Wisdom 18: 14-16, 19: 6-9
| 18:14 | For, when a quiet silence surrounded all things, and when the course of the night was passing the middle of its journey, |
| 18:15 | your almighty word from heaven leapt down from your royal throne, as a fierce warrior in the midst of the land of extermination, |
| 18:16 | as a sharp sword carrying your unfeigned authority, and standing, filled all things with death, and, standing on the earth, reached all the way up to touch heaven. |
19:6 For every creature according to its kind was fashioned again as from the beginning, diligently serving your teachings, so that your children would be preserved unharmed.
19:7 For a cloud overshadowed their camp, and where water was before, dry land appeared, and in the Red Sea, a way without hindrance, and out of the great deep, a level field sprung up,
19:8 through which the whole nation passed, protected by your hand, seeing your miracles and wonders.
19:9 For they consumed food like horses, and they leapt about like lambs, praising you, O Lord, who had freed them.
Luke 18: 1- 8
| 18:1 | Now he also told them a parable, that we should continually pray and not cease, |
| 18:2 | saying: “There was a certain judge in a certain city, who did not fear God and did not respect man. |
| 18:3 | But there was a certain widow in that city, and she went to him, saying, ‘Vindicate me from my adversary.’ |
| 18:4 | And he refused to do so for a long time. But afterwards, he said within himself: ‘Even though I do not fear God, nor respect man, |
| 18:5 | yet because this widow is pestering me, I will vindicate her, lest by returning, she may, in the end, wear me out.’ ” |
| 18:6 | Then the Lord said: “Listen to what the unjust judge said. |
| 18:7 | So then, will not God grant the vindication of his elect, who cry out to him day and night? Or will he continue to endure them? |
| 18:8 | I tell you that he will quickly bring vindication to them. Yet truly, when the Son of man returns, do you think that he will find faith on earth?” |