Gospel
Text: (JN 14:27-31A)
Jesus said to his disciples:
“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.”
In today’s gospel Jesus says: “My peace I give
to you.” Notice the emphasis on “my peace.” By saying these words about peace,
Jesus is teaching us that His peace is something different from other forms of
peace. There is a difference between what we think of peace and the real peace
that comes from Him. It is because we think of peace only as the absence of
war.
The peace that Christ left his disciples was
not “peace of mind”, “peace and quiet”, “to rest in peace” or “keeps the peace”.
No, it was much deeper. For the peace Jesus gave his disciples and
likewise to each of us was the peace that passes all understanding. A
peace that allows us to conquer all of our fears worries and anguish because we
know that God’s love is with us always. Peace, knowing that the hand of
God is constantly on our shoulder; helping us, guiding us and supporting us whenever
we feel the need to call upon him. So in times of stress, tension and
turmoil remember the great inheritance Christ left us through these powerful
words, Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
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