What can a man give in return for his life?
"If any man would come after me,
let him deny himself
and take up his cross
and follow me."
Mark 8:34
"For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel's will save it. For what does it profit a man, to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For what can a man give in return for his life?
For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of man also be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels" (Mark 8:35-38).
By your endurance you will gain your lives (Luke 12:19).
Your life consists in drawing nearer to God. To do this you must endeavor to detach yourself from visible things and remember that in a short time they will be taken from you. -- Blessed John of Avila
The crosses with which our path through life is strewn associate us with Jesus in the mystery of His crucifixion. -- St. John Eudes
