Faith is the Victory

Faith is confidence in what we hope for, the assurance of things we cannot see

Hb 11:1

This year, March 25 – the great Feast of the Annunciation – falls on the first day of the month of Nisan (Aviv), the month of joy and hope, the month of Passover, of the miraculous redemption of the Hebrew People from slavery in Egypt. Today is the first day of the year on the Hebrew Calendar.

God told Moses and Aaron to instruct every household to put the blood of the lamb on the doorposts and lintel of the house in which they take shelter and to eat the Passover meal, so that God would pass them over them and spare them from the final plague, the death of the first-born.

“For I will pass through the land that night and I will strike all the first-born …the blood shall be the sign…and when I see the blood of the lamb, I will pass over you and no plague will befall you to destroy you”

Exodus 12:12

In this month, we Christians celebrate the Last Supper, the Death, and the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. During this period, we remember that through the blood shed on the Cross we have received Salvation from Sin and Death. We have received New Life in God.

“But He was wounded for our sins, He was crushed for our iniquities, upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed”

Isaiah 53:5

Both Jewish and Christian Scriptures, Jewish and Christian calendars affirm that our Salvation is in God our Almighty Father. As we turn to Him, submit our lives to Him, we receive healing and peace, grace and freedom – freedom from fear and from the plague. According to His will, the plague of COVID-19 will pass us over and abate.

In the words of the hymn by John H. Yates (1891):

“

Faith is the victory

Oh, glorious victory

that overcomes the world…

”

Prayer:

In the name of Jesus, we submit our lives, our families, our projects, and our futures to God. Through trust in Him, we fortify ourselves against the temptations to panic and to fear.

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and he will draw near to you.” – (James 4:7-8)

We pray that the light of Christ will dawn upon all who live in darkness and fear, beset by panic and anxiety and the shadow of death, and that He will restore us in hope and in peace and “heal our land.” Amen.

Henry Cappello

President & Founder
Caritas in Veritate, CiV Global

Faith is the Victory

Henry Cappello

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