In the games men play, Donald Trump has consistently defined himself as a winner. It’s what suits him most to the presidency, he has said.

But what does it mean to be a winner? In the scriptural readings for Mass this past Sunday, both the Book of Ecclesiastes and Jesus warn against those who build up material wealth with either no concern for their spiritual development or the reality that someday what is yours now will belong to someone else.

Trump, of course, would not see himself in this admonition. He says he has sacrificed much, because he employs thousands upon thousands of people.

But can such a sacrifice be compared to that of Capt. Humayun Khan, the Muslim-American soldier who was killed on June 8, 2004 in the early days of the Iraq War protecting his unit from a suicide car bomber? ...