PEACE BE WITH YOU

Thursday within the octave of Easter Luke 24:35-48 In today’s gospel Jesus promised peace to his disappointed disciples. “Peace be with you” he said. It is a peace not of this world. Jesus offers peaces to calm their fears. Jesus wanted to bring their emotions back to normal. He knows that they were troubled and frustrated that is why He assured them of his peace. Friends, in our troubled moments always remember that God is journeying with us. Be still! Let His peace be your strenght. In the silence, our fears will be replaced by courage. Our desparation will be changed into moments of hope because of God’s promise of peace. Just as Jesus opened the minds and hearts of His disciples to understand the scriptures may God also open our hearts and minds so that our worries and anxieties will be replaced by His peace. Let me end my reflection by qouting St. Teresa of Avila: “Let nothing dusturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything. He who has God finds he lacks nothing.” Troubled hearts must not stay in each of us. Blessings Fr. Jhack