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Posted March 31, 2005 in The Pope's Corner:
Our Final Victory
by Pope John Paul II.
In Christ, evil is already conquered. Death has been defeated in its very root, which is sin.
Christ has descended into the depths of the human heart with that most potent of weapons: love, which is stronger than death (cf. Song of Songs 8:6).
And so, we Christians do not advance into history with uncertain stride. We cannot do so, for we have been ransomed from the power of darkness (Col 1:13). We advance along the right road in the inheritance of the saints in light (Col 1:12).
And so, whatever uncertainty may lie in wait for us, whatever temptations affecting ourselves or our mission and ministry, these can be overcome in this wonderful perspective of union with Christ, in whom everything is possible for us, since he is our final victory.
In him are the beginning and root of our personal victory, in him we find the strength we need for overcoming any difficulty that may arise, since for us the Lord is wisdom, righteousness, holiness, and redemption (1 Cor 1:30).
Excerpted from an address to clergy and religious in Santiago, Chile, April 1987.
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