“Do not allow the enemy to discourage you, break you, or take away your hope and support. Resist evil without losing your ability to love, befriend, care, help, believe, rejoice and be grateful — to our defenders, to people of goodwill and to God.
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“Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good
“the faithful to refrain from speaking badly about others or responding with vengeance and instead to serve and assist those around them, particularly people experiencing illness or other hardships
“Do not be afraid; believe in God, for He does not forsake us. He will always be with us; it depends on us. God never abandons us, but we can distance ourselves from Him.
“The saint, in similarly difficult times, resisted alongside his people the enslavement of their homeland. From that time on, he has been the one who encourages us to spiritually resist every enslavement that targets our faith, our Church, our homeland, our education, and all the values and institutions of our local tradition. If we fail to grasp the message of spiritual resistance, we’ll fall into an enslavement that won’t come from the Hagarenes, but will be spiritual—and that’s the most difficult and most abhorrent kind.
“not to corruption, but to life; not to despair, but to Resurrection; not to isolation, but to eternal communion in the Kingdom.
“Just as our ancestors, fourteen hundred years ago, faced danger not in ignorance but in prayer and vigilance, so too we today, in the midst of various trials, wars, divisions and uncertainty, are called to stand — not sitting idly by, but hurrying forward in faith, hope and love
“But I tell you, do not resist an evil person