We Are at Peace: (With Christ)

By Vitalis Chi. Nwaneri

In this Book the Author continues his reflections on the growing global crises between Faith in God and Peace on earth . Having concluded his review of the global wars, crises and conflicts between Christianity and Secularity in his ten Books on WE ARE AT WAR , he turns in this Book to reflect on the Peace promised by Christ to His Followers. Over two thousand years ago , Christ said to His followers , I have come to bring you peace , the peace that the world cannot give.
He also said,
I have come to bring wars between father and mother, brother and sisters, daughters and in-laws .
The Author reflects on these apparent contradictory statements. He takes a journey across the world to view the state of Peace and Faith in the past half a century. He concludes from the evidence of the global experience in the last fifty years period fully supports Christs statements. He then wonders why the Secular world forgets this fact and continues to drive Christ and His teaching out of their lives and public governance .
He attributes this to the work of Satan , Gods only enemy .Enlightening the secular world on these facts is one of the challenges facing the Mission of the New Evangelization recently declared by Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI. Through these Books, the Author contributes to that Mission. He brings into his Books, his personal global experience gained from his travels to many of the nations across the world which are victims of the Global crises between Faith and Peace. He provides the following examples. In Europe, the nation of Yugoslavia is no longer in the world map.
In the Muslim nations of the Middle East, historic cities like Damascus and Bagdad are now in ruins while other nations like Egypt and Israel are under threat because of growing conflicts between Peace and Faith. The Imperial nations before the coming of Christ like Persia, Assyria, Babylonia, Egypt and Greece are mere dreams today of their global power before Christ. Peaceful Governance continues to escape the nations of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tunisia, Sudan, and Somalia .
In the advanced Nations of America and Europe millions of innocent children are killed every year by their own mothers before they can even see sunlight. The Communist nations like North Korea continue with the Pre-Christ rule of enslavement of their people and oppression and persecution of Christians . The developing nations of Africa and Latin America continue to be devastated by political corruption and the reign of armed youth gangs that are victims of drug and human trafficking and assassinations.
Against these crises of Peace in the secular world , the Author views the continuing reign of Christs Peace amongst His followers. He concludes by reminding the world of their real enemy, Satan who had been the enemy of God and man since creation of the world. As we stated in these Books, Satan cannot bring Peace to the world but only wars, crises, Lies, Deceptions and False Promises as he did to Adam and Eve . The Author therefore reminds the world through these Books that God is the true source of their Peace on earth. The Author therefore calls on them to turn back to Faith in One, Almighty and Loving God . It is Satan that they should drive out of the secular square and not God.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Feb 17, 2014
• ISBN: 9781493173440

Vitalis Chi. Nwaneri

Vitalis Chidomere Nwaneri, brings to these five Books, his experience in Religion, Economics, Politics, Science and Philosophy, and exposure in various advanced and developing countries across the globe. He acquired his experience from the Graduate School of The London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London (1962-1968). He joined the United Kingdom Government after his graduation and quickly rose to the position of an Economic Adviser by !970. He left the Government in 1971 to join the World Bank in Washington D.C. U.S.A. . He worked there till 1980 and rose to the position of a Senior Economist . At the World Bank, he traveled extensively across the globe and gained exposure and firsthand experience on some of the major Political, Economic and Social Development problems of the world .

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

About The Author And These Books

Foreword

Acknowledgment

Preface:   The New Evangelization Of The Catholic Church

VOLUME 1

INTRODUCTORY CHAPTERS

Chapter A:   The Mysteries Of God In The Church

Chapter B:   The Challenges Of The Laity In The Frontline Of The New Evangelization

Chapter C:   The Analyses Of Christ’s Gifts Of Peace, Freedom, Justice And Happiness

Chapter D:   Other Gifts From Jesus

Chapter E:   Christ Brought The Way To Truth And Life

Chapter F:   Reminders Of Christ’s Pillars Of Good Secular Governance

Chapter G:   Recommendations In This Book

Chapter H:   Introducing Three Parts Of The Book

VOLUME 11

PART ONE

Chapter 1:   Where Is God’s Peaceful World?

Chapter 2:   The Three Phases And Concepts Of Christ’s Church And Their Peace

Chapter 3A:   The Peace In His Militant Church On Earth

Chapter 3B:   Christ Is With His Follower On Earth

Chapter 4:   Who Are The Followers Of Christ?

