On a sabbath day Jesus had gone for a meal to the house of one of the leading Pharises; and they watched him closely. He then told the guests a parable, because he had noticed how they picked the places of honour.
He said the, "When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take your seat in the place of honour. A more distinguished person than you may have been invited, and the person who invited you both may come and say, 'Give up your seat to this man.' And then, to your embarrassment, you would have to go and take the lowest place. No; when you are a guest, make your way to the lowest place and sit there, so that when your host comes, he may say, 'My friend move up higher.' In that way, everyone with you at the table will see you honoured. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted."
Then he said to his host, "When you give a lunch or dinner, do not ask your friends, brother, relations or rich neighbours, for fear they repay courtesy by inviting you in return. No; when you have a party, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; that they cannot pay you back means that you are fortunate, because repayment will be made to you when the virtuous rise again."
I chose this Reading because it made me think about me and how I am as a person; the way value myself and the way I value others.
This reading made me realise that you should never think too highly of yourself because there is always someone who is higher than you. Also, the people that you want to look good to, are not really the people that you should be trying to please or impress. At the end of the day, they isn't any body who is uniquely special or more higher ranked to the people that actually matter. The only person that we need to please is God; not ourselves and definitely not to others, just God.
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