Monday, March 30, 2009

The Peace of Christ (1)

Good morning everybody. As it is a Holy Week, I’ve always wanted to read something related to God. It’s good to think what God sacrifice for us. We have to praise Him.

Peace is the tranquility of order. This order demands first of all man’s right relation to God. This implies man’s subordination to and dependence on his Creator; this demands knowledge, reverence, love, praise and service offered by the creature to his Creator. It implies further a certain possession of deep-rooted virtue out of which tranquility arises.

For no man is capable of peace who does not enjoy a stable supernatural character born of constant striving in the order of perfection. Without this ballast of solid perfection he would be like a light ship tossed about by every wind of fancy and every storm of passion; an instability inconsistent with that peace which demands tranquility of order.

Those who are in close contact with God, those who build their lives on fervent prayer in Christ’s presence, take on the ways of God, and develop in their souls the peace of Christ.

The bad spirit will try to keep us disturbed. For this reason, the soul must have achieved some facility in the discernment of the movement of good and bad spirits influencing our soul, battling for its possession. Our souls are battle grounds where various spirits fight for control. If we habitually remain loyal to Christ, we will enjoy Christ’s peace and victory. –Nelia G. Neri

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