27C Sunday Homily, Luke 17:5-10, October 5, 2025
By Fr. Vincent
Corbelli, MM
1) STORY
John, a poor
village boy, had to cross a forest each day to get to his school in the
neighboring village. He asked his mother
if she could hire a servant to accompany him to school. Being too poor to do this, she suggested he
ask his guardian angel for help. John
was delighted when his guardian angel agreed to go with him. It was the school’s custom to give the teacher
a gift. John asked his mother for a
gift, and she suggested he ask his guardian angel for help and was given a gift
of a jug of fresh milk. The teacher was
grateful but very surprised when he poured out the jug of milk. The teacher asked John where this gift came
from, and John said it came from his guardian angel. When his teacher asked to meet this angel,
John was very happy. Going into the
forest, John called out to the guardian angel many times but there was no
response. The teacher then suspected
John was lying. John was deeply upset. He cried out one last time and the answer came
to John. The guardian angel said, “Son,
I cannot come until the day your teacher has your purity of heart and your
simple childlike faith.” John was able
to see with the eyes of faith what the teacher was not able to see.
2) GOSPEL, Luke
17:5-10
A) Faith gives us
the power to see what the non-believer cannot see.
B) Just as a
plant can grow, so too can our faith grow.
3) APPLICATION TO
LIFE
A) With the eyes
of faith, we believe there is a God who exists and loves us. We believe Jesus is the Son of God who came to
save us and give us eternal life by dying on the cross. We believe that God gave us the Ten
Commandments as a guide to live in this world. We believe the Bible is the word of God and
that Jesus comes to us in the Eucharist.
B) Just as a
plant can grow with the help of the sun and water, so can our faith grow by
prayer, reading the Bible, and receiving the Body and Blood of Christ.
4) CONCLUSION
Just as John
could see with the eyes of faith what others could not see, so we can see with
our eyes of faith what the non-believer cannot see. We thank God for this great gift and ask him
to continue to increase our faith. We
ask for the strength to pray, read the Bible, and receive the Body and Blood of
Christ.
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