Godric's Sword and Voldemort's Defeat

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 110254

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Steven Spencer" 
<terpnurse at q...> wrote:
> Forgive me if this has been discussed before, but my friend and I 
have 
> been talking about the eventual Final Showdown. We're both 
convinced 
> that V. and Harry cannot fight each other magically. They're both 
too 
> strongly protected against each other, so the final battle will 
have to 
> involve something either more mundane, or spiritual. My friend's 
> thinking is that Harry will end up using Godric's sword against 
> Voldemort. My thinking is more along the lines of the emotional - 
that 
> Harry will use (ugh!) Love to vanquish Voldemort. I'm not fond of 
that, 
> but to me it seems the way it's going to go down.

Geoff:
Why the "ugh!"? Or are you interpreting love in the words of a 
sentimental song?

Love is the greatest force in the world. As a Christian, I believe 
that it was sheer love that took Jesus to the cross and beyond and it 
wasn't "ugh!", "icky" love. It was deep, sacrificial, strong and 
enduring.

Harry isn't Christ. But Christians are enjoined to follow the example 
of Christ and, more than that, know the indwelling of his Spirit. So 
Harry, who is an everyman similar to any Christian on a journey of 
faith, discovery and love seeking to overcome evil, has every reason 
to seek to be filled with love of that kind in order to finally 
overcome Voldemort.