Chapter 8.6: The Woman of Canaan

"Jesus retired into the coast of Tyre and Sidon, and entering into a house, He would that no man should know it, and He could not be hid. For a woman, as soon as she heard of Him, whose daughter had an unclean spirit, came in and fell down at His feet. For the woman was a Gentile, a Syrophenician by birth, and she besought Him that He would cast forth the devil out of her daughter, saying: “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Thou Son of David; my daughter is grievously troubled by a devil.” But Jesus answered her not a word. And His disciples came and besought Him, saying: “Send her away, for she crieth after us.” And He, answering, said: “I was not sent but to the sheep that are lost of the house of Israel.” But she came and adored Him, saying: “Lord, help me.” But Jesus said: “Suffer first the children to be filled, for it is not good to take the bread of the children and to cast it to the dogs.” But she said: “Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.” Then Jesus, answering, said to her: “O woman, great is thy faith; be it done to thee as thou wilt, for this saying (of thine); go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter.” And when she was come into her house, she found the girl lying upon the bed, and that the devil was gone out."

Source:

"Prayer: Its Necessity, Its Power, Its Conditions" by Fr. Ferreol Girardey

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