Great teacher, who knows the ways of the world and of our hearts, keep us from clinging to our desires and needs and very lives, and grant that we would be secure enough in you to let go and receive back more than we would lose, through you who gave yourself for our sake and now reigns over all things with the Father and Holy Spirit. Amen.
‘For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it.’ – Mark 8:35