The parable of the unjust judge shows that even he could hear the persistent prayer (pleadings) of a widow and grant her request.

Even with the mean judge, we can have a better grasp, of the God of love who always hears our prayer no matter how poor or weak we are. He wants us to experience His friendship. Prayer is a path to God. It is a "hot line" which is open 24 hours a day. We can enjoy the conversation like teen-agers pressing the cellular phone against the ear. Paul is revealing this pleasant experience whenever in his letters he exhorts his Christians to "pray constantly".

There are those who expect automatic results out of their recitation of prayers, and other methods of prayers. They expect God to be a magician. To such people he says "Your father knows what you need before you ask him" (Mt. 6:8). However our continuous temptation is to control the divine. There is no use trying to control God for we will never achieve that. He is our God and is on our side. Yes He knows what we need. In fact the important thing in prayer is not what we pray for, but the fact that we are praying, that we are in communion with God. In certain situations, a good prayer would be: