“Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword.” (Matthew 10:34)
It seems rather incongruent that Christ, the Prince of Peace, would say, “I did not come to bring peace, but a sword.” Yet our Lord’s entry into the world immediately provoked opposition and stirred up discord. His very presence is in defiance to sin. Think of it: the Light now shinning into the darkness; the Truth spoken amidst falsehood; the Word preached to those who refuse to listen; the Way directing the wayward; the Good Shepherd given to look after a lost, leaderless flock. Through His coming, Jesus inaugurates spiritual warfare and a new standard at variance with a sin-filled world.
Fr. John
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