All those who suffer for their faith,
or for doing the right thing,
can draw strength from the example of Jesus.
Better still: they have him as a companion,
and will share his victory.
He was victorious, not by avoiding evil,
but by confronting it and overcoming it.
His death may have seemed a defeat.
It was not a defeat. It was a victory –
the victory of love over hate,
and of good over evil.