22nd Sunday Ordinary Time ~ Year C 29th August 2010

Gospel:	All who exalt themselves shall be humbled and all who humble themselves shall be exalted.
	Luke  14:1.7-14

‘This gospel invites us not to find out the places on which not to sit down, but precisely the place on which to sit: our own. To find one’s place is first and foremost to know who we are, otherwise no true relation would ever be possible.

‘It is a question of humility since to accept one’s frailties - to start from where we are and not from where we would like to be - enables us to listen and answer to the call “Friend, go up higher.” Only if we find where our true place is can we hear God's small voice inviting us to go up and live our life more fully in the following of Christ, who humbled himself and was exalted.

‘To find one’s place is a question of truth. To put on a show in order either to boast oneself or not to disturb one’s neighbour with our own difficulties makes us unable to enter into a true relationship.

‘Humility is in that sense nothing less and nothing more than true humanity. Both words have indeed the same root. On this path of humility, Christ alone shows us the perfect way. Indeed, he - those! - who humble themselves will be exalted.’