In today's Gospel, Jesus tells guests at a feast to accept their invitations with humility, to be satisfied with the lowest place at the table. We are guests at a feast today invited by our Lord to this wonderful Eucharistic meal. We come with humility, acknowledging our imperfections and sinfulness. Jesus also tells the host to invite those who are not well-off, who cannot repay him in kind. Our host today at this feast is Jesus, who offers his very body and Blood for our redemption. There is no way we can truly repay him for his generosity and mercy, let us give thanks for his constant invitation. In the first reading Sirach used aphorisms like Jesus used parables: to teach his audience how to put God's commands into action. Today we hear both Sirach and Jesus counsel us to act with humility. Sirach tells us we will find favor with God; Jesus imagines a wedding banquet where the host invites the person who took the lowest seat to move up to a higher position. With true humility, for we are all sinners, let us listen today to the word of God.