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Reflection
 117:   Based on the Vatican II document 
Gaudium et Spes (Church in the world) 
Article 13

 

We were "made good",
but the first humans, at the urging of Satan,
turned their back on God,
and ever since then
everyone has had an inclination to evil, from our earliest days

There's a battle going on in every human heart,
between good and evil

This is reflected in society:
it's an intensive struggle between good and evil, light and darkness

Which is why God the Son entered the boxing ring,
took on and defeated Satan,
and reformatted our hard drives.

Jesus is the anti-virus to counter the virus of sin

As St Paul puts it in Romans 5:

"Through one man, Adam, the virus of sin entered the world,
and sin infected everyone with death.
Through one man, Jesus, the divine anti-virus of grace entered the world,
and brought the gift of eternal life
to everyone who allows it to be installed in their heart.
The divine anti-virus of grace  is more powerful than any sin virus"

Jesus, please download and install in my heart
your anti-virus program of grace

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