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My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God. What is too sublime for you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not. The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs, and an attentive ear is the joy of the wise. Water quenches a flaming fire,
and alms atone for sins.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11
R. (cf. 11b) God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.
The just rejoice and exult before God;
they are glad and rejoice.
Sing to God, chant praise to his name;
whose name is the LORD.
R. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.
The father of orphans and the defender of widows
is God in his holy dwelling.
God gives a home to the forsaken;
he leads forth prisoners to prosperity.
R. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.
A bountiful rain you showered down, O God, upon your inheritance;
you restored the land when it languished;
your flock settled in it;
in your goodness, O God, you provided it for the needy.
R. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor.
Reading II
Heb 12:18-19, 22-24a
Brothers and sisters: You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them. No, you have approached Mount Zion and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and countless angels in festal gathering, and the assembly of the firstborn enrolled in heaven, and God the judge of all, and the spirits of the just made perfect, and Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and the sprinkled blood that speaks more eloquently than that of Abel.
Gospel
Lk 14:1, 7-14
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine at the home of one of the leading Pharisees, and the people there were observing him carefully. He told a parable to those who had been invited, noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table. “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor. A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him, and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say, ‘Give your place to this man,’ and then you would proceed with embarrassment to take the lowest place. Rather, when you are invited, go and take the lowest place so that when the host comes to you he may say, ‘My friend, move up to a higher position.’ Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table. For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Then he said to the host who invited him, “When you hold a lunch or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, in case they may invite you back and you have repayment. Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”
Lectio Divina Questions
1) What word or phrase stuck out for you?
2) What is the message of this reading?
3) What is Jesus challenging you to do today?
6 comments:
1) For every one who exalts himself will be humbled but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
2)What I love about Luke is how common he writes, he writes how he would talk, so I think the message with this reading is very clear, it's Jesus' lesson about putting others before yourself. Whenever I hear this parable I think of the McGee and Me movie that is about this story (for those of you who don't know...LOVE McGEE AND ME) the lesson is so simple and yet so easily forgotten.
3) I think we live in a world where it encourages self promotion, I mean I know I am in job that cares very much about that, but I find myself watching those officers who do care only about "me" know I don't want to be like that. I feel the challenge is to keep yourself humble even when you are getting praised. My mom and dad always encourage and compliment me and my siblings, but they always follow it with remember there is always someone better out there, and remember to give all your praise to God who made you. --- I live by those words.
Cool Blog, Michael. Should be good to post ideas for song selections based on the upcoming readings. Jim
For every one who exalts himself will be humbled but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.
Definitely :)
1) Invited
2) The message is to live your live in a way that is humble, and accepting of God's will. Humility, beauty, and truth are actually one in the same.
3) Jesus is challenging me to not exalt myself, but rather to exalt the Lord.
Ashley, that's a good point about living in a world that encourages self-promotion. I've struggled with that myself - To stay humble while offering my gifts.
"what is too sublime for you seek not"
"he leads forth prisoners to prosperity"
"you have not approached that which could be touched"
Clearly the overall message of the day is humility. but these phrases stuck out to me as a little different.
I am still contemplating the seek not search not phrase - and am assuming that says don't get tied up in earthly rewards.
The prisoner thing sticks out mostly because I feel like a prisoner to my house and potty training right now (just started on Trin-o).
The "can not be touched: just go to show how much out of our realm heaven is and that although we cannot grasp it, we should not forget it.
Overall the message is calling me to quit whining (seeking sympathy or praise)
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