Litanies

Losing One’s Life

    Those who want to save their lives
    have good health insurance,
    pay their bills on time,
    exercise and eat right…
    Those who want to save their lives
    will lose them.

    Those who lose their lives
    in pursuit of God
    who abandon the world's values,
    who live generously and faithfully,
    who listen to a voice beyond...

    Those who lose their lives
    in pursuit of God
    will find life.
    May we learn the value of loss.
    May we know the value of life.
    Amen.

— written by Katherine Hawker (2002) based on Mark 8:35. Posted on the Liturgy Outside website. http://liturgyoutside.net/CallOutside.html

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