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Link: index: Fr. Frank Pavone's Blog Link: start: The Greatest People Link: prev: Prostaglandin Abortion Link: next: A Statement from Priests for Life at the Outset of the General Election Season Link: canonical [IMG] Fr. Frank Pavone's Blog -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- << Prostaglandin Abortion A Statement from Priests for Life at the Outset of the General Election Season >> Undo the Devil's Work To say that only Christ in and through His Church can ultimately conquer abortion is not a pious platitude, nor is it a fancy way of saying, "Jesus, help us fight abortion." Nor is it an elitist way of excluding from the cause of life those who have different religious affiliations. Rather, it is to say something about the very nature of Christ and the Church, and about the reasons why abortion and contraception, which are fruits of the same tree, continue as they do. There are many ways to express the purpose of Christ's mission in the world. St. John in his first letter sums it up by saying, "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil" (I John 3:8). What "works of the devil" does Christ destroy? Christ Himself tells us that the devil "was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies" (John 8:44). In the same breath, Our Lord calls the devil a liar and a murderer. Lies and murder go together. The only way abortion can continue on such a horrible scale is for it to be covered in lies, sugarcoated with denials and distortions of truth. Among the lies that have sustained abortion are the ideas that the unborn baby is not really a baby, that abortion is good for women, and that we can deprive the unborn of protection but keep it for ourselves. Christ has come to destroy the works of the devil. "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:6). He is the Way to salvation precisely because He is the Truth, shattering the devil's lies, and because He is the Life, undoing the devil's work of death. When we take a pro-life stance, we will be fighting the devil, like it or not. Although his kingdom has been defeated and his power is limited, he still "prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). The devil will try to discourage and distract us. His favorite approach with good people is not to tempt them to do wicked things, but to tempt them to do good things, which, while good in themselves, distract us from the necessary things. In fighting the devil, we should never address him directly. Leave that to Jesus. Rather, pray to the Lord to rebuke the devil. Be immersed in God's Word, because it is "the sword of the Spirit" (Eph. 6:17). Be close to the Mother of God. Because she gave birth to Christ, there is nobody besides Christ that the devil hates more. Precisely because of her unique closeness to Jesus, we should be close to her, especially through the Rosary. Take refuge in the sacraments, especially Penance and the Eucharist, for there we encounter the only Savior, Jesus Christ. Fr. Frank Pavone, M.E.V. Related posts: 1. From Abortion Clinc to Baptismal Font 2. Pro-Life Work is Pure Love 3. Feast of St. John the Baptist 4. Martyrdom of St. John the Baptizer 5. Jesus and The Samaritan Woman This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 at 10:49 am and is filed under Pro-Life. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. 3 Responses to "Undo the Devil's Work" 1. Charles Saliba says: April 7, 2009 at 7:43 am Dear Fr.F. Pavone, With reference to the devil "was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in truth, because there is no truth in him. When he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies" How in the old testament with the exception of the prophets voices can we establish that it was realy God for the mass murdering and all those voices when it could have been the devil acting as god since humanity was under his control.and God allowed it to happen to aducate his people, and inform them what was going to happen beforehand so they would believe in him as the real God. Since Jesus called the devil murderer it is obvious that it was the devil and not God since he is the author of sin and death till Jesus came and freed us from both of them by believing in him May our Lord Jesus Christ keep you in good health to keep in good health the Gospel 2. Parejas says: July 10, 2009 at 12:35 am Your post Undo the Devil's Work << was very interesting when I found it over google on Friday by my search for devil. I have your blog now in my bookmarks and I visit your blog again, soon. Take care. Parejaspareja.es 3. Jay Vee says: July 25, 2009 at 11:48 am God aside, albeit never, this, (abortion) is my largest concern in society. Peaceful help granted. Ask. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. _______________________ Name (required) _______________________ Mail (will not be published) (required) _______________________ Website _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ _________________________________________ [ Submit Comment ] Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. 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