Read Luke 18:9-14 with your family.

From the very beginning of the Gospel of Luke we had words around the important being brought down and the humble being raised up. Those words are found in Mary’s song, which we call the Magnificat.

This story is another example of how Jesus was showing us how empty it is to think you are full of importance just because you are rich, and how many people are so much more than they think they are.

We do not have to approach God thinking God won’t accept us – God already loves us just as we are.

People who think they are really important are not as important as they think. And people who think they are not important are much more important than they think. In God’s world we are all equal. Nothing we do changes that.