The Gospel of Sunday 21st October 2007 begins thus: "Jesus told them a parable about the need to pray always and not to lose heart." The parable is the one about the troublesome widow. In answer to the question "How often must we pray?" Jesus answers, "Always!"

Father Raniero Cantalamessa, the Pontifical Household preacher, reflects on how Prayer, like love, does not put up with calculation.
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