“Lord, Increase Our Faith.”

 The apostles, grown men who reveal their lack of spiritual maturity, appeal to Jesus, “Lord, increase our faith.” Jesus responds by challenging the apostles to “Increase your own faith!” We are all stewards and responsible for our spiritual maturity and the quality of our faith. We can always learn more about the life and message of Jesus. We learn from Jesus. Jesus assures us that with faith the size of a mustard seed, as compared to much larger seeds, we can accomplish great things. But such faith involves constantly growing in our knowledge and understanding of Sacred Scripture, which will not happen unless we immerse ourselves in the Bible on a daily basis. The more we know and understand Jesus, the better stewards we can be of our faith. We can then stand before Jesus and say “Thank you for teaching us by your life and your words how to increase our faith.” And we will have done no more than we are obliged to do.