Peace of Easter
Peace- John 20:19-23 All of us long for peace in our personal lives as well as in our world. In this world we do not see it. Instead we read of wars breaking out, conflicts that you and I can name as we pick up the papers. Nearer to home , peace in our families seems difficult or uncommon. Family abuse, violence, separation and divorce are all common, and none of us is unaffected by it. On the Resurrection day, Jesus said it two times, v. 19 and v. 21 “ Peace be with you” “ Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, ‘ Peace be unto you.’ ( the original work is eirene which we get our word irenic which means peaceful) This peace is given by the blood of the Cross. Jesus gives us His peace which is no...