Jesus teaches this principle in today's Gospel to celebrate the feast of St. Lawrence, Deacon, and Martyr. He died in the name of Jesus Christ by being roasted alive over a grill. His death made him a martyr. When this way of behaving was imitated by many other individuals throughout the history of the Catholic Church, we witness a resurgence of the faith and practice. More become Catholics. More people seek admission into the Catholic Church. They say that the blood shed by the martyr is the seed to the growth of the Catholic Church.
