DOMINUS EST
His Eminence The Lord Cardinal
Luis Antonio G. Tagle
Archbishop of Manila
Cardinal Priest of ‘S. Felice da Cantalice a Centocelle’
+Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle
New Year Message
We thank the God of history for leading us to 2013. It may not
be known by many that the beginning of a new civil year is also the celebration
of the World Day of Peace. The New Year is an appropriate time to reawaken our
desire for a better future, for new beginnings, and for a world that could
afford us the achievement of our dreams. But all this could be fulfilled only
in peace and through peace.
For us
Christians, peace is primarily God’s gift. God created everything in love and
willed that diverse creatures live in harmony with one another. When sin
disrupted the concord enjoyed by human beings with God, with each other and
with creation, God relentlessly pursued His design for universal peace,
culminating in the birth of Jesus, the Prince of Peace. “He is our peace, he
who…broke down the dividing wall of enmity through his flesh” (Eph. 2 :14).
Through the Holy Spirit, we are constantly recreated in Christ’s peace.
We thank God for opening for us
the door of peace. But we have the responsibility to enter that door. God’s is
the gift, ours is the mission of building peace. I share the dream of all
Filipinos for peace and harmony in all aspects of our lives. We know, however
that peace can only be promoted by peacemakers, by people whose minds,
consciences, attitudes and styles of life are devoid of self-interest.
Peacemakers seek the common good. Peacemakers spread honesty, respect and
friendship. I repeat the invitation of Pope Benedict XVI, “to say no to
revenge, to recognize injustices, to accept apologies without looking for them,
and finally to forgive.”
Let us all pray for peace that only God can give. And let us live as true
peacemakers. Then 2013 will be a peaceful year.
+Luis Antonio G. Cardinal Tagle
Archbishop of Manila
source: Archdiocese of Manila
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