It may be said that humility is the most efficacious remedy for all evil and a most potent antidote to preserve the soul from that death and guilt which leads to everlasting perdition. And yet it is this virtue which we neglect most of all.
Read moreChrist has Risen! He has Triumphed over the Enemy!
God “disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him” (Col 2:15).
I’m not sure what goes through your mind when you read the excerpt from Colossians above. But I do know what went through the minds of Paul’s contemporaries. A “triumph” was something like a mega-parade in an Empire filled with parades. It was a dramatic way of demonstrating the Empire’s power and dominance.
Read moreTwo Ways We Sin Against Hope →
Hope is the virtue that expects God’s help. It places it’s trust in Him, looks to heaven as our final end, and waits patiently for His answer to prayers for help here in this life. Because hope anchors us in heaven it anchors us in God’s mercy, because without mercy we are without heaven. And, similarly, hoping in God’s help here on earth is also to ask for His mercy, because we don’t deserve His help here either. Without mercy no prayer is answered.
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