Present To Peace

God is always initiating peace with us. “My peace I give to you,” Jesus says. But we have to accept that gift, that peace. We have to receive it. And when we finally do accept that gift, it changes us. We are transformed. We experience inner peace that changes how we experience the world, how we interact with others. We become conduits of that peace through our being.

St. Francis put it this way: Make me an instrument of your peace. Make me an instrument. Change me so that I become a way through which your peace is shared. 

What if that became your prayer this Advent season, what if you invited Christ to make you an instrument of peace, at your dinner table this Christmas, at your workplace, with your friends…let me sow seeds of peace in every situation, in every relationship.