Proper 22C / Ordinary 27C / Pentecost +17
October 6, 2019
"Increase our faith"
October 6, 2019
"Increase our faith"
St. Luke 17:5-10 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
5 The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6 The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a[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!’”
Footnotes:
- Luke 17:6 Gk faith as a grain of
Increase
Our Faith
What of those who
have lost their way?
The birds of prey
taking the seed
away
where winter snows
cover decaying
leaves
and blizzards blow
over vacant fields.
When spring is
silent
and life is snarled
and wind grows
violent
and thoughts grow wild;
where is the seed
to muster growth
when faith is
deceased
deep in the earth?
In such a loss,
in such a sea
change,
there is only the
cross
nothing else
remains.
@Copyright
2019 by Kenn Storck
May be
used with permission
kennstorck@gmail.com
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