Msgr. John N. Fell

The great Irish author and theologian, C.S. Lewis, once wrote that “humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less.” This insight serves as an apt introduction to our readings this Sunday. Our call is to re-member that it is all about God — and God’s goodness — and our privilege to be instruments of that goodness.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, St. Luke presents Jesus speaking to his disciples about prayer. For the past few weeks, our Gospel readings have focused on the marks of a good disciple — love and service of God and neighbor as well as devotion to Jesus — and now Jesus adds the necessity of prayer as another such characteristic.