Chapter 5:   Peace From Victory In The Battle Fronts With The Enemy

Chapter 6:   Peace From Christ’s Miracles For His Followers

Chapter 7:   History Of The Peace Amongst God’s Followers

Chapter 8:   The Peace In The Suffering Church In Purgatory

Chapter 9:   The Eternal Peace In Heaven

PART TWO

INTRODUCTION TO PART TWO

Chapter 10:   The Concept Of Satan Conflicts With Peace

Chapter 11:   Original Sin Brought The Loss Of Our Perfect World Of Peace

Chapter 12:   Declining Faith In God In The Secular Governance

Chapter 13:   Declining Peace At The Personal And Family Levels

PART THREE

VIEWS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CHURCH AND OTHER PROSPECTIVE INTERESTS

Chapter 14:   Introductionthe Mission Of The Books:

Chapter 15:   God’s Plan For Man

Chapter 16:   Christ’s Pillars Of Good Secular Governance

Chapter 17:   Christ Is The Way, The Truth And The Life Of Peace

Chapter 18:   Recommendations In Our Books

Chapter 19:   Prospective Role In Nigeria And Africa

Chapter 20:   The Peace Of The Anti-Christ World

Chapter 21:   Christ Brought Freedom To The World

Chapter 22:   Christ’s Other Gifts Of Truth And Happiness

Chapter 23:   Division Within The Followers Of Christ Limits His Peace Amongst Them.

Index Of Chapters And Paragraphs

ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND

THESE BOOKS

The Author brings into these Books his Backgrounds in the Catholic Church and African culture from Nigeria the country of his birth over seventy years ago. He combines these backgrounds with his Education at the London School of Economics and Political Science, University of London. He specialized in the fields of Economics, Politics and Philosophy.

Thereafter, he gained extensive experience in the U.K. and Europe through his service as an Economic Adviser to the U.K. Government where he worked on such important projects as the location of the Third London Airport and Anglo-Franco Concorde Plane.

He left the U.K. Government in 1971 to join the World Bank where he worked for almost ten years. He quickly advanced to the position of a Senior Project Economist. He was assigned to work on projects in various countries in Europe, Middle East, North Africa and Asia.

He returned to Nigeria and played a pioneering role in the development of the country’s indigenous Banking and International Trade sectors. He founded the First Indigenous Merchant Bank and The First African Commodity Exchange in Nigeria. He also consulted for

The Nigerian Government, International Agencies like The World Bank, the USAID, African Development Bank, the U.N.D.P and DFEID of UK.

He returned to Washington in 2002 and founded the Organization of African Professionals and Associates in Diaspora, OAPAD Inc. to mobilize Professionals in the Diaspora to contribute to African development efforts. In the Catholic Church, he had been a member of the Opus Dei in Nigeria and The Knights of Columbus in Maryland.

Through these Books, he hopes to contribute to the Call by Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI, to the Laity to rise up and advance the New Evangelization of The Catholic Church.

The Books are his own personal contribution to the resources for the Laity in their Mission.

List of other books by Vitalis Chi. Nwaneri

WE ARE AT WAR (with Satan)

1.   Origin and Progress of Our Wars Since Creation

2.   Fictional Global Court Trial of Satan’s Human Agents

3.   War Front of Christianity Versus Secularity in the Fictional Nation of Odom.

4.   Our Two Worlds at War (Christ’s Vs. Satan’s Worlds)

5.   Warfront of Religious Freedom

6.   War Front Hand Books and Guidelines

7.   Final Judgment at End Time

8.   Case Study on Nigeria—Unity in Nigeria’s Diversity and Governing the Ungovernable

9.   Conflicts Between Faith and Peace—STRATEGIES, ANALYSES AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE WARFRONTS

10.   Summary of the Books

FOREWORD

Having published ten Books on the Title WE ARE AT WAR against Satan, Vita believes that it is appropriate to conclude the series with a look at the other side of the Christian Mission on earth, namely, the side of following Christ, carrying our Crosses and enjoying His Peace, while fighting His enemy.

