Everything depends on pure and free hearts. Therefore, the fight against evil must first be waged within us, in our hearts. There lies the origin of pride and wars. It is there where the deception of the evil one wreaks havoc.
Day: January 27, 2024
The Authority of Jesus
Jesus casts out the evil from the person, not the person himself. We need Christian ways of dealing with members of our community, to expel the evil but welcome the person. Saving the person who is in sin while denouncing the evil is possible only with great love.
PRAXIS OF PEACE: PEACEMAKING IN OUR WORLD (#3)
In the third column of his series titled ‘Praxis of Peace: Peacemaking in our World’, Fr Fausto Gomez OP concludes the recipe for peace with two remaining requirements: sharing something with the poor and praying for peace.
CHURCH FATHERS (12): Confronting the first heresies
Gnosticism wanted a Christianity that conformed to the world, fitted into the culture of the time, absorbed myths and Greek philosophy, and gave little room for Revelation. Montanism, on the other hand, taught that Christians should flee from the world.