Daily Mass Gospel Reflection - Even A Little Faith

Word on Fire Ministry ^ | 09.18.23 | Bishop Robert Barron

[MurphsLaw]

Luke 7:1-10

Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus is amazed at a Roman centurion’s faith:
“I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.”
How often the Bible compels us to meditate on the meaning of faith!
We might say that the Scriptures rest upon faith,
remain inspired at every turn by the spirit of faith.

Faith is an attitude of trust in the presence of God.
Faith is openness to what God will reveal, do, and invite.
It should be obvious that, in dealing with the infinite,
all-powerful person who is God, we are never in control.

One of the most fundamental statements of faith is this:
your life is not about you. You’re not in control.
This is not your project.
Rather, you are part of God’s great design.
To believe this in your bones and act accordingly is to have faith.
When we operate out of this transformed vision, amazing things can happen,
for we have surrendered to a power already at work in us
that can do “far more than all we ask or imagine.”
Even a tiny bit of faith makes an extraordinary difference.

[MurphsLaw]

+++When Jesus had finished all his words to the people,
he entered Capernaum.
A centurion there had a slave who was ill and about to die,
and he was valuable to him.
When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him,
asking him to come and save the life of his slave.
They approached Jesus and strongly urged him to come, saying,
"He deserves to have you do this for him,
for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us."
And Jesus went with them,
but when he was only a short distance from the house,
the centurion sent friends to tell him,
"Lord, do not trouble yourself,
for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.
Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you;
but say the word and let my servant be healed.
For I too am a person subject to authority,
with soldiers subject to me.
And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to my slave, Do this, and he does it."
When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him
and, turning, said to the crowd following him,
"I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
When the messengers returned to the house,
they found the slave in good health.+++