Humility and Hospitality

The Roman Catholic Lectionary today brings two fundamental qualities of holy people to our attention. The Prophet Sirach advises that those who are friends of God are the humble who realize the place of humanity in relation to the Divine Luke recounts Jesus telling of the parable of those who seek the high places of honour only to be reminded that those places were not reserved for them. The battle for humility is perhaps one of the most difficult in our lives and in these times.