The Seventeenth Sunday After Pentecost - October 5, 2025

SummaryMother Suzanne teaches that faith isn't meant to be heroic or complicated, but instead consists of the ordinary, everyday actions we do consistently. Using Jesus's teaching about the mustard seed and mulberry tree, she explains that faith is simply doing what God has called us to do - loving others, caring for those in need, and showing up daily with intention and open hearts. True faith looks like being God's partner in the world through small, faithful steps that, when blessed by God, can become extraordinary.THE GOSPEL                                                                                                                                              Luke 17:5-10The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" The 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."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'? 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'? Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? 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!'" Artwork: Parable of the Mustard Seed, etching by Jan Luyken (16 April 1649 – 5 April 1712)