Not long ago, I was
reflecting with a group of people on common things among Christians: life
and faith. How our faith in Jesus Christ should illuminate all aspects
of our lives, instead of just some things, since Christ is Lord of
everything. While we were reflecting together, the idea arose that our
greatest desire is happiness. Who does not want to be happy? But how do
you become happy? What makes a human being happy? The answer may
be as diverse as the interests of each person, but the key to Christian
happiness is in the person of Christ. I think that when human beings
want happiness, what they want is peace. Perhaps for this reason this
is the greeting and wish of the Risen Christ to his disciples:
Peace be with you! The peace that Christ offers is not the peace that the
world can offer. The peace of Christ is much deeper because it affects
the most intimate parts of every human being, there where the longing
for the eternal is only cal-med by God. The peace that Christ offers requires
effort, it is the result of working in our lives to seek
balance, harmony, security, trust, Peace must be the result of properly
ordering our priorities. Peace is the result of ordering our loves, and that
everything in our lives occupies its rightful place. Within this process
of achieving the peace that Christ offers us, it is necessary to make
present the power of forgiveness. That's right, forgive those who have
hurt us and ask for forgiveness from those who we have hurt. Forgiveness
frees us from situations that do not allow us to be free, and
without the freedom that forgiveness gives, how can we achieve peace? Let
us note that Jesus Christ, by offering his greeting of peace, also
offers the Spirit of God and the forgiveness of sins. Today, we also remember the
Divine Mercy. Let us approach God with confidence, confess our faults,
and let his mercy touch our lives while we make sure that
the Spirit of God accompany us on the path of peace, and towards the
happiness that only God can offer us.
Amen.
Fr. Carlos Flores, OSA
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