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Ordinary Time · Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C

Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29

Humility and the Reward of the Humble

September 3, 2028

Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Nicolas Bertin
Christ Washing the Feet of His Disciples, Nicolas Bertin, 1720–30The Art Institute of Chicago
A French painting of the washing, with Peter half out of his seat in protest and the basin lit at the centre.My child, perform your tasks with humility; the greater you are, the more you must humble yourself.Nicolas BertinA French history painter of the generation after Le Brun, who won the Prix de Rome and worked for the court at small scale.The Art Institute of ChicagoFounded in 1879 as both a museum and a school, and the home of American Gothic and of a famous Impressionist collection.The Art Institute of Chicago
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 14:1, 7-14Lk 14:1, 7-14
Second ReadingHeb. 12:18-19, 22-24aHeb 12:18-19, 22-24a
First ReadingSir. 3:17-18, 20, 28-29Sir 3:17-18, 20, 28-29
Responsorial PsalmPs. 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11 (cf. 11b)Ps 68:4-5, 6-7, 10-11 (cf. 11b)

Overview & Insights

"My child, perform your tasks with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts." (Sirach 3:17)

Sirach's wisdom instruction commends humility as the path to God's favor, warning that pride has no cure while the humble find grace, and the greater a person is, the more he must humble himself.

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Commentary

Sirach 3 (Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary)Sir 3 (Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary) StudyLight

The main verse-by-verse Catholic commentary available online for this deuterocanonical chapter.

Sirach 3:17 (Catholic Bible)Sir 3:17 (Catholic Bible) BibleHub

Lays the Catholic-canon text of the verse alongside cross references.

Ecclesiasticus 3 (Haydock) Haydock Commentary

A classic Douay-Rheims Catholic commentary; Sirach appears there under its Douay name, Ecclesiasticus.

Background & Word Study

Ben Sira 3:17 Sefaria

Gives the surviving Hebrew and Greek text of Ben Sira alongside translations.

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