Do you ever feel that some people are only with you in the happy moments of your journey but disappear when things get hard? I’m sure we’ve all felt that way. However, I wonder how many of us have felt the opposite? I have. Some people have come into my life during the difficult times because they want to see me fail. Now, that’s a hard pill to swallow.
I notice this same concept in today’s Gospel. When Mary and Martha were mourning, many members of their community came to help and grieve with them. However, some of them came with ulterior motives; when they saw that Jesus was there, they went right to the Pharisees to turn him in. In this situation, Jesus knew who was there to mourn, and who was there only for their own benefit and to gossip. Even so, Jesus didn’t withhold His miracle of love for Lazarus because he understood deeply something Saint Mother Teresa so eloquently put into words:
“People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; be kind anyway.
If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; succeed anyway.
If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you; be honest and frank anyway.
What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; build anyway.
If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous; be happy anyway.
The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; do good anyway.
Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; give the world the best you’ve got anyway.
You see, in the final analysis, it is between you and God; it was never between you and them anyway.”
Daily Reading
Friday in the Octave of Easter
Reading 1 Acts 4:1-12 After the crippled man had been cured, while Peter and John were still speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple guard, and…
Saint of the Day
Saint Hunna
Saint Hunna, “the Holy Washerwoman,” washed and cared for the poor in Strasbourg, earning her name through her noble acts of service.
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