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Our love is not to be just words or mere talk,

but something real and active.

1 John 3:18



“If you want peace, work for justice”

Pope Paul VI



Blessed are the peacemakers,

for they will be called children of God.

Matthew 5:9



“ Peace requires justice but is also made possible

by love.”

(CCC n 2304)



“Our work for peace must begin within the private world of each one of us.

To build for humanity a world without fear, we must be without fear.

To build a world of justice, we must be just.”

Dag Hammarskjold, UN Secretary General, 1953-61



“Peace is not merely the absence of war…Instead, it is rightly and appropriately

called an enterprise of justice.”

Gaudium et Spes 1965, 78



“There is no peace without fairness, truth, justice and

solidarity.”

John Paul II



“Our heart cannot be at peace while we see our

brothers and sisters suffering...”Pope Benedict XVI



Let us promise to make peace not just a priority,

but a passion.

Let us pledge to do more, wherever we are in

whatever way we can, to make every day a day of

peace.”

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon



“Peace is not the product of terror or fear

Peace is not the silence of cemeteries

Peace is not the silence of violent repression.


Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all

to the good of all.

Peace is Dynamism. Peace is generosity.

It is right and duty.”

Oscar Romero



“Lord make me an instrument of your Peace.

Where there is hatred let me sow love

Where there is injury; pardon

Where there is doubt; faith


Where there is despair; hope

Where there is darkness; light

Where there is sadness; joy.

Prayer of St Francis



Christians are called to be people who

“act justly, love mercy

and walk humbly with our God.”

(Micah 6:8)



“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity, it is an act of justice.”

Nelson Mandela



“To reach peace, teach peace.”

Pope John Paul IIWorld Day of Peace Message, 1979



“Peace for all is the fruit of justice for all.”

Pope Benedict XVI World Day of Peace Message, 2012, 5



“Stability and peace in our land will not come from the

barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an

impossibility.”

Archbishop Desmond Tutu


Picture credits

Sean SpragueCAFODMaya HavilandRichard WainwrightCaritas AustraliaDavid Snyder/CRSMathias Heng


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