In the Diocletian chapter of Luke, Jesus emphasises the importance of continuous, persistent prayer done in faith. To be more practical, he tells the parable of the judge and the importunate widow.

Those who know the Poor Man of St Mary of the Portiuncula a little know that continuous prayer was like oxygen for his lungs.

Various passages from the Sources describe how much Francis loved it and sought places where he could give free rein to his great heart.

"He often dialogued aloud with his Lord: he gave an account to the Judge, pleaded with the Father, spoke to the Friend, joked amiably with the Bridegroom.

And in reality, in order to offer to God in manifold holocausts all the fibres of his heart, he considered Him who is supremely One [...] He directed all his mind and affection to that one thing that he asked of God: he was not so much a man who prays, as he himself was transformed into a living prayer" (FF 682).

And in the Major Legend we find, in confirmation of his faith in God:

"I, small and simple, inexperienced in speech received the Grace of prayer, more than that of preaching.

In prayer, moreover, one either acquires or accumulates graces; in preaching, on the other hand, one distributes the gifts received from heaven [...] In prayer we speak to God, we listen to him, and we linger in the midst of the angels" (FF 1204).

Her faith had grown day by day as she was imbued with divine Relation, certain of being heard by Grace and not by merit; thus becoming a Giant of the Word.

«But will not God do justice to his elect ones, who cry unto him day and night?» (Lk 18:7)

Saturday, 32nd wk. in O.T.  (Lk 18:1-8)