Though we celebrate the feast of the Archangels today, the 2nd reading from the Book of Revelation (Rev 12: 7-12) shows that the ultimate victory against evil is won by martyrs. Martyrdom reveals God’s goodness and truth and destroys the lies of evil. The martyr proves to the world that by the grace of God he is superior to the seduction and to the threat of evil. To choose to suffer for truth and love is the defeat of lies and hate.
The victory of the martyr is won through the blood of the Lamb—Jesus Christ. Through his Cross and Resurrection, Jesus fell to the nadir human existence (despair and hatred) and overcame it; and the martyrs participate and share in this costly victory of forgiveness. The world will not be saved by anonymous Christians, rather the world will be saved by the blood of those, who surrender their lives to Christ in order to be given away to the people of God—the world will be saved by martyrs for Christ. May we ask the Archangels to protect us, as we make journey to our martyrdoms.
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