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Then all the violence in me cried out to the peacemakers: But where do you get all the peace that you share? An old woman answered: We give best what we are. She said:
I have waited in faith for a great healing to arise within me. I prayed that when it came I would recognize it, welcome it home, and then give it away. For we can only keep what we give away. And now, this long awaited star has risen in my heart. Its name is peace. I found it waiting for me deep inside on the day I stopped looking and started seeing. And now, more than anything that needs to happen in the human heart I long to help it see the peace that's already there. I am a peacemaker. I make peace by showing you my star and leading you to see the space for God you are. O Christ of the Peacemakers Who are these dreaming dreams, carrying torches, building bridges? They walk in peace out where the wild things are. They pitch their tents in fields of violence, and all this because they are at peace within themselves. O Christ of the peacemakers create in me a peaceful heart that cannot stay at home. "Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called children of God." Am I eager for reconciliation, or do I antagonize and yearn
for revenge? Do I think apologizing is a sign of weakness? Am I willing to be a bridge in family and community arguments?
Do I support violence in films, television and sports? Have I studied peace and taken initiatives to stop violence
and war? Have I read, and do I support, the many official church
statements against the arms race, nuclear weapons, war? Do I see the Christian vocation as one of peacemaker? Is my presence a source of peace to those around me? Selection from Macrina Wiederkehr, Seasons of the Heart, on Blessed are the Peacemakers |
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I have
searched deeply into the mystery of myself for something that would last through
all the storms of life.