Our love is not to be just words or mere talk, but something real and active. 1 John 3:18
“If you want peace, work for justice” Pope Paul VI
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Matthew 5:9
“ Peace requires justice but is also made possible by love.” (CCC n 2304)
“Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us. To build for humanity a world without fear, we must be without fear. To build a world of justice, we must be just.” Dag Hammarskjold, UN Secretary General,
“Peace is not merely the absence of war…Instead, it is rightly and appropriately called an enterprise of justice.” Gaudium et Spes 1965, 78
“There is no peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.” John Paul II
“Our heart cannot be at peace while we see our brothers and sisters suffering...” Pope Benedict XVI
Let us promise to make peace not just a priority, but a passion. Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in whatever way we can, to make every day a day of peace.” U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
“Peace is not the product of terror or fear Peace is not the silence of cemeteries Peace is not the silence of violent repression.
Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is Dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and duty.” Oscar Romero
“Lord make me an instrument of your Peace. Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury; pardon Where there is doubt; faith
Where there is despair; hope Where there is darkness; light Where there is sadness; joy. Prayer of St Francis
Christians are called to be people who “act justly, love mercy and walk humbly with our God.” (Micah 6:8)
“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, it is an act of justice.” Nelson Mandela
“To reach peace, teach peace.” Pope John Paul II World Day of Peace Message, 1979
“Peace for all is the fruit of justice for all.” Pope Benedict XVI World Day of Peace Message, 2012, 5
“Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.” Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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