Why do you suppose that Jesus ends today's discussion about praying "always without becoming weary" (Lk 19: 1-8) with the question: "But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" Jesus gives His followers this fairly-lengthy parable about the corrupt judge who finally gives a widow the just verdict she deserves, and then tells them, essentially, that if this is what a dishonest judge does, imaging how much more quickly "God will secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night." So pray constantly, and God will give you what you want, right? That can be what we find ourselves thinking, but it isn't what Jesus says. The word "just" or "justice" shows up three times in this passage. A "just" decision is what the widow seeks, and what the corrupt judge finally decides to render. "Justice" is what Jesus says will be done "speedily" for those "chosen ones who call out to him (God) day and night." In addition, Jesus talks about securing the "rights" of those who call out to God. No where does Jesus says we'll get what we want, or what we think we deserve. Jesus doesn't even say that we'll get the justice we think we deserve. We'll get true justice-- God's justice-- which is the result to which we have "rights." That's why we pray in the Our Father that God's will be done, not ours. Our will, and our sense of what is right and just, can so easily be flawed, subverted by our pride, our ego, our selfishness. Maybe it is that issue-- the fact that our prayers don't necessarily seek what what we should be seeking-- which is behind the question Jesus poses at the end of this discussion. It is so easy for us to lose hope, even faith, when we pray for something and don't receive it. Where is God when we need Him, we ask. Why weren't my prayers answered, and my needs met? So prayer, if we aren't careful, can have this terrible reverse-English effect of moving us farther from God. When we pray diligently for ourselves, and our needs, and our concerns-- without recognizing that God's will is what really matters-- we can set oursleves up to lose faith when what Jesus tells us about the Father-- that He will act speedily to see that justice is done-- turns out not to be what we've sought. Yes, by all means, "pray without becoming weary." But remember that there is much more to prayer than intercessory prayer. We pray to honor God, praise God, just connect with a good friend. And even when we pray to ask God for what we think we need, we might remember God's will-- not ours-- is what we truly need to seek.