First Reading
Hb 1, 2-3; 2, 2-4
How long, Lord, will I cry for help while you pay no attention to me? I denounce the
oppression and you do not save. Why do you make me see injustice? Are you pleased
to look on tyranny? All I see is outrage, violence and quarrels. Then Yahweh answered
me and said, "Write down the vision, inscribe it on tables so it can be easily read,
since this is a vision for an appointed time; it will not fail but will be fulfilled in due
time. If it delays, wait for it, for it will come and will not be deferred. Look: I don't
look with favour on the one who gives way; the upright, on the other hand, will live by
his faithfulness."
Responsorial Psalm
Come, let us sing to the Lord,
let us make a joyful sound
to the Rock of our salvation.
Let us come before him giving thanks,
with music and songs of praise.
Come and worship; let us bow down,
kneel before the Lord, our Maker.
He is our God, and we his people;
the flock he leads and pastures.
Would that today you heard his voice!
Do not be stubborn, as at Meribah,
in the desert, on that day at Massah,
when your ancestors challenged me,
and they put me to the test.
Second Reading
2 Tim 1, 6-8.13-14
I am reminding you to fan into a flame the gift of God you received through the laying
on of my hands. For God did not confer on us a spirit of bashfulness, but of strength,
love and good judgment. Do not be ashamed of testifying to our Lord, nor of seeing
me in chains. On the contrary, do your share in labouring for the Gospel with the
strength of God. Follow the pattern of the sound doctrine which you have heard from
me, concerning faith and love in Christ Jesus. Keep this precious deposit with the
help of the Holy Spirit who lives within us.
Gospel
Lk 17, 5-10
The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." And the Lord said, "If you have
faith even the size of a mustard seed, you may say to this tree: 'Be uprooted and plant
yourself in the sea,' and it will obey you. Who among you would say to your servant
coming in from the fields after ploughing or tending sheep: 'Come at once and sit
down at table'? No, you tell him: 'Prepare my dinner. Put on your apron and wait on
me while I eat and drink; you can eat and drink afterwards.' Do you thank this servant
for doing what you commanded? So for you. When you have done all that you have
been told to do, you must say: 'We are no more than servants; we have only done our
duty.'"