St. Theresa Catholic Church

The one word that is found throughout the readings this weekend is Persistence. In the first reading from Exo-dus, under the leadership of Moses, the chosen people are on their journey from slavery in Egypt to the freedom of the Promised Land. Their journey is difficult with different challenges. They are attacked by Amalekites. They are ready to give up this exodus. However, Moses remained steadfast. He does not give up. As long as Moses keeps his hands up over the battlefield, the army is victorious. His persistence brings about a resounding victory. Moses tenacity wins the day.

In the second reading, Paul’s advice to Timothy who is working in the ministry of Evangelization as the church continues to grow and spread throughout the region and the world. Their work is difficult and treacherous. It could involve ridicule, persecution, indifference and even martyrdom. Paul’s message was “to remain faithful, pro-claim the word, be persistent”. Their persistence was to be unending.

In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus is teaching with a par-able of persistence. The poor widow persists in seeking justice, so much that she becomes an annoyance to the judge. Her persistence achieves Justice. Jesus makes the point if persistence is effective in achieving justice from a corrupt judge, how much more powerful will it be when we pray to God our Father. The challenge is to be persistent in prayer.

There are so many situations in our world that needs healing, justice, mercy, decency and honor. These are needed in our communities, our families, our workplac-es and throughout the universe. In practicing our faith, it is easy to go through all the motions and rituals and use the right words, but are we true to ourselves? Faith must come from the heart. It may go through different phases and we live our lives, however it must not become meaningless behavior. Our daily challenge is we must never give up, but continue to strive to live our faith.

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