Humble blessings

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Rosalind C Hughes

For the twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost in Year C (Proper 25): the Pharisee and the tax collector are praying at the Temple. One is so self-satisfied that he is blinded by his own glory; he outshines God. One is so self-abased that he has almost lost sight of himself; yet Jesus still sees him.

Be humble, yet let your heart be light,
for God has already lifted the lowly;
the Lord has received the repentant sinner.
God sustains the poor in spirit
and blesses the unrecognized by name.

About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is a priest and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. She serves an Episcopal church just outside Cleveland. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing (Upper Room Books, 2020). She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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