{"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<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/oct24.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3732\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/the-battle-for-life-is-already-decided\/attachment\/oct24-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/oct24.jpg?fit=597%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"597,597\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;the Net&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1603638067&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oct24\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/oct24.jpg?fit=597%2C597&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/oct24.jpg?resize=625%2C625&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3732\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/oct24.jpg?w=597&amp;ssl=1 597w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/oct24.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/oct24.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Have no fear. The outcome of the battle for Life<\/strong><br><strong>is already decided, even though the struggle goes on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>True joy is a victory<\/strong>. <strong>Christ holds the secret of this victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You now know that Life is more powerful than the forces of death;<\/strong><br><strong>You know that the Truth is more powerful than darkness<\/strong><br><strong>that Love is stronger than death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Never, ever give up on hope, never doubt,<\/strong><br><strong>never tire. Do not be Afraid<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pope John Paul II<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 [&hellip;]<\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"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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