Waiting for the good news? Here it is: like the widow in today’s gospel lesson, God is persistent. God will keep at us until we are moved to do what God intends for us to do.

In our gospel a disciple dared to ask Jesus, “teach us to pray.”  So Jesus did.  Starting with calling God “Abba.”  It astonished the disciples, that Jesus would use the word “Abba” to address God.