Daily Marriage Tip for August 20, 2017:
But the woman came and did him homage, saying, Lord, help me. (Mt 15:25) Have the humility to come to God and to praise him when you are struggling with problems in your family and life.
Pastor’s Column
20th Sunday Ordinary Time
August 20, 2017
In this Sunday’s gospel (Matthew 15:21-28) we meet a very persistent pagan woman who keeps asking and asking Jesus for a healing of her dying daughter. Jesus responds by essentially appearing to give her the silent treatment, and then finally answering in a way that indicated he was unwilling to help her.
The woman, however, would not give up, because she loved her daughter so much and knew Jesus could heal her if he so wanted. Jesus ends this by commending her faith and making it clear he had been testing her. By appearing to delay in answering, Jesus encouraged her to greater and greater acts of faith, which Jesus finally revealed pleased God immensely. She ends up getting one of the greatest compliments from Jesus in scripture! What can we learn from her experience when our own prayers seem to fall on deaf ears:
Father Gary