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Boy ploughing with water buffalo, Laos  Gospel Luke 17:5-10 ( NRSV, Catholic Ed , Canada) The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” The Lord replied, “If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. “Who among you would say to your slave who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field, ‘Come here at once and take your place at the table’? Would you not rather say to him, ‘Prepare supper for me, put on your apron and serve me while I eat and drink; later you may eat and drink’? Do you thank the slave for doing what was commanded? So you also, when you have done all that you were ordered to do, say, ‘We are worthless slaves; we have done only what we ought to have done!’” In the summer of 1964, after my third year in the seminary, I spent a couple of weeks working in the Morning Star Hostel in Dublin. It was within walking distance of my home. I had been in the

Boy ploughing with water buffalo in Laos   (Luke 17:7) Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA)                                   Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Gospel  Luke 17:5-10  ( Revised StandardVersion – Catholic Edition )  The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" And the Lord said, "If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this sycamine tree, 'Be rooted up, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.  "Will any one of you, who has a servant plowing or keeping sheep, say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come at once and sit down at table? Will he not rather say to him, 'Prepare supper for me, and gird yourself and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterward you shall eat and drink? Does he thank the servant because he did what was commanded? So you also,

Ryan Cayabyab  is a popular contemporary Filipino musician and composer. Here is his setting of the Prayer of St Francis, in Italian and English. This setting is also known as  Il Signore . The singers above are  The Chinese University of Hong Kong Chorus conducted by Leon Chu, with piano accompaniment by Shirley So. I don't know who the singers are in the video below. In the version above the young women sing the Italian lyrics while the men sing the English words. In contrast, it is the man in the second video who sings the Italian and the woman the English. The second video gives both Italian and English lyrics on-screen. Pope Francis will be  visiting Assisi today . Perhaps we can remember him in a special way in our prayers. St Francis Meditating , c.1595, El Greco [ Web Gallery of Art ] Collect from Mass on the Memorial of St Francis of Assisi O God, by whose gift Saint Francis was conformed to Christ in poverty and humility, grant th