His name was Alfred Nobel. I Peace, a simple one syllable word. It doesn't seem to fit. I have come to bring not peace but the sword. He goes on about setting a man against his father, daughter against mother, etc.
Biblical peace means so much more than the absence of war.
In the biblical sense, peace means things are going well, we are happy, secure. We have friends, live in a fruitful land, have plenty. Our progeny multiply, and we triumph over our enemies. Peace is salvation, a salvation that is being worked out in history and is finally realized in our ultimate communion with God. In today's first reading, we heard of the most pressing issue of the young church.