Gospel for October 3, 2010, Sunday

Gospel for October 3, 2010, Sunday

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading: Hb 1:2–3; 2:2–4
2nd Reading: 2 Tim 1:6–8, 13–14
Gospel: Lk 17:5–10
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.” And the Lord said, “If you have faith even the size of a mustard seed, you may say to this tree: ‘Be uprooted and plant yourself in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
“Who among you would say to your servant coming in from the fields after plowing or tending sheep: ‘Come at once and sit down at table’? No, you tell him: ‘Prepare my dinner. Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink; you can eat and drink afterwards.’ Do you thank this servant for doing what you commanded? So for you. When you have done all that you have been told to do, you must say: ‘We are no more than servants; we have only done our duty.’”

REFLECTION

“The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Make our faith greater.’
The Lord answered, ‘if you had faith as big as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Pull yourself up by
the roots and plant yourself in the sea,’ and it would obey you.’”

Faith, real faith, is simple: it says, God is.
Funny, isn’t it, how we say we have faith
but trust everything on earth
–money, connections, power, and status–
more than we do God to sustain us.
But the God who made us is with us. Believe that.