{"id":3731,"date":"2022-08-15T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-16T01:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=3731"},"modified":"2022-08-16T20:46:40","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T00:46:40","slug":"the-battle-for-life-is-already-decided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/the-battle-for-life-is-already-decided\/","title":{"rendered":"Have no fear"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Have no fear. The outcome of the battle for Life<\/strong>
is already decided, even though the struggle goes on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

True joy is a victory<\/strong>. Christ holds the secret of this victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You now know that Life is more powerful than the forces of death;<\/strong>
You know that the Truth is more powerful than darkness<\/strong>
that Love is stronger than death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Never, ever give up on hope, never doubt,<\/strong>
never tire. Do not be Afraid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pope John Paul II<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Have no fear. The outcome of the battle for Lifeis already decided, even though the struggle goes on. True joy is a victory. Christ holds the secret of this victory. You now know that Life is more powerful than the forces of death;You know that the Truth is more powerful than darknessthat Love is stronger […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[49,55,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marian-consecration","category-new-evangelization","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-Yb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6217,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/o-death-where-is-your-sting\/","url_meta":{"origin":3731,"position":0},"title":"O Death, Where is thy sting ?","author":"monks4christ","date":"April 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"1 Corinthians 15:54-58 When the perishable puts on the imperishable,and the mortal puts on immortality,then shall come to pass the saying that is written:\u201cDeath is swallowed up in victory.\u201d \u201cO death, where is thy victory? 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