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Jn 14, 27-31a

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. You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you this before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me. Get up, let us go.

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Where does the Church begin in her commitment to peace?

The Church’s offer of peace is connected with the peace of Christ and is different from other strategies for resolving conflicts: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you” (Jn 14,27). Christ’s peace is the love that led him to the Cross. “By his wounds you have been healed” (1 Pet 2,24). The Church lives by this faith in the unconditional love that God has for every human being. From the liberating faith in this love of God emerges a new way of approaching others, whether it is an individual person or entire peoples or social groups. Wherever Christians are, there must be peace.