CATHOLIC CAUCUS: Ukraine war is a reminder of an invisible spiritual battle, Catholic leader says

Catholic News Agency ^ | Mar 31, 2022 | Hannah Brockhaus

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The war in Ukraine is a reminder of the invisible spiritual battle that Christians fight every day against the temptation to sin, the leader of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said on Wednesday.

“This war reminds us more and more of the rules of unseen warfare, the spiritual struggle that every Christian wages with the devil, with evil, and his servants,” Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk said in a video message issued on March 30.

“Today I want to recall another rule of this spiritual struggle,” he said. “Evil always hides in the dark. If the devil and evil deeds are brought to light, if they are debunked, then immediately the devil loses strength. He is destroyed in the light.”

Shevchuk, who is based in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, said that the light of God’s truth weakens and disarms the devil.....

[Bob434]

Disney is a sure sign that we battle evil. Crt also. Thr man calling himself lia thomas, bruce jenner, Blm too. The persecution thatnpatriots are facing over jan 6, several,impeachements of an innocent president, etc etc etc On and on it goes. Many reminders that go to show that we are in a spiritual warfare at all times.

[jacknhoo]

LIGHT FROM THE EAST
by George Weigel
4 . 7 . 21
“Ten years ago last month, the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church made a striking decision: It elected its youngest member, 40-year-old Bishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, as leader of the largest of the eastern Catholic Churches, a choice confirmed by Pope Benedict XVI. In the ensuing decade, what appeared bold and even risky now seems brilliant and providential. For Major Archbishop Shevchuk has become one of the world’s most dynamic Catholic leaders under exceptionally challenging circumstances.”

https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/04/light-from-the-east

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