Strive for justice.
From today’s Scripture: While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’”—Lk 18:4-5
We remember Mother Cabrini today, the first US citizen canonized and patron saint of immigrants. She was a persistent servant of the poor. But you don’t have to be famous to be a servant. There are persistent men and women in every age.
Today we hear of the nameless widow of the Gospel. She demands, over and again, justice from a dishonest judge who finally listens and settles her case. Her persistence for justice is a model for us.
Let us pray: Lord, let me strive for justice in everything I do today. Open my ears, and my heart, to the needs, even the demands, of those who have less, to those who live in unjust situations.
Today’s author is Glenmary Father François Pellissier, who serves as visiting priest at prisons in South Georgia.
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