Why is it that people believe that Christ was our example of Peace? He didn't march for a cause, nor support a particular agenda. He did tell us to forgive our debtors, as well as to turn the other cheek. He wanted no part of the politics of the day, nor did He call for a war against the Romans.
In fact , He told us to love our neighbor as ourselves for His kind of Love. What would He say about going to war, to help people in a dictatorship? What would He say about feeding those in the Third World?
What would He expect from us today? Would the Prince of Peace expect us to look the other way? What would He expect us to do, if our Life is threatened in our own Home? Did He not die for His beliefs, would He expect less of us?
That is the real question. Would those who claim to be the Peace Makers, die for that belief? Would those very same people who carry the signs of Protest, to the graves of a buried soldier, die for that same protest?
I don't believe that they would. The ironic part of this , is that they will never put themselves in a position, where they would be challenged to do so. When, and if, an unsuspected blow came upon them, would they stay and fight for Life? Fight for their own life of that of a neighbor?
I believe that the Sacrament of Conformation, was just that representation. I also believe that that sacrament sis sometimes tested in a latter time of our Life. It is then , that we become soldiers in the army of God.
Soldiers. Soldiers, just like policemen who are there to keep Peace. They carry guns, and yet they are called Peace officers. We at Confirmation , become soldiers of God, for the Good of all who love Him, that same Prince of Peace.
He was never a pacifier. Pacifiers are given to children, to keep them quiet. Christ never wanted us to become quiet in our devotion to Him. Is He asking us to die for ours? Only if we choose to walk that path. Only if we see Him as our Heart and Soul. Only if we need to become the Rock on Which He Builds His Church.
Is He asking us to suffer? Of course not! Is He asking us to be like a rock in our Commitment to His Truth, I would have to answer that, with a resounding YES!
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