“Nothing
in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is
more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded
genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated
derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan Press
On! has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.” ― Calvin
Coolidge: (1872 – January 5, 1933: was the 30th President of the United States (1923–29)
)
Gospel
Text: (MK 7:24-30)
Jesus went to the district of Tyre.
He entered a house and wanted no one
to know about it,
but he could not escape notice.
Soon a woman whose daughter had an
unclean spirit heard about him.
She came and fell at his feet.
The woman was a Greek, a
Syrophoenician by birth,
and she begged him to drive the demon
out of her daughter.
He said to her, "Let the children
be fed first.
For it is not right to take the food
of the children
and
throw it to the dogs."
She replied and said to him,
"Lord, even the dogs under the
table eat the children's scraps."
Then he said to her, "For saying
this, you may go.
The demon has gone out of your
daughter."
When the woman went home, she found
the child lying in bed
and the demon gone.
God knows you better than you know
yourself. God demands faith from us, even when we believe we have none. He is
willing to “pull” our faith out of us—we might even say that He is willing to
test us—in order to purify our faith. Jesus knows what sort of faith this woman
has in today’s gospel noted above. And He is willing to draw it out, because
without faith on this woman’s part, he will not work a miracle. Pray for the
sort of confident faith that this woman has to “banter” with God and to
recognize that your being an outsider is not an impediment to the grace God
wishes to give you.
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