What do you do when you pray to God, when you keep asking Him for something, but God does not seem to listen to you? I think most of us would just give up. I personally know some people who have turned away from their faith because God did not grant them their request. Today, Jesus reminds us to keep faith and never give up praying to Him. He does listen, He does answer our prayers, but not always exactly in the way we wish Him to answer. I know from my personal experience that when I got angry at God many years ago, I felt He was not listening to me. But then today, I understand that God was there. He did listen to me, and He gave me much more than I asked for. I believe now that God knows better what is best for me. The pagan woman from the gospel reading kept asking Jesus to heal her daughter, to free her from the evil spirits. It seems at first that Jesus ignored her, even His disciples asked Him to send her away, but she didn’t give up calling out ‘Lord help me!’ “Then Jesus said to her in reply, ‘O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.’ And her daughter was healed from that hour.” God listens to our prayers; we just need to believe.
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