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Our love is not to be just
words or mere talk,
but something real and active.
1 John 3:18
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“If you want peace, work for
justice”
Pope Paul VI
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Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of
God.
Matthew 5:9
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“ Peace requires justice
but is also made possible
by love.”
(CCC n 2304)
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“Our work for peace must begin within
the private world of each one of us.
To build for humanity a world without
fear, we must be without fear.
To build a world of justice, we must be
just.”
Dag Hammarskjold, UN Secretary General, 1953-61
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“Peace is not merely the
absence of war…Instead, it is
rightly and appropriately called
an enterprise of justice.”
Gaudium et Spes 1965, 78
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“There is no peace without
fairness, truth, justice and
solidarity.”
John Paul II
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“Our heart cannot be at peace
while we see our brothers and
sisters suffering...”
Pope Benedict XVI
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Let us promise to make peace
not just a priority, but a passion.
Let us pledge to do more,
wherever we are in whatever way
we can, to make every day a day
of peace.”
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon
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“Peace is not the product of
terror or fear
Peace is not the silence of
cemeteries
Peace is not the silence of
violent repression.
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Peace is the generous, tranquil
contribution of all to the good of
all.
Peace is Dynamism. Peace is
generosity.
It is right and duty.”
Oscar Romero
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“Lord make me an instrument of
your Peace.
Where there is hatred let me sow
love
Where there is injury; pardon
Where there is doubt;
faith
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Where there is despair; hope
Where there is darkness; light
Where there is sadness; joy.
Prayer of St Francis
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Christians are called
to be people who
“act justly,
love mercy
and walk humbly
with our God.”
(Micah 6:8)
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“Overcoming poverty is not a
gesture of charity,
it is an act of justice.”
Nelson Mandela
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“To reach peace,
teach peace.”
Pope John Paul II
World Day of Peace Message, 1979
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“Peace for all is the fruit of
justice for all.”
Pope Benedict XVI
World Day of Peace Message, 2012, 5
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“Stability and peace in our land
will not come from the barrel of a
gun, because peace without
justice is an impossibility.”
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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Picture credits
Sean Sprague
CAFOD
Maya Haviland
Richard Wainwright
Caritas Australia
David Snyder/CRS
Mathias Heng
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