24 May 2014

"Peace is not something which can be bought or sold"


"Peace is not something which can be bought or sold; peace is a gift to be sought patiently and to be "crafted" through the actions, great and small, of our everyday lives. The way of peace is strengthened if we realize that we are all of the same stock and members of the one human family; if we never forget that we have the same Father in heaven and that we are all his children, made in his image and likeness."


                            - Homily during Mass at the Amman International Stadium (24 May 2014)


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