When baptized in the Catholic Church, we are being asked to die, according to the June 28 Annunciation Catholic Church Bulletin's Reflections on the Gospel.

"This is not just about our final death but about daily deaths due to inconvenience, discomfort, pain, loss or others’ needs," states the bulletin from the Altamonte Springs church. "This is an incredible epiphany given the way we very often approach our lives. We do everything to avoid death, let alone encounter it."

Not only do people want to avoid death, but pain, change and so many other kinds of suffering, the reading says, but these are things that can't be avoided. 

"We are called to die," it reads. "One of the biggest wake-up calls we can have is realizing that life is not about us."

When Catholics live by putting others' lives before their own, it allows them to live more intentionally. 

"When we learn to live more sacrificially, to put the needs of others before our own, and to not always seek our own self-interest, we become aware of what baptism into Christ’s death is really all about," the bulletin states. "These are the roots of virtue and the seedbed for justice, tolerance, solidarity, love and peace."