Maximilian Kolbe: The Value Of Sacrifice

Maximilian Kolbe was a polish Conventual Franciscan friar who volunteered to die in the place of a stranger in the German death camp of Auschwitz. He was killed by a lethal injection of carbolic acid in the camp at age 47 in 1941. He was declared a martyr of charity for his sacrifice. Many people believe that sacrificing or risking your own life for another is the most heroic act one can choose to do. There are many types of sacrifice, and each one is significant in its own ways. Based on many factors and troubling decisions it can be decided the true value of the sacrifice you could be presented with, and if it is even the situation for one to be made. Sacrifice is complicated.

First, it would be helpful to know the types of sacrifices, since there are many, and are often quite broad. As mentioned before, there is the sacrifice of ones life, which is considered the highest level of sacrifice that can be made. There is also the sacrifice of someone time, or space, or comfort. The things that we hold closely to us and protect, making sacrificing them feel like a struggle at times. I’m the majority, sacrifices are subjective and are more often than not a sort of symbolism, or is …show more content…
Again, sacrifice is subjective, and completely up to someone own perception and what’s available. When somebody gives up their time to help a friend, when they should be doing something else, they could be sacrificing their job, or their productivity, because they sacrificed their time as well. Which is understandably going to make a difference for the individual. In turn, doing so to help a dear friend, could mean much as well, or more depending on the circumstances. each outcome could go either way, making sacrifices is opening yourself up, becoming vulnerable, and leaving things up to chance. That in itself makes it that much more meaningful, to everybody