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For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe. Next Up... we'll be going through St. Catherine of Sienna's Dialogues. I'm going to use this lovely copy but there are many copies on Amazon!

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe. There are no good reasons to lose your peace.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe. It is that the Christian lif eis a combat, a ware without mercy. It must be viewed as the scene of constant and sometimes painful battle, which will not end until death - a struggle against evil, temptation and the sin that is in him. It is the combat of one who struglges with the absolute certitude that the victory is already won, because the Lord is ressurected. The believer, throughout the entire battle, whatever the degree of violence, will strive to maintain peace of heart in order to allow the God of Armies to fight for him. Additionally, he must realize that this interior peace is not only a condition for spiritual combat, but is quite often the goal itself. Very frequently, spirtual combat consists pecisely in this: defenidng one's peace of heart against the enemy who attempts to steal it from us. The devil does his utmost to banish peace from one's heart, because he knwos that God abides in peace and it si in peace that He accmoplishes great things. It is well to keep this in mind, because, quite often in the daily unfolding of our Christian life it happens that we fight the wrong battle. We fight on terrain where the devil subtly drag us and can vanquish us, instead of fighting on the real battlefield, where, onthe contrary, by the grace of God, we are always certain of victory.

For May, we're diving into Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Phillipe. God is a God of peace. He does not speak and does not operate except in peace, not in trouble and agitation. Let us remember the experience fo the prophet Elijah of Horeb: God was not in the hurricane, nore the earthquake, nor in the fire, but in the whsiper of a gentle breeze. It is an invitation to act, even to act considerably sometimes, but under the impulse of the Holy Spirit, which is a gentle and peaceful spirit. Only one who possesses this interior peace can efficaciously help his neighbor. "Acquire interior peace and a multitude will find its salvation through you," said Saint Seraphim of Sarov.