"Remember the wonders of the Lord has done" (Ps. 105:5). The Responsorial Psalm for today is taken from Psalm 104(105) which is sub-titled "The woderful history of Israel". It traces the wonders God has performed through the ages to help His people whenever they needed Him.

The passages from the last part of the Book of Wisdom chosen for today's liturgy similarly deal specificially with the protective role of God in the History of Israel. From chapter eleven onwards, we are given a re-interpretation of Israel's past as it is recounted in Exodus. His people called on Him continually and He rewarded them with His protection and His wonders. He sent His angels to do His word. In the incident of the Red Sea, He even fashioned a new creation to save the Israelites.

Having understood all this, we now see in the Gospel reading why we should persevere in prayer like the widow, and why we need to have faith in God's promises. We are to believe in the coming of God's kingdom as well as to recognize it already present in Christ. Given so many illustrations of God's keeping of His promises to His people on their journey out of bondage, how can we doubt? How can our faith not be like that of the persistent widow? the stamina of our faith in the redemptive justice of His Son must remain strong.