Guidance and Gift

The Roman Catholic Lectionary this morning may be presenting two different ideas for our mutual consideration. It seems that the persistence of the widow against the unjust judge in Luke’s gospel shows our role in making things work for us. The author of Wisdom and the psalmist proclaim how the might of God has taken care of His people against their enemies. What is it? God Us? A partnership? How are persistence and Hope in God’s promise related? Isn’t persistence a “Gift of the Spirit.” I think Richard Rohr would find much here for contemplation.