Sobriety and humility were not favorably regarded in the last century.
Laudato si, paragraph 224
Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1
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.
Responsorial Psalm
R. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor which is full of joy and peace!
The just rejoice and exult before God; And yet, when there is a general breakdown in the exercise of a certain virtue in personal and social life, it ends up causing a number of imbalances, including environmental ones.
R. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor which is full of joy and peace!
The father of orphans and the defender of widows
is God in his holy dwelling; That is why it is no longer enough to speak only of the integrity of ecosystems.
R. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor which is full of joy and peace!
A bountiful rain you showered down, O God, upon your inheritance; so in return We have to dare to speak of the integrity of human life, of the need to promote and unify all the great values.
R. God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor which is full of joy and peace!
Reading 2
“You have not approached that which could be touched”… Once we lose our humility, and become enthralled with the possibility of limitless mastery over everything, we inevitably end up harming society and the environment.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord,
and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; It is not easy to promote this kind of healthy humility or happy sobriety when we consider ourselves autonomous, when we exclude God from our lives or replace him with our own ego, and think that our subjective feelings can define what is right and what is wrong.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel
Instead of selling tickets at $50 per person, or $500 for a table of eight at which we so called “distinguished guest” of the Amarillo diocese can go about…
“…choosing the places of honor…”
lk 14: 7
wouldn’t it be more respectful of life if we…
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind (like Lloyd Gene McMaster)…
Lk 14: 13
to sit in our purchased seats; but alas…
… Oh Lord it’s hard to be humble
When you’re perfect in every way!