The Root Of Peace

In essence, there is only on thing God asks of us - that we be men and women of prayer, people who live close to God, people for who God is everything and for who God is enough.  That is the root of peace.  We have peace when the gracious God is all we seek.  When we start seeking something besides Him, we lose it.  As Merton said in his last public address before his death, "This is his call to us - simply to be people who are content to live close to him and to renew the kind of life in which the closeness is felt and experienced."

The Ragamuffin Gospel, by Brennan Manning