Some people think that if they are killed by thugs, or anarchists, that they will be martyrs.
No, sorry.
A martyr is specifically a person who dies witnessing the Faith of the Catholic Church and Jesus Christ.
In other words, those Christians in Africa and in the Middle East who are actually being killed because they are Christians, are martyrs.
Those who are killed because they are in the wrong place at the wrong time, or who are killed by armies in a civil war, are not martyrs. If the economy fails and one is caught in anarchy, one is not a martyr.
Be ready to face God, but do not be presumptuous about being a martyr.
