Walking with Jesus: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time
For Sunday, October 5, 2025 Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2-2-4; 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14; Luke 17:5-10 What point-blank, straightforward complaints in the readings do we find ourselves at right now? Habakkuk says “I’m hurting.” What is that about? God's chosen people face injustices all around: The Babylonian invasion will be violent and devastating. Will I and my loved ones live or be put into concentration camps? It seems definite that Judah and Jerusalem will be destroyed. So the question is: How long will God allow this violence and killing to go on before He intervenes? We ask: How long will it be before He answers us? Timothy is complaining. A disciple of Paul, he has been commissioned to preach the gospel and not to be afraid in the face of hardship. Jesus’ gospel of love should be easy to share; doesn’t everyone want and need real love in their lives? Why are they not listening and attaching themselves to belief in Jesus? In his own right, Timothy is struggling with a certain amount of...