Sunday, October 26, 2025
Sunday Reflection: Humility and Truth
Often, I come on here and quote from the Gospels and then construe it, pushing the text this way or that-- something I always feel somewhat ambivalent about, as I don't really know more than anyone else about what Jesus meant.
This week, though, I offer a passage from Luke 18 that really needs no analysis, because the meaning is clear, important, and a critique of us all (including the guy pictured above):
Jesus told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and regarded others with contempt: "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee, standing by himself, was praying thus, `God, I thank you that I am not like other people: thieves, rogues, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all my income.' But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even look up to heaven, but was beating his breast and saying, `God, be merciful to me, a sinner!' I tell you, this man went down to his home justified rather than the other; for all who exalt themselves will be humbled, but all who humble themselves will be exalted."
