Why didn’t it happen?

What Jesus says in today's Gospel is
“Because of your little faith.”

Ouch!

“You just didn’t believe enough,” people sometimes say, to which a person may respond by striving to “believe MORE” or by just giving up.

How do you get more faith? How do you make your faith grow? The analogy of faith as a muscle is helpful (although not perfect).

You can exercise your faith by putting it into action, sharing it with others, and trusting in the Lord no matter what. You can feed your faith through reception of the sacraments, through Scripture, through prayer and worship, through spiritual reading, and through fellowship.

What is important to remember is that faith is ultimately not a matter of making yourself stronger, like some lone super hero or island fortress, but of drawing closer to God and aligning yourself with Him.

The closer we draw to God, the better we know what to ask, when to ask, and how to ask, and the greater the work we can do in His name.