Vatican City, May 12, 2020 / 04:30 am
The world offers peace like it is something to possess within ourselves; instead, God's peace is a gift which opens us to others and points toward heaven, Pope Francis said at Mass Tuesday.
Peace "is not anesthesia," the pope said May 12. "You anesthetize yourself with the things of the world and when the dose of this anesthesia ends take another and another and another…"
"The peace Jesus gives is another thing. It is a peace that sets you in motion: it does not isolate you, it sets you in motion, makes you go to others, creates communities, creates communication."
Speaking in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta, his Vatican residence, Francis explained that the world gives "inner peace as your possession, as something that is yours and isolates you from others."