Day 12: Thursday, March 19

Judas, not Iscariot, says to Him, Lord, what has come to pass that Thou art about to manifest Thyself to us, and not to the world? Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone love Me, he will keep My word, and My Father will love him, and We will come to him, and make an abode with him. He who loves Me not, does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things have I spoken to you, remaining with you. And the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in My name, this will teach you all things, and will remind you of all things which I have said to you. Peace I leave to you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be disturbed, neither let it be afraid. John 14:22-27

Peace has in it confidence in the Lord, that He directs all things, and provides all things, and that He leads to a good end. When a man is in this faith, he is in peace, for he then fears nothing, and no solicitude about things to come disquiets him. A man comes into this state in proportion as he comes into love to the Lord.… Peace is the inmost in all delight, even in what is undelightful with the man who is in good. So far therefore as he puts off what is external, so far a state of peace is revealed, and so far he is affected with satisfaction, blessedness, and happiness, the origin of which is from the Lord Himself. Arcana Coelestia 8455:1,2

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