Periods of Peace

[chuck001]

Hi all. I would appreciate some clarity on this. Sometimes out of the blue, say, driving down the road, I will all of sudden experience a deep peace out of nowhere, where all anxiety, worries, and fears seem to disappear for a brief time. Sometimes its a few minutes and others as long as a few hours. Also, I have been trying to get into the practice of saying 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Marys, and 3 Glory Be’s before I go to sleep and/or if I happen to wake up around 3a, which has been happening fairly frequently lately because it relaxes me. I could be in the middle of a conversation or busy working on something, then like a pop in the back of my head, I go into this period of peace. As it approaches the end, it slowly fades out. I dont recall it disappearing snap of a finger. Does this, or has this, occurred to anyone? Or maybe I should seek counsel from a priest?

 

[Nelka]

Periods of peace sounds great.

 

[peter26]

I get this sometimes, usually in church. If your are doing something that causes this for you, keep doing it.

 

[roseofshannon]

I experience it from time to time as well and I figure that someone must be praying for me right now.

 

[littlestsouls2]

It is a grace. Many theologians and Saints say that when peace and joy arise without a previous cause (i.e. out of the blue), it is God acting upon the soul.

 

[Eric_Hyom]

I have had a profound sense of peace a number of times, it has always happened when I should be fearful and worried. I sense that to have this peace, we need to pass it on in some way.

A few years ago, I had a mole removed that might be cancerous, about a month after the doctor phoned to say he urgently wanted to see me, it was non Hodgkins Lymphoma. This was a cancer I knew about, our best friend had it, and three months after, she died. After the initial shock of knowing I had been given a possible death sentence, I prayed for the wisdom peace and perseverance to do God’s will, regardless as to whether the cancer would prove to be a death sentence or just an inconvenience.
I can only say that from the moment of making this prayer, I have experienced profound times of peace and the thought of cancer has never troubled me at all. The journey with cancer is fraught with waiting a month or two for tests, followed by a period of waiting for results.
I could not imagine being able to live in peace with this knowledge without faith

I have never once prayed for healing, at the age of 65, the prayer for healing seemed too complicated to me. We all die at some point, and I just accept this.

I have been a Street Pastor for about eight years, we were out until gone 3 am this morning. As well as coming into contact with lots of wonderful people, we also come across, drunks, anger fights, depression and suicidal people.

The first major fight we witnessed a few years ago, happened in the early hours of the morning, we saw a group of about a dozen people start a fight. As we approached, I saw one man punched to the ground, another was being kicked whilst on the ground, and a lady was punched in the face.

My partners were two ladies in their sixties and seventies, I can only say we walked in the middle of all this conflict, I can only remember having a total sense of peace that was beyond my understanding. The fight came to a conclusion, we stopped with them for about fifteen minutes, then there was hugs, handshakes and kisses all round.

 

[Eric_Hyom]

And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding,

Philippians 4…

4 Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! 5 Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. 6 Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.