Monday, November 11, 1918, 11:00: in all France, the bells are ringing on the fly to announce the end of the war and the peace treaty with Germany. The world is still burning and countries seeking the path of peace.
Chrysologue St. Peter, archbishop of Ravenna, Doctor of the Church (c. 380 - c. 450) developing peace in the prospect of union with the brothers.
"Blessed are the peacemakers, said the gospel, my dear brothers, they shall be called son of God rightly that the Christian virtues develop in he who keeps the peace between all Christian, and one obtains the title "son of God if it deserves the name of peacemaker.
Peace, my dear, is what the man freed from slavery, making him a free man transforms his personal status in the eyes of God, is a son of a servant, a slave a free man. Peace between brothers is what God wants, which pleased the Christ, which performs the holiness, which regulates the court, which teaches the doctrine, which protects the morals, in short it is in all things conduct worthy praise. Peace does answer our prayers, it opens an easy and practicable route to our entreaties, she performs perfectly all our desires. Peace is the mother of charity, the bond of concord, a clear sign of a pure soul to God who can claim anything she wants, because she asks what she wants and she gets everything she asks. [...]
Planting the roots of peace is the work of God, fully wrest peace is the work of the enemy. For just that brotherly love comes from God, and hatred comes from the devil, so he must condemn hatred as it is written: "Any man who has hatred against his brother is a murderer ".
You see, beloved brothers, why we must love and cherish the peace accord: they are the ones that create and nurture love. [...] We must therefore focus our desires to love, because he can get all the benefits and all the rewards. We must keep the peace than all the other virtues, because God is always in peace. [...] Love peace and all will be in the calm so you get the reward for us and for you joy, so that the Church of God, founded on the unity of peace, leads a perfect life in Christ. "
Homily on peace, 53
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