In my reading of today's Gospel:
and said to them: Why do you sleep? Arise, and pray that ye enter not into temptation. While he was still speaking, a mob appeared; and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them; and he came to Jesus to kiss him. Then Jesus said to him: Judas, with a kiss you give to the Son of Man?
Luke 22: 46-48
Whenever we read this story, we ask ourselves: how did you endure so much suffering?
The secret is in Luke 22, 41-43: "He took them out at a little distance, knelt down and began to pray ...
An angel from heaven appeared to strengthen him. "
On that night, Jesus told his disciples:
"Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray so you will not fall into temptation!" Luke 22.46
The secret to enduring difficult moments is to talk with God! When we pray, God does not let us fall. He keeps us on our feet and strengthens us even in the toughest trials!
Jesus revealed this secret to us so that we can overcome as He also won.
Jesus conquered good and evil.
So, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; If he is thirsty, give him a drink; for by doing this, embers of fire will heap on your head.
DO NOT BE EXECUTED BY EVIL, BUT COME WITH GOOD, EVIL "
What, then, is what Paul means when he says, "Do not be overcome with evil, but overcome evil with good?" Seeing the context, the phrase comes right after saying: do your enemy well. I think he means "do not let hostility from your enemy produce hostility in you. On the contrary, let your love triumph over your hostility. " 'Do not be defeated' by evil means 'do not be overcome by their evil'. Do not let the evil of another person make you evil. Oh, how crucial is that.
When you allow your adversary to do you wrong, he is the victor. If you allow a person's sin to govern your emotions so that your own sinful anger, bitterness, or depression is due to this person's evil, then you are being overcome by evil. And Paul says: 'you do not have to be beaten that way'. Paul is addressing here the complete victim mentality of our day-people who feel or do bad things and then blame the evil of others. They themselves allow themselves to be overcome by the evil of others to do wrong, and then blame the other person.