"THE HUMAN PERSON: HEART OF PEACE"
VATICAN, July 13, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Vatican made public today the theme for the January 1, 2007 celebration of the 40th World Day of Peace. The theme: "The Human Person: Heart of Peace" was chosen by Pope Benedict XVI. According to a Vatican communiqué, the theme "expresses the conviction that respect for the dignity of the human person is an essential condition for peace within the human family."
The communiqué reads: "Propaganda and the growing acceptance of disordered lifestyles contrary to human dignity are weakening the hearts and minds of people to the point of extinguishing the desire for ordered and peaceful coexistence. All this represents a threat to humanity, because peace is in danger when human dignity is not respected and when social coexistence does nor seek the common good."
"Today, perhaps more persuasively and with more effective means than in the past, human dignity is threatened by aberrant ideologies, assailed by the misguided use of science and technology, and contradicted by widespread incongruent lifestyles. Indeed, ideologies that find their inspiration in nihilism or fanaticism (material or religious) seek to deny or to impose supposed truths upon reality, upon man and upon God," said the communiqué.
"The Church," the communique adds, "has the mission of announcing the Gospel of Life, the central position of mankind in the universe and God's love for humanity.
"Only through an awareness of the transcendent dignity of each man and woman can the human family follow the path that leads to peace and to communion with God," said the note. It concluded saying "any offence to the person is a threat to peace; any threat to peace is an offence to the truth of the person: 'The human person is the heart of peace'."
(From the Vatican Information Service)
How true! The world is at war with itself because the Peace of Christ is missing from the hearts of most people. When we have Christ, we are at peace, then we can share that peace with others by love and forgiveness. As the Lord said "Love God and your neighbor as yourself." And if we say we love God but hate our neighbor we are liars . . . as the Scriptures say . . .
May the Peace of Christ descend upon this unpeaceful world through our prayers to the Queen of Peace, Our Mother Mary!
Deacon John
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