O heavenly Father You only want what is best for Your Children. How it must hurt You to see how we lead our lives. The atrocities we commit, the pain we inflict and misery we bring to others and ourselves. Have mercy and let Your Word transform us. Let us lead just and faithful lives.
Jesus give me the courage to exercise my faith, for through Your grace I can do great things in Your name. Let me serve You and my brethren so that I may bring healing, love, peace, sight and whatever else is need according to Your Will. Amen
FIRST READING
Habakkuk 1:12—2:4
GOSPEL
Matthew 17:14–20
A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, “Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely; often he falls into fire, and often into water. I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Jesus said in reply, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I endure you? Bring the boy here to me.” Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him, and from that hour the boy was cured. Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said, “Why could we not drive it out?” He said to them, “Because of your little faith. Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
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