miguel de Portugal commented then:
The statement
"Do not expect love or gratitude or acknowledgment from any" means that such
expectation
should never be the motive force - "the reason behind" - of doing whatever we
do.
If I would have expected "
love or gratitude or acknowledgment from any" when He granted me
the Grace to give Him my "Yes", I would have been back practicing Engineering in less than two
years and would be collecting now a pension of at least 50,000 USD per year!
I am neither bragging nor complaining - I am just graphically underscoring the reality and
importance of His Words.
We should strive that, whatever we do
is powered by
what we are told through Matthew 22: 36-40:
Master, which is the greatest commandment in the law? Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the
greatest and the first commandment. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor
as thyself. On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.
However, it does not mean that is wrong to enjoy a bit of human encouragement and consolation when
it is sincere and deserved.
Let us not forget that at the foot of the Cross we find Mary, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Cleophas and
John consoling with their presence and tears our Lord Jesus Christ. Yet, the nails and crown of
thorns
did not hurt as much as the absence of
Peter and the rest.
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