In this week's edition of There's more in the Gospel than Meets the Eye,
Jill Bevilacqua and Seàn-Patrick Lovett bring us readings and reflections for the
Thirtieth Sunday of the Year. Listen:
GospelLk 18: 9-14
Jesus addressed
this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and
despised everyone else. "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one
was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up
his position and spoke this prayer to himself, 'O God, I thank you that
I am not like the rest of humanity -- greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or
even like this tax collector. I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on
my whole income.’ But the tax collector stood off at a distance and
would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, 'O
God, be merciful to me a sinner.' I tell you, the latter went home justified,
not the former; for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and
the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”