MARY, OUR MOTHER

SCRIPTURE COMMENTARY #134

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?" (Luke 18:1-7)

THE PRAYER OF JESUS, when He retired into a desert place, was one of intercession for sinful men. It was also an example to us to pray and not to faint.

[From 'A Practical Commentary on Holy Scripture' by Bishop Knecht, D.D.]
(1899 Douay-Rheims Bible)