WHO WILL BE SAVED? 22nd Sunday OTC

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INTRO

Brothers & sister, theme of humility features prominently in today’s first reading, responsorial psalm,  second reading & gospel; it is a virtue that is not spoken about much today. It tends to get a negative press when it is spoken about. In the Gospel, Jesus challenges those who believe they should enjoy special privileges.  At a banquet, they were seeking places of honour.  They cared more about themselves than for anyone else.  They acted and behaved  in a way that showed they lacked humility.  If we have true humility, we will listen and grow in wisdom and learn more to become aware of our shortcomings, our faults, and our sins.

In Jesus , God has shown us what real humility means. God in Jesus, came among us not with might and glory, with strength and power but as one vulnerable and needy. St Paul tells us that he was humbler yet to accepting death, death on a cross. He did this to help us unlearn our instinctive expectations and to learn a new way to understand the essence of God. Christ continues to come to us in this way and inviting us to go beyond our instinctive discriminations, prejudices, boundaries into a new way of being with one another. We pray thatvas Hus followers, we will not only learn from his example but mimic his behaviour and actions in our relationships.

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