Delivered by Celine and Melinda from the Parish of Saint Marinus Yohanes in the Diocese of Surabaya, Indonesia. Exodus 17: 8-13; Rs psalm 121: 1-2.3-4.5-6.7-8; 2 Timothy 3: 14 - 4: 2; Luke 18: 1-8.

GOD'S WILL THAT HAPPENS

The title for ourmeditation on this 29th Sunday in ordinary time is: God's Will That Happens. Prayeris the means by which we are always in contact with God. Our prayers are alwaysin the form of activities such as saying or expressing words, singing praises,doing meditation or contemplation, writing expressions of the heart, and makingcertain body movements.

We always direct ourprayers to God. All our prayers arrive at the final destination in God. Thereis no further destination or place for all our prayers to arrive except to findGod and to remain in him. Once a mother explained to her son, that in God thereis a place that is so big and will never be full, although from the beginning allprayers and requests have been sending from the world to God. We pray day andnight and every time, but we have never heard or read from the scriptures thatthe place in heaven is full and can not afford anymore to load our prayers.

When we pray, that's themoment our prayers reach God. Saint Bernard, in his reflection and prayer,believes strongly that our prayers go directly to God. There are no obstaclesor a long and complicated journey that make our prayers delay or lost the wayto God. What maybe often becomes our question is whether our prayers areanswered in accordance to what we want or not.

Usually what we wantis a quick answer that benefits us. It is here when temptation comes.  We are tempted when our desires and requestsare not yet answered. As we keep strongly our own will and demand God to followour way, this is precisely where our main weakness stands. This means that welose sight of another side the true attitude in prayer which is we must dependon God's will. We must trust in God’s loving care and divine providence.

So the importantmessage for us is: we express our own desires and requests through prayers, butwe leave it to God who wills to make it happen. Our duty is to pray and continueto pray. Even though we often do not stop begging and never give up, thisremains as our duty to pray to the Lord. God's duty is to listen and answer us.Sooner or later God will answer us for His time is perfect and we are simplyblessed to have all the love that we need in life. This is the will of God thathappens.

We have learned infaith that God's goodness and mercy to answer our prayers is our basic truth.God never lies and never fails in His fidelity and mercy. Saint Paul's advicewould be a guide for us: we must hold on to the truth that we have received andwe believe.

Let's pray. In the name of the Father... O heavenly Father, may this Sunday celebration of the holy Euchariststrengthen our faith in You and sustain our love towards our neigbours. HailMary, full of grace ... In the name of the Father ...