Walking with Jesus: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
For Sunday, August 31, 2025 Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29; Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24; Luke 14:1, 7-14 At first glance, today’s themes talk to us about being humble, realizing that our lives are a gift from God. Underneath there is a deeper insight into our actions in responding to God’s gifts to each of us. I’m gifted — you’re gifted. We look at our basic gifts: sight, hearing, speech, taste, feeling, smell. Then we explore how these gifts have influenced our memory, understanding, imagination and dreams for the future, and the development of our personalities and relationships. We should start with a basic question: How grateful am I to God for these unique gifts He has blessed me with? Have I abused them more than using them gratefully? Why? How have my actions influenced my relationship with my loving God? The readings today describe the attitude we should have when we give and when we receive. Am I developing humility and gratitude and a desire to spread the extravagant generosity of Go...