27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading I: Habakkuk 1:2-3,2:2-4 II: 2 Timothy 1:6-8,13-14
Gospel
Luke 17:5-10

5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!"
6 And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, 'Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
7 "Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at table'?
8 Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink'?
9 Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded?
10 So you also, when you have done all that is commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.'"


Interesting Details
One Main Point

Faith in God can transform and empower us to serve God in incredible ways, but we should credit God and not ourselves for our total effort or for the spectacular results. What we can look forward to is a free gift from God to include us in God's household.


Reflections
This week the reflections are by Dennis Hamm, SJ, in America magazine:
  1. Have you ever been glad to play a minor role in a group you admired? Does that experience throw some light on this parable?
  2. In what way do you experience the Church as God's household?
  3. How could you help others to know the church as "home?"

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