and feeble now. Most of her days have been spent in government offices, forcing the officials to release funds and sign documents that served the needs of the leprosy patients. The government officials dread her and go any length to do what she asks for. If not, she would simply refuse to leave. She would sit at the office, for days and weeks, until they granted what she had asked. One of the officials confided to my friend: “These days we immediately grant what Sister Joan asks because we are afraid she might die in our office. She is getting old.”
Sister Joan reminds me of the widow in today’s parable. Persistence pays in heavenly as well as earthly domains. And with God who loves us more than we do ourselves, it produces returns with even greater efficacy. But, will the Son of Man find such persistent faith in you and me?
