We continue listening to Jesus speaking to his disciples at the Last Supper. Today he promises to give them peace, his own peace. It is a kind of peace that the world cannot give. For us, Jesus is the Prince of Peace. Yet, earlier in his public life Jesus had told his disciples that he had come not to bring peace but the sword. A contradiction? There are two kinds of peace. For most of us most of the time peace simply means the absence of conflict but that can be very superficial. Underneath, there may be all kinds of anger and hostility. Anyone who follows the Way of Jesus closely is very likely to run into situations where the Way of Love generates anger and hatred and violence. On the surface, there seems to be no peace. But, deep down, for those who are totally with Jesus and know that his Way is the only way, hostility and denunciation cannot disturb the peace that is deep within them. We see that peace in Jesus during his Passion. In the garden he was deeply disturbed and afraid of what was going to happen to him. But after his prayer, he is filled with a deep peace which is with him through the most terrible suffering.