Meditation
for Tuesday of the 5the Week of Easter
(Acts
14:19-28;Jn 14:27-31)
We all want peace, both within our heart and
with those around us. Sometimes when our efforts to sustain peace fail,
violence becomes our struggle to regain peace. Unfortunately, violence begets
more violence! That is why true and lasting peace comes as a gift. Jesus said
to the disciples, “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the
world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them
be afraid.”
For Christ’s faithful, our efforts to enjoy peace are now summed up to believing in Jesus and to loving Him. This hold on Jesus takes us deeper into the divine mystery of the Godhead. When our peace flows from this divine height, no evil can pluck it away. That is why Paul continued to preach from town to town despite the stones that were thrown at him. To get up from such deadly attack and move on with the gospel without bitterness, desire for revenge or courses shows an abiding power that is stronger that the ordinary human inclinations. The peace that endures tribulations and neutralizes violence is a gift of our Lord Jesus.
Fr Jude Chinwenwa Nwachukwu, C.Ss.R
Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church,
Tedi-Muwo, Lagos.
Tuesday May 3rd, 2021.
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