Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
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Peace; Shalom; here the meaning
of the word “Shalom” is better put into the context of “salvation.” In today’s
Gospel reading Jesus gives us “his” peace/salvation. “Not as the world gives do
I give it to you.” say’s Jesus to his disciples. Our Christ not only foretells of
the near coming events, but he gives his disciples, and us, his reassurance. “Do
not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”
Remember also that this
passage is taught before the passion takes place. What the disciples did not
know, that what we now know, is that Christ’s giving of himself on the cross is
the seal for our peace/salvation. Our Christ is giving himself, for us, to his
enemies, by the will of his Father that we are not to become orphans. That he
will always be with us through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Let us all
have the strength to follow the Spirit back to our Father, who awaits us at our
true home.
Scripture is from the NABRE
by David E. Gonzales
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