Daily Reflection: Friday, November 11

Daily Reflections

Nov 11

November 11, Memorial of St. Martin of Tours, Bishop

Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it,
but whoever loses it will save it. (Lk 17:33)

This is a sobering verse.

Self-preservation is a fundamental instinct and it is hard to go against it. In order to save my life by losing it, I have to change what seems innate. Where is my life centered? Is the capital “I” what I am about? Or am I about serving the Lord and loving my neighbor. The great paradox is that the less I am about me, the more free and alive I become.

Those who fulfill this verse have put themselves in God’s hands and trust completely in him. They don’t need to worrry about preserving their lives.

John Frambes, ofm

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