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Vatican City, May 16, 2017 \/ 01:28 pm (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Only God can give true peace amid tribulations, Pope Francis said in his May 16 homily at his Casa Santa Marta residence in the Vatican.<\/p>\n

\u201cA peace without a cross is not the peace of Jesus,\u201d the Pope said. \u201cThe world teaches us the way to anesthetized peace: it anesthetizes us from seeing another reality of life: the Cross.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is why Paul says that one must enter into the Kingdom of Heaven on the road with many tribulations,\u201d he added. \u201cThe peace that the world offers us is a peace without tribulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

The world offers an artificial peace that is reduced to mere tranquility, he said. This kind of peace is \u201conly concerned about one\u2019s affairs and one\u2019s security\u201d \u2013 but it is ultimately ineffective, because \u201ctribulations are there, whether pain, illness or death.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the peace that Jesus gives is a gift: it is a gift of the Holy Spirit; and this peace lasts through tribulations and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Vatican Radio, Pope Francis in his homily focused on Jesus\u2019 words at the Last Supper, as recounted in the Gospel of John: \u201cI leave you peace, my peace I give you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pope said it is not possible to obtain peace amid tribulation though human effort.<\/p>\n

Instead, God\u2019s peace is \u201ca gift that keeps us going.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGod\u2019s peace is real peace, that enters the reality of life, that does not deny life; that is life. There is suffering, there are the sick people, there are many bad things, there are wars \u2026 but that peace within, which is a gift, is not lost, but goes ahead bearing the Cross and suffering,\u201d he continued. \u201cPeace without the Cross is not the peace of Jesus: it is a peace that can be bought. But it does not last; it comes to an end.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pope Francis said that when he gets angry, he loses peace. When his heart is troubled, \u201cit is because I am not open to the peace of Jesus,\u201d because he is unable to \u201cbear life as it comes, with its crosses and sorrows that accompany it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Concluding his homily, the pontiff cited St. Augustine\u2019s words: \u201cThe life of the Christian is a journey between the persecutions of the world and the consolations of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Pope prayed: \u201cMay the Lord make us understand well what this peace is which He gives us with the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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