‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty.’
It might sound like the master is being unfair to the servant - demand to be fed by the slave after making them work all the day in the fields. Well - yes it is, but do not forget the example set by Our Lord. At the Last Supper he put on an apron and cleaned his disciples feet - not in response to being asked to do this, but out of love for them. An example to follow! We also are not saved by our efforts - willingly given or otherwise - but by Jesus' salvific work in the Cross and Resurrection. However - we still have to labour and strain - to help others to be saved.
Today's Saint is Martin of Tours. He was born in the Roman province of Pannonia (approximating to the western half of modern Hungary) in about 316 and was educated at Pavia in Italy. He was baptized, left the army and after spending some time as a hermit on an island off the Ligurian coast, founded a monastery at Ligugé in western France, where he lived a monastic life guided by St Hilary. Later he was ordained priest and became bishop of Tours. In his actions he gave an example of what a good shepherd should be. He founded other monasteries, educated the clergy, and preached the Gospel to the poor. He died in 397.