Episode 283 - Play the Man

When the world demanded treasure, St. Lawrence pointed to the poor. When they burned his body, he offered laughter. His martyrdom was not somber resignation but cheerful defiance — not because he felt no pain, but because he saw Christ beyond it. He faced the fire as if it were a feast.

This is not irreverence. It is resurrection-shaped courage. We mourn and rejoice in the same breath. We see Christ in each other — on couches of pain, in voices of comfort, in saints who teach us how to die, and how to live. There is no contradiction in joy amid sorrow. God has entered our suffering, yet remains eternal gladness.

Despair is the lie. The martyr’s laughter is truth.