work, faith and death

i have a question.. regarding work, and how it fits in religion. not just in religion, but in morals and faith too - i say this so as to not only transcend the barriers of different religions among you all, but so that i may include the atheists and other-believers too (such as followers of the Holy Leaf, and the Holy Spirits!!) so here's a story for you: i present two faithful, devout Catholics.

Peter is your singleminded, devotional, hardworking regular guy. he has a happy family, with studious kids, and a loving wife. he believes totally in the effort mantra, and will always be the last guy leaving work, finishing up his share of the duties, and often more. he goes to church every weekend, and attends mass on all holy days.

John is like Peter, but not exactly. he is a little more easy-going with his outlook on life. you can see him in church with his family too, but sometimes they miss service to go on picnics and stuff. he also completes his work, though its often done at the last minute. he doesn't really strike you as an out-n-out faithful Catholic.

so now that i have built you a picture of these two guys, we come back to last saturday afternoon EST.. and news of the Pope's death just filters through to the two families. Peter is at work, while John has been in church, praying for the Pope.

Peter's mindset is that his time was better spent at work, instead of taking time off work to pray for the Pope. after all, he believes, that's what the Pope, and God, always preached - the sanctity of work. John is caught up in the emotional upheaval, and hasn't been at work since thursday afternoon. he helps to organise a three day wake at his local church.

are we the biggest procrastinators, cos we took time out to pray for the Pope, when what he would have really wanted is for everyone to go back to work! or are we the biggest faithful, that we stood and prayed when we felt the Pope needed our prayers. so, of Peter and John, is any one of them right? is there a right? are they both right?