The invisible warfare

Сергей Тебердин
       THE INVISIBLE WARFARE

                "Our struggle is not against flesh and blood,
                but against... the rulers of the darkness of this age,
                against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms."
                (Ephesians 6:12)

We are called to a terrible wedding feast.
For voluntary bearing of the cross.

For resurrection, salvation, and Life,
we partake of Christ’s Eucharist.

So we, the wretched cripples,
graft onto His Vine, divinely alive.

Though here, all sinful humans,
we lose our spiritual battle...

But in every heart –  the field of our warfare.
And we must repent again and again:

lest prayer grow cold in our breasts,
lest Love run dry in this world.

And this is the essence: always to love one another.
To love enemies, as He did.

And hatred –  for our sins-ailments.
The fight against evil –  within...

In oneself.


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