05/10/2025
27th in Ordinary Time
World Teachers’ Day
today says:
The apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.'
The Lord replied, 'If you had faith like a mustard seed you could say to this mulberry tree, "Be uprooted and planted in the sea," and it would obey you.
‘Which of you, with a servant ploughing or minding sheep, would say to him when he returned from the fields, "Come and have your meal at once"?
Would he not be more likely to say, "Get my supper ready; fasten your belt and wait on me while I eat and drink. You yourself can eat and drink afterwards"?
Must he be grateful to the servant for doing what he was told?
So with you: when you have done all you have been told to do, say, "We are useless servants: we have done no more than our duty."
Jesus reminds us in this Scripture passage that all the good things we are doing are simply what we are supposed to be doing. Jesus uses this familiar image of faith as mustard seed to teach the apostles that faith, even a little faith, is powerful.
The gospel still emphasizes about service. Service to others. We are only doing what we are obliged to do for our vocation in life. This is what God has called us to do, and even when no one else notices or thanks us, God sees us. That should be enough.
Dear Lord, sometimes I feel unappreciated. Help me to do all You call me to do without complaint, even if no one acknowledges my efforts. Amen.
