The Peace That Sends
“For the Souls in Purgatory – Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord”
John 14:27-31a
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid. You heard me tell you, ‘I am going away and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would rejoice that I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater than I. I have told you this now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. I will no longer speak much with you, for the ruler of the world is coming. He has no power over me, but the world must know that I love the Father and that I do just as the Father has commanded me.
Grace Prayed For
The grace to receive Christ’s peace deeply into your heart, so that fear is replaced with mission, and anxiety with joyful obedience.
Reflection
In the quiet after the Resurrection, Jesus offers something the world cannot counterfeit—his peace. It is not the absence of conflict or the soothing of the senses. It is a deep, unwavering stillness anchored in the love of the Father. This peace is not meant to console us into passivity, but to steady us for mission.
Jesus knows fear and trouble press against our hearts—he felt them, too. Yet he leaves us not with more teachings, but with his presence, his peace, and his Spirit. In these final words, Jesus shows us the shape of true discipleship: not grasping at control, but surrendering in love to the will of the Father. This peace makes us credible witnesses of the Resurrection. It transforms fearful followers into bold apostles.
To go out and make disciples, we must first receive this peace—not as a possession, but as a Person. Jesus gives us what the world cannot give: his own trust in the Father. As he goes to the cross in love, we are sent into the world in that same love, bearing a peace that overcomes fear and gives birth to new life.
Growing in Intimacy/Union with Jesus
Jesus opens his own heart to us in this passage: his trust in the Father, his willingness to go, his love that obeys. When we receive his peace, we are receiving a share in his own relationship with the Father. Intimacy grows not through ease, but through surrender—a surrender Jesus models perfectly, and invites us to enter with him.
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Sharing
Jesus last words on Earth were to his disciples, can be found in Matthew Chap 28 when Jesus told his disciples, “Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Jesus calls all of us to share in his redemptive mission here on Earth. I would ask you to share this Scripture reflection with your family, your friends and your acquaintances, and then share it with a couple of individuals that you may may not be comfortable sharing with, keeping in mind always the words of Jesus, And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age
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