He looked like a red rose
between two thorns!
There was Cardinal
Dolan at the Al Smith Dinner seated between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
He was asked – what
was it like? They did try before the
dinner to be courteous to one another. But during the dinner . . .
In the past – self
depreciating humor – make fun of yourself – a humble humor – but now: at
the expense of the other. Not humility but humiliation.
Thinking of Odell
Beckham, star receiver of the Giants. Last week he scored a touchdown, waved
his teammates away & took off his helmet – hey, look at me! Forgetting that
Eli threw the pass and his other teammates blocked for him.
Two people went to
the temple to pray:
1) Pharisee - by
and large: good and holy people “the
separated ones” not priests, but lay
people – must strictly observe the laws
- fasted 2 x
week - 10% income to God -
prayed 4 x a day pretty good.
2) Tax collector –
the publican most considered him a
traitor – he worked for a foreign government (Romans) earned his pay by over taxation ritually unclean should not have even been there - O
God, be merciful to me, a sinner!
Shocked – tax
collector justified by God - why?
1) Pharisee prayer
- did not even need God – all about
himself I I
I Humility from the Latin
word – humus – earth. God created Adam
from the earth. God created us! All I am is a gift from God. Humility.
2) All about
comparisons - compared to others like
this tax collector grew up comparing,
still do it! Mom, Dad!!!
Maureen got a bigger slice!!!
What tax collector
did was compare himself to God!
Reconciliation - cilia – eyelash eyelash to eyelash w God & who will win???!!!
St. Augustine: What
are the ways to God? “The first is
humility, the 2nd is humility, the third is humility”
St Therese “Beginning
of holiness is humbly admitting that without God, I can do nothing, but - that with
in and through him, everything is possible.
St. Mother Teresa to
experience JOY
Jesus Others
You.
O God, be merciful to
me, a sinner!!!
