Peru
Today’s Gospel, November 14, 2026, concludes with a phrase from Jesus that sounds almost like a provocation:
“But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Let us then allow ourselves to be challenged by Jesus and, in the silence and intimacy of our hearts, ask ourselves if we truly have faith and, above all, in whom we have placed our faith and our hope.
How is our faith doing?
Is it a weak faith, which at the first difficulty makes us waver and doubt, or is it a mature, embodied, steadfast faith, capable of “hoping against hope,” because we know in Whom we have placed our trust? In our hearts we can find the answer!
At the beginning of this Gospel, the importance of perseverance in prayer.
Prayer must be constant, trusting, spontaneous, and never mechanical. Prayers learned by heart can certainly be of help to us, but praying actually means opening wide the little door of our heart to God.
It is a dialogue of love between two hearts in love, a love encounter between two lovers: God and us, concrete men and women, with real and personal stories, with specific names and faces.
And yet, it is easy to turn to God when we find ourselves in great difficulty and no longer know who to ask for help. That is why we must learn to entrust ourselves to Him in joy as in sorrow, with a grateful heart and aware of our need for Him, just like children.
Let us never tire of praying with confidence!
Photo by Father Alessio Geraci
