Peace
See also the antonym: War.
Peace, is it not God Himself? Peace, in whom we recognize the most beautiful of things, is it not to praise God Himself when one praises it? So, say: "Peace be with you". (The Notebooks of 1944, November 3)
In "The Gospel as It Was Revealed to Me"
Peace be with you
- When you enter a house, say: Peace be with you.[1]
- Go in Peace, in my Peace, in that Peace which is God and that God exhales to saturate His sons. Go and do not fear.[2]
Pacification
- Blessed are the makers of Peace, for they shall be called children of God.[3]
- Leave your offering there, before the altar, and first go make Peace with your brother.[4]
- Do not think that I came to bring Peace on the earth.[5]
- Where there is no Peace, there can be no word of God that, peacefully heard, bears Fruit in the Hearts. And you see that this meeting was not peaceful and will not be fruitful. Too much unrest in the Hearts...[6]
- Peace even with the Enemies. If they are our Enemies, they are the friends of Satan. But would we also want to become friends of Satan, by hating those who hate us?[7]
In the other works of Maria Valtorta
Notebooks of 1944
- Catechesis of November 3 : Peace, is it not God Himself? Peace, in whom we recognize the most beautiful of things, is it not to praise God Himself when one praises it? So, say: "Peace be with you".
In fundamental Christian texts
In the Bible
- I listen. What does God say? What IHVH says, it is Peace for His people and His faithful, provided they do not return to their madness.[8]
In other sources
Benedict XVI
- Pope Benedict XVI speaks of Peace, its foundations and its link to prayer, during his visit to the "Regina Pacis" center in Amman, on May 8, 2009:
"Dear friends, unlike past pilgrims, I do not come with gifts or offerings. I come simply with an intention, a hope: to pray more particularly for the precious gift of unity and Peace especially in the Middle East. Peace for each person, for parents and children, for communities, Peace for Jerusalem, Peace for the Holy Land, for the region, Peace for the whole human Family; lasting Peace that arises from justice, integrity and compassion, Peace that springs from humility, forgiveness, and the deep desire to live in harmony with one another. To pray is to hope in action. And indeed, the true meaning of everything is contained in prayer: we enter into a contact of love with the one God, the universal Creator, and in doing so, we understand the futility of human divisions and prejudices and discover the wonderful possibilities that open before us when our Hearts are converted to the truth of God, to His plan for each of us and for the world."Source: Vatican.
Pax Christi
Medjugorje
- "I am the Mother of God and the Queen of Peace." - Message of October 12, 1981.