Just a very brief quote from a passage written by a Jesuit priest, notifying

[Joe Chi Minh]

parishioners of talks he is giving locally, which I find beautiful and apt for all of us:

"Peace is not a concept. It is a quality of human life, open to every human being, affecting every aspect and every moment of life. Peace is a quality that transforms life. It enables us to open our eyes and begin to see things differently, our relationship with ourselves, with other people whenever they may be, with all creation, and with God, always greater, always beyond, yet nearer to us than we are."

The friend I mentioned in an earlier post, gets a small monthly booklet of uplifting words on the Christian theme. Each day, a different brief text, though perhspas a little longer than this one.