God Will Fulfill His Promises
By FR. ROBERT ALTIER Twenty-Seventh Sunday In Ordinary Time (YR C) Readings: Hab. 1:2-3, 2:2-4 2 Tim. 1:6-8, 13-14 Luke 17:5-10 In the Gospel reading today the apostles ask our Lord to increase their faith. Jesus answers by telling them that if they had faith the size of a mustard seed they could command a mulberry tree to be uprooted and planted in the sea and it would obey. Notice that Jesus does not address the request; rather, He only provides an example to make clear that their faith is not even as big as a mustard seed. Like any virtue, faith only grows when tested. If we want to grow in faith, we have to put faith into practice.…Continue Reading