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  A Reflection on THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE DEVIL by Rev Fr Joyzy Pious Egunjobi A man was caught up in a trance, and there it was revealed to him the Battle between the Righteous man and the Devil. In the course of the battle, there were many rounds of defeats and victories on the part of both parties. Towards the end of the battle, the Righteous man dropped dead. A great voice then echoed from above saying in a loud voice: “You are dead, man; however, you still won the battle” The man in trance then asked in confusion: “How can the defeated man still win the Battle?”  But the voice said to him: “You see! The battle between this man and the Devil delineates the struggle of a Righteous man against his Sinful Nature (Rom 7:15-23). The many times the Righteous man won the rounds depicted the many times he resisted temptations (James 1:12; 1Cor 10:13); and the many times he was defeated depicted the many times he fell into sin (1Tim 6:9). You cannot kill the devil,...

  Have you ever experienced a sudden total darkness? What was your experience? If you can recall, the very moment of sudden darkness shocked you. You may feel a little frightful. Then gradually, you begin to see until you can manage your movement in the very darkness. Such is the life of sinners; from just little sin they graduate into being at home with the total sin. FOR DARKNESS IS NOT NECESSARILY THE ABSENCE OF LIGHT; DARKNESS IS WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO HIDE. And DARKNESS IS NOT DARK FOR THOSE WHO LIVE IN DARKNESS.  All the lovers of iniquities seek darkness in one way or the other. For example, "The eye of the adulterer waits for the nightfall, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face. In the dark they break into the houses, they shut themselves up by day; they do not know the light (Job 24:15-16). The dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence (Ps 74:20). "For the morning is their darkest hour, because that is when they hav...

  The Holy Father Pope Francis has always had a special relationship with young people in the Church. He had always wanted to hear from them and help them. Thus, he called a synod of bishops on Young people, the Faith and Vocational Discernment. The purpose of meeting of the Church Fathers and leaders with the young people was to help the Church examine how she can lead young people to recognize and accept the call to the fullness of life and love, and to ask young people to help her in identifying the most effective ways to announce the good news today.  Thus on March 25th 2019, he signed this very rich and recent Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation and addressed it to young people but also “to the entire People of God, pastors and faithful alike, since all of us are challenged and urged to reflect both on the young and for the young.” (CV, 3) Let us take some time now to quickly but carefully examine this 299 paragraphs in 9 chapters document and its relevance to the young pe...