Luke 17:5-10 NRSVue
5The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” 6The 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’? 8Would 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’? 9Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? 10So 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!’ ”
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Reflection on Luke 17:5-10
Inspiration from 2025-10-05 Daily Prayer
Mary, the Mother of God, said, ‘Behold the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to his word.’ We are all the servants of God, who does not need us for his happiness. It is we who, in the truth of our existence, need to worship our God. St Ignatius of Loyola wrote, in the Foundation Principle of his Spiritual Exercises, ‘Man is created to praise, reverence, and serve God our Lord, and by this means to save his soul.’ It is right and fitting that we should do this as we owe everything to God. ‘Lord, that we may see.’