“Can’t We Have Peace”?

Peace.  We all want it.  We all pray for it.  Because when we truly think about it, there is nothing obtainable on this earth worth hurting someone for. 

This is why Mary warned us in Fatima!  She loves us and didn’t want us to hurt each other.  She knew the price each person would pay, on the battlefield and off.  And she knew that if we served in the armed forces or loved someone who did, the price would be high.

The thing about war, is the price is seldom “worth it”.  It’s not like Following Christ, where the price is ALWAYS worth it.  During WWll, so many suffered, but there were many who were suffering even more, in need of rescure. And there was no choice, since we were attacked.  We had to fight and we had to win.

But there is the question of whether it was avoidable.  What if we had listened to Mary, our Blessed Mother, in Fatima?  Would WWll have occurred if we had all stopped “offending” God?  If we had loved each other as Jesus loves us, would we have endured WWll?

We stand at the precipice of another choice.  A precipice that we can still turn back from.  For those who think that the war in Ukraine will be just “another war”.  Let me assure you, it will not.  It will be a war unlike “other wars”, it will be much bigger than “other wars”, and many will suffer.

“My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you.” – John 15:12

Please Pray for real peace.  Not the peace provided by appeasement, which will only be temporary at best, but real peace.  Peace that comes from God.  Peace that comes from loving each other as Jesus loves us.