Preparation for Sunday mass: Luke 17:5-10


We present here the text that will be read at Sunday mass, the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, and we formulate some questions that might help us prepare to hear the reading.

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5 The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" 6 The Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. 7 "Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, 'Come here at once and take your place at the table'? 8 Would you not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink'? 9 Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? 10 So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, 'We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!'"

- Increase our faith! What is faith? How does faith differ from knowledge?

- What does Jesus mean in his words about a mustard seed and a mulberry tree?

- And what does he mean when he says that we are “worthless slaves” who have only done what we ought to have done?

View video of commentary of Father Giuseppe from Tiberias here

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