Aug. 30, 2020 - Today we hear both the Parable of the Persistent Widow and the Parable of the Pharisee & the Publican. These two parables are told back to back by our Lord Jesus Christ in the Gospel of St. Luke Chapter 18. One parable teaches the heart of God towards mankind that desires for us to bring our brokenness, sinfulness, and dysfunctions to Him; and to do so persistently. In the Parable of the Pharisee & the Publican, our Lord teaches us how to come to Him with our brokenness. Those who come with a humble disposition persistently to Christ encounter the wonder and mercy of the Divine Healer of our soul.