Afraid of Death?
Are you afraid of death?
That all depends on what you are living for.
Why is it that a soldier will sacrifice himself for his platoon?
Why will a mother sacrifice herself for her children?
Why does a martyr sacrifice his or her life for God?
Because they do not live for themselves.
They live for another.
Those who live for others are not afraid to die.
Because their entire life is a series of small deaths so that the ones they love can live.
So that when the ultimate death comes, life is not something that is taken from them, rather it is something that they lay down of their own free will.
This day of All Souls when we reflect on death is also the best day for us to reflect on what we are living for.
If we live for ourselves then our death will be something to be feared.
But if we live for others then the small sacrificial deaths we experience everyday for those we love, and the ultimate death we will experience at the end of our life is not something to be feared but the final sacrifice, the final gift that we give back to God who died for us so that we could live forever
God Bless
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