Christmas Peace to All!

Painting from The Church in Shepherds' Field

As the United States Civil War raged on, Henry W. Longfellow wrote "there is no peace on earth I said, for hate is strong and mocks the song of 'Peace on earth, good will to men.'" Thus, humankind might feel today.  Where is the peace promised by the angels in Syria, the Sudan, or on the Korean Peninsula?

Just when we think that there is no hope, the good news of the Prince of Peace stirs the human heart once again.  Longfellow concluded "then pealed the bells more loud and deep, God is not dead, nor doth he sleep.  The wrong shall fail, the right prevail of "peace on earth, good will to men."

Christmas peace to all in 2013!  Peace!