One desires to have the best spot, to conquer and get first place, even to prevail over others and dominate. Win, win, win... at any cost. One enters the banquet, life, the group, and our communities in an attitude of real competition.Jesus reacts, and proposes a different logic:
When you are invited, for example to a banquet, go and sit in the lowest place. This is not for the sake of false humility, but to say to the other: “First you and after me; you are more important than I. I’ll go here – not because I am worthless – but only that you may be served first and better.
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