“Whoever loves his life shall lose it...” - Readings for 8/10/26

In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that whoever loves his life will lose it, and whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it. But what does He mean by hate? He means that we don’t put ourselves first. We put the needs of others before the needs of our own. We should put the will of God before our own will. We should hate the things that bind us to this earth because those things are…