31st SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

The pastor gave an unused office in the church building to the new head of the liturgy committee. She ahd a big superiority complex, and the new office added to her high-and-mighty attitude. When one of the maintenance staff knocked on her door, she picked up her phone and pretended to be on an important call. “Yes Bishop, thank you for your kind wishes,” she said, hanging up the receiver with a smile. With queenly demeanor she looked up at the man standing in her doorway. “May I help you?” she asked. “Sorry to disturb you,” he said, “I’m here to hook up your phone.”
In today’s Gospel, Jesus reminds us again:: “whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Deacon Dick Folger