In the vision of the journey to peace that Jesus opens, there are three complementary roads, three paths of humility that lead people beyond their own ego. The first path to peace refers directly to [Jesus]... from the death of Jesus a new presence will spring...the gift of the Holy Spirit.
...The second path to peace has to do with our compulsions... We have to give up wanting to have the last word to prove that we are better than the rest...
The third path to peace is to serve Jesus in the poor, to live among them. The Lord said, through Isaiah, "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is humiliated and lost." (Isa 57:15) In every culture , there is the presence of the "lowliest." ...Welcoming one another in the rich diversity of our religions and cultures, serving the poor together, prepares a future of peace.[Jean Vanier, Signs: Seven Words of Hope, Novalis, 2013, pages 80-82.]
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