Today, I guess, is the end of the decade. A decade marked by almost continual war. My prayer, which I hope you will join with me in praying, is a prayer for peace.
I find today’s patristic reading in the Office so fitting for this day. St. Leo the Great writes that the birth of the Lord is the birth of peace. Jesus must be born again in our hearts if we are to experience peace. Here is an excerpt from St. Leo (my translation to English):
” … what can we find more fitting among all the gifts of God than peace, that peace announced for the first time by the song of the angels at the birth of the Lord? Peace begets sons of God, nurtures love, creates unity; it is the rest of the blessed, the home of eternity. Its proper work and its particular benefit is the unite to God all those that separate themselves from worldly things.”
May peace rule our hearts forever, and may peace be found once again on earth. Amen!
