Luke 13, 31-32: 31 At that time some Pharisees came to Jesus and said to him, “Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill you.” He replied, “Go tell that fox, ‘I will keep on driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach my goal.’  In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem!

Fr. John Lopez Agundez emphasizes them importance of the spiritual struggle in our life.

Ephesians 6, 16: In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

Fr. John gives principles of a hopeful spiritual struggle to love the Lord above all things in our ordinary life. It really helps to make resolutions and go for it. Few but definite, and fulfill them with the help of God.

Music from Handel's opera, Rinaldo, lascia ch'io pianga, played by Bert Alink.

Thumbnail: Statue of King David (1609–1612) by Nicolas Cordier in the Borghese Chapel of the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.