Her sword is instrument of life, for it serves justice and therefore love. And really, that is how it is with war. I will not forget the tragedy of so many ruined lives, nor the sinfulness of man which in war is revealed in such a horrible way. But war as such is really, with all possible force, maintaining justice among the nations, refusing to relinquish the God-given rights, for then a society living in love is not possible anymore. War is really nothing but fighting to maintain the basis of peace among nations.
Pacifism is always a preparation for war because it undermines justice.
Above all, in the Church we must maintain that love is maintaining justice. For also in Church, where the Lord inclined hearts and made ways to each other, we repeatedly face tensions. We experienced that in all kinds of polemics these past few years. Some make so much of brotherly love. They mean well and there was much sin in the polemics.