The 22nd Sunday of the Year
Eccl 3:17-20; Heb 12:18-19 & 22-24; Lk 14:1, 7-14 (Year C)
‘My son, 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.”
The Book of Ecclesiasticus is a distillation of popular wisdom spanning the centuries from the glory days of Israel’s monarchy to the period immediately preceding the birth of the Lord. Here we find a humility that stands at the heart of faith, a contradiction of pride’s arrogance. “There is no cure for the proud man’s malady, since an evil growth has taken root in him. The heart of a sensible man will reflect on parables, an attentive ear is the sage’s dream.”
