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Luke
  
12Then He also said to him who invited Him, "When you give a dinner or a supper, do not ask your friends, your brothers, your relatives, nor rich neighbors, lest they also invite you back, and you be repaid.13But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind. 14And you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you; for you shall be repaid at the resurrection of the just."


Christ told the rich and the chiefs not to think in themselves that they are better than the harmless, lest they fall in usual temptation by meeting in circles at their social level only. Woe to the rich, thinkers, and pious in their stupid circles. They do not know that they are not better than the poor, ignorant, and sinners. We all live from the mercy of God, the Highest. So seek the despised needy, and not the satiated and filled. Seek those who labor, and leave the lazy. Do not look at the sport stars, but look at the maimed, and the blind, for Christ meets you in the poor and not in the esteemed. Who are your friends? Are they the good, the handsome, the genius, and the smart? Certainly not! Christ consoled the sick and the hopeless, sat with the repentant adulterers, and saved the sinners who sought God. There with those people is your right place. Do not think that you are better than the beetles. But tell them the word of God that their hearts may be pleased, and help them with food and advice that they may listen to reason and serve God as you do.
Christ says: you have poor people at all times. So seek and serve them that are poor that you may gain the crown of glory at the resurrection, when the servants of the Lord will shine as the sun, while deep-black darkness will spread over the rich and the smart that disbelieve.

Prayer
O Lord, the Highest, You Humble, Meek, Loving, and Merciful, forgive me my haughtiness, purify me from all pride and every form of pride, and fill my heart with the spirit of service and love for the poor that I may become a servant as you serve all men.
Question
How do we become humble practically?