Readings
I - Acts 14: 19-28
II - Jh. 14: 27-31
LET THE PEACE OF CHRIST REIGN
In today’s Gospel passage Jesus promises of his peace to his disciples. His own peace and not the peace that the world gives. The gift of the Risen Lord is peace, the absolute peace that no person or a thing can give.
People search for peace in power, position, status, wealth, man power, strength and money. Nothing of this can give us peace but Christ alone. Peace therefore is the gift of God to people who search for and live by His will. Try to seek and His Will and peace will automatically be filled in our hearts and lives. We shall in a special way pray for peace in North-Eastern State of Manipur where around forty Churches have been burnt due to an outbreak of communal violence because of a tribal dispute over access to Government recognition and resources. May the Peace of the Risen Lord reign in our hearts and in the world as we keep repeating this prayer throughout this day: “Lord Jesus, grant us your peace”
