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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:NOT AS THE WORLD GIVES PEACE \nFrom a homily by St Oscar Romero \n◊◊◊ \nJustice is not enough; love also is necessary… We have said that the power \nof the Christian is love\, and we repeat it: the power of the church is love. \nLove enables us to feel that we are sisters and brothers to one and all… As \nlong as we do not reach that strength of love\, we cannot be true peacemakers. \nThose whose hearts are filled with resentment\, violence\, and hatred cannot be \nforgers of peace. We have to know how to love like Jesus\, who loved even those \nwho crucified him: “Father\, forgive them\, they know not what they do… If they \nknew you\, they would love you… Give them love also\, Lord.” How much good \nthe powerful would do if they truly loved and were not selfish and envious! How \nbeautiful the world would be… if we all were to expand this power of love! \nHere the Second Vatican Council was careful to define two kinds of peace\, \nand we should pay close attention to this. One kind of peace is that which Christ \nreserved for his closest friends\, those who understood the redemption and the \nneed to root out sin from themselves. As long as there is sin in the heart\, there \ncan be no truly divine peace\, such as the peace Christ achieved when he \nreconciled us with the Father by dying on the cross and bearing the sins of all of \nus in his body. For us Christians and Catholics\, this is the culmination of peace: \npeace in the grace of God\, the peace of those who have left sin and controlled \ntheir passions\, the peace of holy souls. This is the peace that Christ spoke of: “I \nleave you peace; my peace I give to you\, not as the world gives peace.” \nRomero Vol. 1 (of 6). Trans. Joseph Owens\, SJ. Miami: Convivium Press\, 2015. 181-184.14 \nHere we distinguish another kind of peace\, the peace that the church \nshares with the world\, the peace that non-Christians can also possess\, the peace \nof people of good will that we sing about in the Gloria of the Mass… Here is \nmeant this other peace\, the peace that proceeds from natural love. It is the \npeace of those who\, even though they do not know God\, are able to discover the \nintense power of being in solidarity with those who suffer. It is the peace that \nenables people to bring a little comfort to the grief-stricken and to denounce \ninjustices… This is the peace that all people can possess… \nThe problem of peace is immense\, and it needs many peacemakers: \npriests\, men and women religious\, laity… the call goes out to all… Let each one \nof us\, according to our means\, nurture this vocation to become instruments of \npeace… Those whose hearts feel the need for God\, those who find the joy of life \nin the cross and sacrifice\, those who have learned the true secret of peace in the \ncrucified One. This secret consists of loving God to the extreme of letting \noneself be killed for him and of loving one’s neighbors to the point of being \ncrucified for them. This is the love of the modern redeemers\, the love of Christ\, \nthis love that endures forever. Let us promise this to the Lord while we proceed \nto proclaim our faith in him.
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