22. Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C Lk 14,7-14

Genuine humility…

We get to know a person best through their various manifestations. For example, when he waits at the doctor’s. Someone is calm and patient, another is nervous and ahead of himself. The character also manifests itself very well during the game. The carders say that you get to know the person at Maria’s best.

Jesus teaches us that their behavior in society can also recognize the nature of people. In the house of the leading Pharisee, he noticed a slight human manifestation: the places the invitees occupy. This observation led him to a profound lesson. He decided to teach us a lesson in humility. It is undoubtedly tough to define humility as a virtue. If a person were to desire it or practice it, that would already be a signal that they want to achieve something. He who has the virtue of humility cannot talk about it, cannot brag about it, nor even know about it. It would be false humility. We can understand its essence only from a negative point of view: a humble person does not desire to have something only for himself. He does not think about sitting in a prominent place in society where everyone will see him and admire him. When he invites guests, he invites those who cannot repay him.

When a humble person sits down last, he does so not so that everyone can see his humility or call him to a better place. Such a person is not interested in the position he has among people. And when the Lord tells him that he will be rewarded for his behavior “when resurrecting the righteous, he will accept that he will be with God. For he realizes that God is so infinitely high above him by his goodness, power, and majesty that he is but a tiny creature and is not even worthy. Johannes Kepler was a great astronomer, and we owe his genius to the discovery of the laws of planetary motion. However, he did not receive much recognition among his contemporaries, and his discoveries were not widely known from the outset. In his old age, he found himself in great need. A friend visited him, mortally ill, and asked if he was in pain, so that he could leave the world without acknowledging his work. “My friend, “replied Kepler, “God waited thousands of years for one of his creatures to discover the laws of motion of the heavenly bodies. Can’t I wait until I get justice? “This great scientist left this world without hatred, because he believed that God would show him genuine gratitude in his kingdom. Saint Francis of Assisi said that he thinks he possesses the value he has with God. And so it is with us.