 | Saint Patrick, Reverend James O'Leary - 1897 - 372 pāgines
...consume him." Hence, " Woe to those who fill themselves with things which are not their own." And " what doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his soul ? " It were too long to discuss one by one, or to select from the law, testimonies against such... | |
 | Franįois de Ligny - 1883 - 976 pāgines
...shall lose his life for my sake and the Gospel, shall'save it (13) : for what shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul ? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" To feel the full force of this reasoning,... | |
 | Joseph Faā di Bruno - 1884 - 472 pāgines
...make up for the loss of heaven. Our Lord expressed this truth in those searching and solemn words : " What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul ? " (St. Matt. xvi. 26.) The example of so many millions of martyrs who died for the faith ought to... | |
 | Thomas Joseph Potter - 1884 - 264 pāgines
...will save his life, shall lose it; and he that shall lose his life for my sake, shall find it. " For what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? or what exchange shall a man give for his soul? " For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his... | |
 | Christian Brothers - 1884 - 516 pāgines
...unsuccessful success — such a thing as gaining every end, while the whole life has been a failure. " What doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul? " This is the final test of the value of earthly prosperity, and unless our lives be guided by... | |
 | Francisco Javier Butiņa - 1884 - 402 pāgines
...follow me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross and follow me. . . What shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul ? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? For he that shall be ashamed of me and of... | |
 | William John Fitz-Patrick - 1885 - 432 pāgines
...eternity— in Heaven or in Hell. Think too of Death, and how soon the world will come to an end. ' What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul?' — S. Matthew xvi. 26. Think of Jesus, who has loved, suffered, and died for our love. Fly often,... | |
 | Christian doctrine, John B. Bagshawe - 1885 - 332 pāgines
...most care, of your body or of your soul? A. I must take most care of my soul ; for Christ has said, " What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul?" (S. Matt. xvi. 26.) And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul : but... | |
 | William Joseph Amherst - 1885 - 690 pāgines
...whatever it may cost me. 1st Point. — The loss of our salvation would be the greatest of all losses. ' What doth it profit a man if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul V (Matt. xvi. 26). God has not created us to remain for ever in this world ; the period of this life... | |
 | Joseph Deharbe - 1889 - 348 pāgines
...obtain eternal happiness. 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God and His justice' (Matt vi. 33). ' Por.what doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul ? ' (Matt xvi. 26). 9. What must we do, if we would know and serve God, and be eternally happy ? 1.... | |
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