Communication on November 19
* Message Issued for 2004 Biblical Week
On the occasion of the 2004 Biblical Week from November 21 to 27, the Most Rev. John Chrysostom Kwon Hyok-ju, Bishop of Andong and President of the Biblical Committee of the CBCK, issued a Message and invited the faithful to "promote peace throughout the world and build a peaceful world" by obeying the Word of God.
In the message titled "To Give Light to Those Who Sit in Darkness and in the Shadow of Death, To Guide Our Feet into the Way of Peace,"(Lk 1:79) Bishop Kwon said that, "The tragedy of wars and violence, the deep wounds of distrust and conflict, the crisis of the family undermined by economic difficulties and the negative influence of the new religious movement on the Church, all make us realize that 'peace' is the message necessary for new evangelization in our time."
He also emphasized that, "Peace means not only the absence of wars or violence but the fullness of life, that is, the presence of the Lord," and "peace originates from the conviction of the presence of the life-giving Lord and such conviction, in turn, can firmly take roots inside us when it is shined by the light of the Word of God, especially the Gospel."
"We can proceed to the way of peace guided by the light even in the darkness of death because we share in the life of our Lord and our Lord is peace itself," and "we must actively receive peace, the sign of the Lord's presence, in order to advance towards a better world turning from the dark reality we face," he added.
On the occasion of the 2004 Biblical Week from November 21 to 27, the Most Rev. John Chrysostom Kwon Hyok-ju, Bishop of Andong and President of the Biblical Committee of the CBCK, issued a Message and invited the faithful to "promote peace throughout the world and build a peaceful world" by obeying the Word of God.
In the message titled "To Give Light to Those Who Sit in Darkness and in the Shadow of Death, To Guide Our Feet into the Way of Peace,"(Lk 1:79) Bishop Kwon said that, "The tragedy of wars and violence, the deep wounds of distrust and conflict, the crisis of the family undermined by economic difficulties and the negative influence of the new religious movement on the Church, all make us realize that 'peace' is the message necessary for new evangelization in our time."
He also emphasized that, "Peace means not only the absence of wars or violence but the fullness of life, that is, the presence of the Lord," and "peace originates from the conviction of the presence of the life-giving Lord and such conviction, in turn, can firmly take roots inside us when it is shined by the light of the Word of God, especially the Gospel."
"We can proceed to the way of peace guided by the light even in the darkness of death because we share in the life of our Lord and our Lord is peace itself," and "we must actively receive peace, the sign of the Lord's presence, in order to advance towards a better world turning from the dark reality we face," he added.