The readings today are about the power of faith - with a focus on the healing power that faith can have. But putting our faith in God can be tricky because we want to do it on our own terms. We have faith that God will do some specific thing for us or we have faith that God will make everything work out just fine. St. Paul tried to tell us, sometimes we’re going to suffer and that’s okay. At times like that, we just need to persevere. Because if we have faith and stick with God, then God will stick with us!