Even though this world we live in is full of violence, and your everyday life might be filled with conflict and confusion, God has promised you a peace that passes all understanding. We should strive, as God's children, to seek that peace every day and show His love.
You are called to have peace in the midst of any hardship you may face. Trusting in God will help you maintain that peace. His word says in Isaiah 26:3, "You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you."
God calls you to trust in Him. It might be hard right now, in your time of trouble and distress, but if you put your trust in your Heavenly Father, He will give you peace. God has already overcome the world. Don't be afraid. God has everything in His hands, and He's taking care of you.
Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
Then may the Lord of peace himself give you an everlasting peace, in every place. May the Lord be with all of you.
And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.
These things I have spoken to you, so that you may have peace in me. In the world, you will have difficulties. But have confidence: I have overcome the world."
Come to me, all you who labor and have been burdened, and I will refresh you.Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you shall find rest for your souls."Are you he who is to come, or should we expect another?"For my yoke is sweet and my burden is light."
And so shall the peace of God, which exceeds all understanding, guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
And my people will be seated in the beauty of peacefulness, and in the tabernacles of faithfulness, and in the opulence of restfulness.
Behold, I will lead over them scars and health, and I will cure them. And I will reveal to them an invocation of peace and truth.
And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.You have trusted in the Lord for all eternity, in the Lord God almighty forever.
but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation.He consoles us in all our tribulation, so that we too may be able to console those who are in any kind of distress, through the exhortation by which we also are being exhorted by God.
So, repose yourself with him and be at peace, and, in this way, you will have the best fruits.
For I know the thoughts that I think over you, says the Lord: thoughts of peace and not of affliction, so that I may give you patience and an end.
And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
This we have as an anchor of the soul, safe and sound, which advances even to the interior of the veil,
For thus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: If you return and are quiet, you shall be saved. Your strength will be found in silence and in hope. But you are not willing!
Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evils. But gladness follows those who take up counsels of peace.
In exchange for brass, I will bring gold; and in exchange for iron, I will bring silver; and for wood, brass; and for stones, iron. And I will make your visitation into peace, and your leaders into justice.
For it is God who works in you, both so as to choose, and so as to act, in accord with his good will.
nor the heights, nor the depths, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
I created the fruit of the lips: peace, peace to him who is far away, and peace to him who is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.
And truly, in what way will they preach, unless they have been sent, just as it has been written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who evangelize peace, of those who evangelize what is good!"
All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out.
God sent the Word to the sons of Israel, announcing the peace through Jesus Christ, for he is the Lord of all.
Thus says the Lord: "Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: 'We will not walk.'
Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for the future day will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil."
These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be fulfilled.
Then may the God of peace, who led back from the dead that great Pastor of sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, with the blood of the eternal testament,
being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,
And I will scatter the four-horse chariot out of Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be destroyed. And he will speak peace to the Gentiles, and his power will be from sea to sea, and from the rivers even to the end of the earth.
"Blessed is the Lord, who has given rest to his people Israel, in accord with all that he said. Not even one word, out of all the good things that he spoke by his servant Moses, has fallen away.
A Canticle in steps. When the Lord turned back the captivity of Zion, we became like those who are consoled.
So may the God of hope fill you with every joy and with peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope and in the virtue of the Holy Spirit.
For the mountains will be moved, and the hills will tremble. But my mercy will not depart from you, and the covenant of my peace will not be shaken, said the Lord, who has compassion on you.
As to the rest, brothers, rejoice, be perfect, be encouraged, have the same mind, have peace. And so the God of peace and love will be with you.
Like a neighbor, and like our brother, so did I please; like one mourning and contrite, so was I humbled.
My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
And the work of justice will be peace. And the service of justice will be quiet and secure, forever.
Therefore, he said to them again: "Peace to you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you."
Therefore, having been justified by faith, let us be at peace with God, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
But the fruit of the Spirit is charity, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, forbearance,
For he is our peace. He made the two into one, by dissolving the intermediate wall of separation, of opposition, by his flesh,
For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. And leadership is placed upon his shoulder. And his name shall be called: wonderful Counselor, mighty God, father of the future age, Prince of Peace.
There is no one like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is no one like you in your works.
and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.
And God is not of dissension, but of peace, just as I also teach in all the churches of the saints.
Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will be for the house of Judah in joy and gladness and with bright solemnities. So then, love truth and peace.
And may the God of peace himself sanctify you through all things, so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be preserved without blame unto the return of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The leaders of the peoples have been gathered together by the God of Abraham. For the strong gods of the earth have been exceedingly exalted.
But he himself was wounded because of our iniquities. He was bruised because of our wickedness. The discipline of our peace was upon him. And by his wounds, we are healed.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger and the preacher of peace! Announcing good and preaching peace, they are saying to Zion, "Your God will reign!"
And so, let us pursue the things that are of peace, and let us keep to the things that are for the edification of one another.
so that you may consider them with an abundance of charity, for the sake of their work. Be at peace with them.
All the things that you have learned and accepted and heard and seen in me, do these. And so shall the God of peace be with you.
If only you had paid attention to my commandments! Your peace would have been like a river, and your justice would have been like the waves of the sea,
For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will turn a river of peace toward her, with an inundating torrent: the glory of the Gentiles, from which you will nurse. You will be carried at the breasts, and they will caress you upon the knees.