Our gospel reading today is yet another parable that our Lord Jesus Christ uses to teach his disciples and it comes from Luke 18:1-8… The Parable of the Persistent Widow.

The parable of the persistent widow unrelentingly pursuing justice from an unjust judge is best seen as an example of not how our prayers for justice should be continuous — although they ...

The Persistent Widow has to do with God's liberation of his chosen ones from injustice, need, oppression: And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.

I’m the persistent widow. ... We know the only way to walk is forward, toward justice, and the only way to pray is, as Jesus tells us with his parable, “without becoming weary. ...

I have to confess at the start that the parable of the persistent widow baffles me. It raises more questions than it answers. Are we really expected to pester God in prayer the way the widow pesters ...

Just before Jesus presented this parable, sometimes called the parable of the persistent widow, several Pharisees had quizzed him about the end times (Lk 17:20).

Modern-Day Parable of the Widow’s Mite in Argentina. After the theft of two monstrances in 2011, Argentinians in Tucuman donated prized possessions, including wedding rings, for a new one.

In this parable, according to Mosaic ... However, that didn’t stop the persistent widow in her pursuit of justice. She goes before a judge with her petition repeatedly, not taking no for an answer.

It's the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time and today's gospel reading is a lesson in perseverance and persistency. It is the Parable of the Persistent Widow, which you can read in Luke 18:1-8.

The Persistent Widow has to do with God's liberation of his chosen ones from injustice, need, oppression: And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to pray and not lose heart.