1st Reading: 1 Cor 12:31–13:13
Gospel: Lk 7:31–35
Jesus said, “What comparison can I use for this people? What are they like? They are like children sitting in the marketplace, about whom their companions complain: ‘We piped you a tune and you wouldn’t dance; we sang funeral songs and you wouldn’t cry.’
“Remember John: he didn’t eat bread or drink wine, and you said: ‘He has an evil spirit.’ Next came the Son of Man, eating and drinking, and you say: ‘Look, a glutton for food and wine, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But the children of Wisdom always recognize her work.”

Commentary
Jesus faced daily the rejection of His own people. Though fully divine and without sin, Jesus did not measure up to the expectations of everyone.
Is it any wonder that others find us lacking? Is it any cause for amazement that our best efforts result at times in ridicule or apathy?
Jesus faced rejection by being true to Himself and remaining steadfast in His mission. We can do no better than to face our difficulties with the same resolve as Jesus, doing whatever good we can do, however it is that we are called to do it.
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