Tues., 3/3/20 Devotion (Lk. 17:5)

Today's encouragement comes from Luke 17:5, where we read these words:

"And the apostles said to the Lord, 'Increase our faith.' "

When we churchmen are faced with impossible tasks, an understandable re-sponse to them, is to say to God: "Increase our faith.” Sometimes, the Lord does not answer this request in the way we would expect. Instead, He re-minds us that we do not need *much* faith; but that rather we need *sincere* faith; and that it must be in the Only One (Christ) who can usher us into the embraces of The Holy Trinity.

Let us be sure that we do not look for *more* of anything in our Christian lives, without first availing ourselves of what we *already* possess. The exer-cise of faith does not require a lot of religious activity; but it does call on our hearts to truly believe in the Christ of the Gospel.

[Augustine quote of the day: “[God] has given to [human beings] good gifts suited to their existence here below.” —from, “City of God,” Bk. 19.]