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The Staggering Beauty of Humility
5 min
Gospel
Lk 14:1, 7-11
One sabbath when he went to dine at the house of a ruler who belonged to the Pharisees, they were watching him.
Now he told a parable to those who were invited, when he marked how they chose the places of honor, saying to them, “When you are invited by any one to a marriage feast, do not sit down in a place of honor, lest a more eminent man than you be invited by him; and he who invited you both will come, and say to you, ‘Give place to this man,’ and then you will begin with shame to take the lowest place. But when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when your host comes he may say to you, ‘Friend, go up higher’; then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at table with you. For every one who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Readings are taken from Dynamic Catholic’s Bible: RSV Catholic Edition.
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Transcript
The Staggering Beauty of Humility
So each day we we listen for a word, a phrase, or an idea that jumps out at us. Allow the Holy Spirit to speak to us through that word, that phrase, that idea. What is it that jumped out at you today?
I think for me it was this, this image of what the world exalts, what the world humbles, and, and what God exalts and what God humbles. You know, the world has its history books, but God writes His own history books.
The world exalts champions and heroes and legends and innovators, and God exalts His saints. And it's so easy to get drawn into exalting what the world exalts.
And, and of course, the only way to be saved from this trap is, is the humility that the Gospel is, is constantly calling us to. But in our insecurity, we, we puff ourselves up, or or we get addicted to the, the dopamine hit of feeling important because of this or because of that.
And we see this very clearly in other people, you know? You maybe go around your city or travel around the world, and you, you see people puffing themselves up for really the, the smallest reasons, the most maybe even insignificant reasons. And, and pride is a, it's an ugly thing, right? When, when you see it, pride and arrogance and this being full of ourselves is an ugly thing.
And then on the other side when you see humility, when you, when you see true humility, it is, it's so attractive, it's so beautiful, it's so disarming, it's so inviting, it's so collaborative, it's so unity-creating.
And, and on the other hand, you know, our pride, our arrogance this self-focus, this boastfulness is, is very divisive. Let's go out into the world today and, and strive for a radical humility. The radical humility that, that we're constantly called to, invited to, beckoned to in the Gospel, over and over and over again, called to a radical humility which is, it's a, it's a beautiful thing.
And, and so let's bring that beauty into the world today. Have a great day, and remember, Be Bold. Be Catholic.
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