Armistice

A hundred years ago on this date at eleven am an armistice was signed ending the horrific hostilities of the Great War, "the War to End All Wars." It was a world war and the world remembers it today;  it will be officially observed in the United States tomorrow.  So many generations removed from those dark days, we cannot fully appreciate the the bloodiness and faith-shattering impact of so many deaths, the cruelties visited upon the souls psyches and bodies of those who served, and even those who observed. We admire the men and women who, like the poor widow in today's Gospel, (Mk 41-44) gave all they had for the benefit of others.  In Flanders Field, the poppies still grow and widows and the like still give of themselves to make this a better world.  The Great War did not end all wars, as we know all too surerly, but the notion of the complete gift of ourselves for the good of others still holds true. What sacrifice can I make today so that another might benefit?
Bro. Rene