I agree with him. Based on my knowledge of Vita from the time he was my student at Holy Ghost College Owerri, Nigeria, to the present, I am not surprised at his audacity in undertaking such a challenge to contribute to the New Evangelization of The Catholic Church in response to the Call by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. I have little doubt that his response reflects his deep Faith in the Church and extensive exposure to the Global Secular world gained through his long career with the British Government as an Economic Adviser and the World Bank as a Senior Economist. May his contribution yield the desired fruits to the Global Mission of the Catholic Laity.

Signed—

Chief Charles Ifeanyi

Church of Assumption, Falomo, Ikoyi Lagos Nigeria

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

TO THE FOLLOWING CATHOLIC SOCIETIES AND

THE EWTN

In one of the Ten Books on WE ARE AT WAR, I expressed my Acknowledgment to some secular institutions responsible for my Education, Experience and Exposure in the Secular world, all through my Professional Life. That experience provided me opportunities to learn the challenges facing the secular governance across the world and reflect them in these Books.

In this Book on Christ’s World of Peace in His Church, it is appropriate to offer similar Acknowledgment and Dedication to some of the Societies in the Catholic Church through which I obtained much of my exposure to the Catholic Church and Laity and reflect that exposure and experience in these Books. These Societies include the following—

1.   THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE PRECIOUS BLOOD OF JESUS

This was the first Association of The Laity that I joined. It enabled me to learn and promote my spirituality through Devotions to The Precious Blood of Jesus shed seven times (from His Circumcision to the Piercing of His Heart on the Cross) to save us.

2.   CONFRATERNITY OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS AND IMMACULATE HEART OF MARY

One cannot be too long in the Devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus without moving forward to consecrate one’s whole family to His Sacred Heart through this Association of the Laity that is dedicated to honoring His Most Sacred Heart from which His Blood flowed to save us. The sufferings of His Heart are also tied with the suffering of His Mother’s Immaculate Heart. His Blood was obtained from His Mother’s Blood. As Simeon prophesied at His Presentation to the Temple, when he said to Mary, "A sword shall pierce your Heart also".

3. THE OPUS DEI

This is one of the Men’s Leading Associations of the Laity in the Church. It was founded by St. Josemarie Escriva to teach the Laity that they can become Saints in any good secular career and profession they are. The Opus Dei opens the eyes of the Laity to the teaching of the Church that all can become Saints. Sainthood is not open only to Priests, Bishops and Ordained Missionaries in the Church. Many Saints of the Church were ordinary believers in Christ who sacrificed their lives in the warfront as Martyrs fighting in the war with His enemy and its human agents.

4. KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS—

The Association of the Knights of Columbus is another Men’s Leading Group of warriors in the Laity of the Church. They are present in every warfront providing financial and logistic supports to the Church. Like other Knights, they fight their battles under the rules and guidance of Christ, like lambs against wolves as we described in Our Book 6.

5. EWTN GLOBAL FAMILY

Last, but by no means the least of my Dedication and Acknowledgement, goes to the Global Network of The Eternal Word Television Family. Few people can undertake the type of mission in these Books without the benefit of the EWTN’s Global Religious Services.

PREFACE

THE NEW EVANGELIZATION

OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

1.   Growing Global Crises

The world today is experiencing growing decline in Peace due to the Religious Conflicts between Peace and Faith in God, from the Personal and Family to the National and Global levels. As a result, the Catholic Church had launched a New Evangelization and declared a Year of Faith in order to address the current religious wars and conflicts across the globe between Faith and Peace. The New Evangelization followed the conference of global Religious Leaders at Assisi in Italy called by Pope Emeritus, Benedict XVI.

2.   The Pope’s Call on the Laity to Contribute to the

Mission of The New Evangelization

While launching the New Evangelization, the Pope called on the Catholic Laity across the world to rise up and contribute to the mission of the New Evangelization. The Pope’s Call was conveyed to members of the Washington Catholic Arch Diocese by His Eminence, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the Archbishop of Washington. These Books are the Author’s Response to the Pope’s Call as conveyed by His Eminence.

3.   Tough Challenges facing the Laity in their mission

The Call of Pope Emeritus on the Laity presents tough challenges indeed to the Catholic Laity. We shall present the reasons for these challenges in the first introductory chapter of Volume 1 below and make suggestions on how the Laity can confront these challenges.

4.   Christ Promised War and Peace

During His teaching on earth Christ said,

"I have come to bring you Peace, the peace that the world cannot give".

This is the Peace that we are reviewing in this Book on