First Reading

Reading from the third letter of the apostle Saint John

3 John 5-8

Dear brother: In everything you have done for the brothers, even though they are strangers, you have acted as a true Christian. They have publicly praised before this community the love with which you have treated them.

You will do well to help them in a way pleasing to God with what they need for their journey, for they have set out for Christ, accepting nothing from the pagans. We must, therefore, help these brothers of ours, so that we may be fellow workers in the spreading of the truth.

Gospel

Reading from the holy gospel according to Saint Luke

Luke 18, 1-8

At that time, to teach his disciples the necessity of praying always and without losing heart, Jesus proposed this parable to them:

“In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men. In that same city there lived a widow who frequently came to him to say: ‘Grant me justice against my adversary’.

For a long time, the judge paid her no attention, but afterward he said to himself: ‘Although I neither fear God nor respect men, yet because of this widow’s persistence, I will grant her justice so that she does not keep bothering me’ ”.

After saying this, Jesus remarked: “If the unjust judge thought this way, do you think that God will not do justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night, and that he will make them wait? I tell you that he will do justice to them without delay. But, when the Son of Man comes, do you think he will find faith on earth?”