Saturday, October 18, 2025
Letter from the Editor //
Dear Sister,
The Readings for the Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time encourage us to grow in the virtue of perseverance in our prayer and in our daily living of our faith. In the Gospel, Jesus tells a parable “about the necessity [. . .] to pray always without becoming weary” (Luke 18:1). At times, it may feel like the Lord is like the judge in the parable, not listening to the widow and not answering our prayers. However, we know our God is not a “dishonest judge” (Luke 18:6). Even when we feel He is not listening, we must have faith that He hears us and deeply cares about all of our needs. We have to remember that His timing is not our own timing, and He will answer us speedily when the time is right.
Like Moses in the First Reading, we may have to raise our hands to the Lord for an unbearable length of time, and rely on the help of others to hold us up (see Exodus 7:12). That is the beauty of being together in the Church, the Body of Christ—when we are weary, we help each other. Saint Paul tells us to “proclaim the word” to each other. He reminds us to “be persistent” as we “convince, reprimand, [and] encourage through all patience and teaching” (2 Timothy 4:2). Let us build each other up, carry each other in prayer, and remain faithful on behalf of those who are losing hope. We remind each other that our “help is from the LORD,” that “he will guard [us] from evil,” and “guard [our] coming and [our] going both now and forever” (Psalm 121:2, 7, 8).
In Christ’s Love,
Susanna
Read the Readings for the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time:
First Reading // Exodus 17:8-13
Psalm // Psalm 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
Second Reading // 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2
Gospel // Luke 18:1-8
Live Liturgically // This Week’s Feast Days
Saturday, October 18 (today!) // Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist // Saturday
Sunday, October 19 // Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Monday, October 20 // Optional Memorial of Saint Paul of the Cross, Priest [In the Dioceses of the United States]
Wednesday, October 22 // Optional Memorial of Saint John Paul II, Pope
Thursday, October 23 // Optional Memorial of Saint John of Capistrano, Priest
Friday, October 24 // Optional Memorial of Saint Anthony Mary Claret, Bishop
Susanna Spencer holds a master's in Theology from the Franciscan University of Steubenville and is the Devotions Editor for Blessed is She. She is a freelance writer and editor and a teacher-in-training living with her philosopher husband and four kids in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She loves reading theology, attending beautiful liturgies, cooking delicious food, and casually following baseball. She is the author of the Gospel Studies including Seek His Kingdom: A Meditation on Matthew , Listen to Him: A Meditation on Mark, and Abide in His Love: A Meditation on John. She was narrator for Found: Advent With the Good Shepherd and Rescued: Lent With the Lamb of God and a contributing author and editor for our children’s devotional prayer book, Rise Up. She was the Theological Editor of the Blessed Conversations Studies. Find out more about her here.
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