Reflection:
What feelings do we allow to rule in our hearts? What kinds of thoughts preoccupy most of our time?
St Paul reminds us that in order to follow Christ’s prayer(1) that His disciples (we) be united as one as He, the Father, and Holy Spirit are one: we must strive to have the peace of God rule in our hearts.
But what leads our effort to be united to every person around us, to have true inner peace? To be thankful for each and every one of them.
In order to be thankful for our neighbors, we must recognize the good in them, pray for them, and make a lot of efforts to reconcile as well as build up all of our neighbors (family, friends, and strangers)(2).
Let us find ways to genuinely be thankful for every person in our life, for the work involved in reaching that place in our hearts will allow God to enter and give us His Peace and our lives will be fulfilled in ways we cannot even imagine.
