The longer the Apostles were with Jesus, the more they realized how weak their faith was, so today we find them asking, 'Increase our faith." (Lk 17: 5). Jesus replies that faith the size of a mustard seed, we could move trees at whim. A mustard seed is small, so Jesus is not demanding much, but then he goes on to remind us that rather than be discouraged by routine obligations, and recognizing that we have simply done our duty, if done with a grain of faith, they make us much more than "unprofitable servants." May we be graced to see that even these simple daily tasks can be "profitable", for as St. James said, faith without works is dead, (Js 2:14-26) but the opposite is true too: works without faith are not enough.
Bro. Rene
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