What do you say when someone doesn't believe your words or actions?
Nothing. Our words and actions are not ours for understanding and interpretation after we have acted and/or spoken. It's none of our business.
Just as Jesus and the prophets brought truth and acted lovingly toward the people of their time, and were rejected, so, too, will we be rejected for our faith, words, and actions no matter how honest and sincere they may be.
We are reminded of that in today's gospel. Jesus addresses the issue of how the long line of prophets were treated because of Love. Now the Son is in front of them and the Phaisees can't see it, but know the malice of their hearts.
May the words attributed to St. Francis always be the answer to life's difficulties.
"O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life."
To be consoled as to console,
To be understood as to understand,
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying to self that we are born to eternal life."
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