To those who would make a marked, neat separation between "faith" and "works," this Sunday's Gospel is a challenge. Jesus seems to connect faith with obedience, seeing obedience to him as a sign of faith in him, viewing faith as the source of obedience to his commands. This is a reassuring word to the faithful: when it comes to faith in Christ, not much faith is needed and it's the little things that we do in obedience to Jesus that shows the activity of faith.
