Words of Peace for Advent

Words of Peace from different Faiths

PEACE

Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; not as the world gives do

I give to you.

                     Christianity.  Bible, John 14.27

In the remembrance of God do hearts find satisfaction.

                           Islam.  Qur'an 13.28

The Master said, "In the morning, hear the Way; in the evening, die

content!"

                       Confucianism.  Analects 4.8

This is peace, this is the excellent, namely the calm of all the impulses,

the casting out of all "basis," the extinction of craving, dispassion,

stopping, Nirvana.

                    Buddhism.  Anguttara Nikaya v.322

O tranquil soul,

return to your Lord

so pleasant and well-pleased!

Enter among My servants

and enter My garden!

                         Islam.  Qur'an 89.27-30

May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.

              Judaism and Christianity.  Bible, Numbers 6.26

And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, will keep your

hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

                  Christianity.  Bible, Philippians 4.7

He it is who sent down peace of reassurance into the hearts of the

believers, that they might add faith to their faith.

                           Islam.  Qur'an 48.4

Thou dost keep him in perfect peace,

whose mind is stayed on thee,

because he trusts in thee.

              Judaism and Christianity.  Bible, Isaiah 26.3

If a man sings of God and hears of Him,

And lets love of God sprout within him,

All his sorrows shall vanish,

And in his mind, God will bestow abiding peace.

                Sikhism.  Adi Granth, Japuji 5, M.1, p. 2