I’ve been thinking a lot about prayer this summer. Our readings for the last few weeks have had things to say with how we communicate with God. And life itself has had me thinking about what we do with our prayers and how it is that God responds. The news of last weekend was painful…
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.