In this week's edition of There's more in the Gospel than Meets the Eye,
Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the
Twentyseventh Sunday of the Year. Listen:
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17:5-10
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." The Lord
replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this
mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.
"Who
among you would say to your servant who has just come in from plowing or tending
sheep in the field, 'Come here immediately and take your place at table'? Would
he not rather say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat. Put on your apron
and wait on me while I eat and drink. You may eat and drink when I am finished'?
Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded? So should
it be with you. When you have done all you have been commanded, say, 'We are
unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.'"