Example of Faith

This weekend, listenly closely to the gospel, Matthew 15:21-28. Of course, all the readings at Mass are important because God speaks to us through Sacred Scripture. When you listen to this gospel however, you will see a woman of great faith. She was very persistent and did not give up in her efforts. As you will hear, her daughter was being tormented by a demon and she sought out Jesus to heal her. At first Jesus ignores her calls and even the disciples kept telling him to send her away. It was this discourse that made all the difference, the woman came forward and asked Jesus to help her and he said, "It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs." Her response was, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps that fall from the table of their masters." An interesting conversation but Jesus ackowledges that she is a woman of great faith and from that moment on her daughter was healed. This woman is like us at times when we get discouraged, disheartened, feel like giving up, but we don't. Instead, we are persistent in our faith, in our prayer, knowing that God will give us the grace and strength that we need. Like last weekend, no matter how rough the storms are, Jesus is in the boat with us, at all times. Let us learn a wonderful example this weekend and take it with us each day. Who knows, we just might be an example of faith to someone else. Have a blessed weekend!!!