Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. ~ John 14:27 (NRSV)

Image: Peace, David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1961

"Therefore consider whether the light in you is not darkness." ~ Luke 11:35

Image: The Ninth Plague. Darkness, Gustave Dore

But he knew what they were thinking and said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself becomes a desert, and house falls on house." ~ Luke 11:17 (NRSV)

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For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them. ~ Matthew 18:20 (NRSV)

Image: Etcher: Francesco Bartolozzi, Italian, 1727–1815, After: Guercino (Giovanni Francesco Barbieri), Italian, 1591–1666, A Family in Prayer, plate 13, from Raccolta di alcuni disegni del Barberi [sic] da Cento detto il Guercino (Collection of Some Drawings Engraved after Barbieri da Cento, called Guercino), 1764

He was praying in a certain place, and after he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples.’ ~ Luke 11:1 (NRSV)

Pursue peace with everyone, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. ~ Hebrews 12:14 (NRSV)

Image: Icon of St James of Jerusalem, available at https://www.orthodoxmonasteryicons.com/products/james-icon

Which of these three, do you think, was a neighbour to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers? ~ Luke 10:36

Image: Le bon samaritain (The Good Samaritan), James Tissot, 1894, Brooklyn Museum, New York City, NY, US

Do not take the word of truth out of my mouth, for my hope is in your judgments. ~ Psalms 19:43

Image: Молящаяся женщина (Praying Woman), Kazimir Malevich, 1912

We walk about like a shadow, and in vain we are in turmoil; we heap up riches and cannot tell who will gather them.