Ephesians 6:10-20 / Luke 13:31-35
Unity has its foundation in love, whereas sin is the cause of division.
In other words, love unites, but sin divides.
God is love and He wants all peoples to be united in His love.
But the devil tempts us to sin and causes us to go against each other.
That is why in the 1st reading, St. Paul urges us to grow strong, with the strength of the power of God’s love.
And God’s love is the armour that will enable us to resist the devil’s tactics.
The devil’s tactic is to use us to go against each other, and even to fight and cause bloodshed.
So, St. Paul tells us plainly that it is not against human enemies that we struggle against.
We should be fighting against the power of the darkness of this world, the spiritual army of evil.
Hence, we must rely on God’s power of love and that will be our armour to resist the devil.
We fight against evil and the devil by loving God and others and letting God’s love shine and scatter the darkness of sin and evil.
With God’s love, we will be united and sin and evil will be defeated.