TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME - YEAR C
Readings
First: Ecclesiastics 3:17-20, 28-29 - Be gentle in carrying out your business - the greater you are the more you should behave humbly and then you will find favour with the Lord.
Psalm: 67 - In you goodness O God, you prepared a home for the poor / The just shall rejoice at the presence of God / Father of the orphan, defender of the widow / You poured down O God a generous rain.
Second: Hebrews 12: 18-19, 22-24 - You have come to Mount Zion, city of the living God, where millions of angels have gathered for a festival ... where everyone is a "first born son" and citizen of heaven. You have come to God ... to Jesus the mediator who brings a new covenant.
Gospel: Luke 14 1, 7-14 - Parable of the wedding banquet: always take the last seat - the one who exults himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself exalted.
Themes
Humility, service, option for the poor. Justice. Social concerns. Kindness. Love for one another.
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Picture: "Christ Teaches Humility," by Robert Scott Lauder (1803-1869), in Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Public Domain.
