Entitlement vs. Hope

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There’s entitlement, and then there’s hope. Which motivates you in your relationship with the Lord?

In today’s Gospel reading from Luke 17, Jesus reminds us of our position: beloved servants of the Father, but servants nonetheless:

“When you have done all you have been commanded, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were oblig...