The 27th Sunday of the Year
Hab 1: 2-3 & 2: 2-4; 2 Tim 1:6-8 & 13-14; Lk 17:5-10 (Year C)
"How long, Lord, am I to cry for help while you will not listen?" The prophet Habakkuk gave voice to the sense of abandonment experienced by the inhabitants of Jerusalem following the fall of the city in 6th-century BC. Everything that had symbolised God’s presence among his people had been stripped away. The Holy City and its temple had been destroyed and its inhabitants carried off into exile. It appeared that their prayers were unanswered.
