Catching up on the Story As we said last week, this parable belongs with the Parable of the Widow and the Unjust Judge, as well as the discussion of the end times at the end of chapter 17. Last week’s parable was set in a court of law. The widow had suffered at the hands of someone and needed justice from the only person who could give it to her. That person was the judge. The widow was persistent in her petition and was granted justice because of it. God, who is so much better than the...

Lesson Focus The world is not as it should be. We are called to persistently call out to God, who is justice, to make things right.

We receive the Gift of the Holy Spirit so that we might go forth and proclaim the good news of Jesus Christ.