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Luke 18:1-8
And he spoke
also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray, and not to faint,
Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God, nor
regarded man. And there was a certain widow in that city, and she came
to him, saying: Avenge me of my adversary. And he would not for a long
time. But afterwards he said within himself: Although I fear not God,
nor regard man, Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will
avenge her, lest continually coming she weary me.
And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith. And will not God
revenge his elect who cry to him day and night: and will he have
patience in their regard? I say to you, that he will quickly revenge
them. But yet the Son of man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you,
faith on earth?
Commentary
from the Catholic Encyclopedia
The friend at
midnight and the unjust judge need no explanation. With a certain
strength of language both dwell on the power of continued prayer.
Importunity wins, "the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the
violent bear it away" (Matthew 11:12). Dante has beautifully expressed
the Divine law which these parables teach (Paradiso, xx, 94-100).
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