Social justice is important because it asks if the doors are open to all, whether the resources are being used by all, whether all people can genuinely advance themselves. Peace Peace is not the mere absence of noise or violence. At the Eucharist, when we offer one another peace, it is this peace, shalom, that we offer one another. This is different than peace in the sense of the mere absence of violence or lack of activity. Often those who are denying the basic needs for human life will call for peace when some one protests against such injustice.
Real peace is always dynamic and life-giving.
Real peace does not exist merely because the guns are silent or because people are quiet. Real peace exists when everyone's basic human needs are being met, and people are helping one another to become fully alive as human beings.