The Peace of Christ

Friends:

For some reason I have always signed off my emails by saying Peace.

I do not know exactly how I began this custom.
But I do know that my concern inner peace of heart on the spiritual journey of life and my desire to share this peace with my email correspondents is a part of its origin.

Yesterday, while waiting for my car to be serviced [!] I had time, finally, to read "A Mennonite and CAtholic Contribution to the World Council of Churches' Decade to Overcome Violence.

I had promised myself that I would read this statement--for I am also concerned with peace in our world. Finding the time was the problem--thus in the comparative quiet of the waiting room, I was finally reading.

I would recommend this short, succinct and very helpful statement to you.
It gets to the point quickly.
I found the statement in The Ecumenical Review, July 2008, pages 333-344.
I am sure you can find it elsewhere.

It seems to me that as Christians we are messengers of the Peace of Christ--every day.
We are seeking, in modest ways to be sure, to build a community of peace.

The Peace of Christ....
John