So Much 4 X'mas, huh ?

Found a reali gud surmon 2day @ college.

Its Pope John Paul’s appeal 4 peace.

Thot of sharing bcuz its sumting 4 we, not only 4 da Christians 2 ponder upon, but all existing human mortals on dis planet.

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I think da surmon is brilliant. Hitting da nose of da high class leaders 2 da very down level of commoners (like us!!!)

So have a look, n take a deep breath, reflecting on our surrounding


XXX


Today peace has become, throughout the world, a preoccupation not only for those responsible for the destiny of nations but even more so for broad sections of the population and innumerable individuals who generously and tenaciously dedicate themselves to creating an outlook of peace and to establish genuine peace between peoples and nations. This is comforting. But there is no hiding the fact that in spite of the efforts of all men and women of good will, there are still serious threats to peace in the world. Some of the threats take the form of divisions within various nations; others stem from deep-rooted and acute tensions between opposing nations and blocs within the community.

In reality, the confrontations that we witness today are distinguished from those of past history by certain new characteristics. In the first place they are worldwide: even a local conflict is often an expression of tensions originating elsewhere in the world. In the same way, it often happens that a conflict has profound effects far from where it broke out. Another characteristic is totality: present day tensions mobilize all the forces of the nations involved; moreover, selfish monopolization and even hostility are to be found today as much in the way economic life is run and in the technological application of science as in the way that the mass media or military resources are utilized.

Elsewhere, fear of a precarious peace, military and political imperatives, and economic and commercial interest lead to the establishment of arms stockpiles or to the sale of weapons capable of appalling destruction. The arms race, then, prevails over the great tasks of peace, which ought to unite peoples in new solidarity; it fosters sporadic but murderous conflicts and builds up the gravest threats. It is true that at first sight the cause of peace seems to be handicapped to a crippling extent.

But we must reach peace. Peace, as I said earlier, is threatened when uncertainty, doubt, and suspicion reign, and violence makes good use of this. Do we really want peace? Then we must dig deep within ourselves, and going beyond the divisions we find within us and between us, we must find the areas in which we can strengthen our convictions that human beings’ basic driving forces and the recognition of their real nature carry them toward openness to others, mutual respect, community and peace.

The course of this laborious search for the objective and universal truth about humanity, and the result of the search, will develop men and women of peace and dialogue, people who draw both strength and humility from a truth that they realize they must serve and not make use of for partisan interests.


Lets God’s Love Unite Us All,

4 days to 2008