Yes. The giving of one's life is a witness to the power of the love of Christ who accepted his Father's will and dwelt among us . 
Sometimes things are only seeming contradictions which we  know as paradox  .  Personally I think Francis is offering us the opportunity to participate in the Work of salvation in a profound way by not handing it to us on a silver platter  . 
I think the Jesus of the Gospels led his men and women in this way  .