By Fr. Paul D. Scalia, The Catholic Thing - At the risk of seeming disrespectful or irreverent, I’d like to propose that the parable in today’s Gospel is, well, funny. More to the point, it’s meant to be funny. Not “funny” in the sense of silly or trivial. Obviously, it contains a serious teaching about the foundational virtue of humility. But you can effectively deliver an important teaching in a funny way. And that’s what our Lord does in this Gospel.