Jesus' Gentle Touch: Pope Francis: 'Lent is a Time of Spiritual Combat'

Sunday, February 22, 2015

Pope Francis: 'Lent is a Time of Spiritual Combat' | ZENIT - The World Seen From Rome

St. Raphael's Verse of the Day

1 Corinthians 15 : 51-58

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⁵¹Listen, I will tell you a mystery! We will not all die,[m] but we will all be changed, ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴When this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled:

“Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
⁵⁵“Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?”

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁵⁸Therefore, my beloved,[n] be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.