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The Peace of God Within Us

Tela: James Tissot (1836-1902)

John the Evangelist

On October 26, 2013, when we celebrated one more anniversary of the Temple of Good Will (TGW)—which I inaugurated in Brasília, capital city of Brazil, on October 21, 1989—people overcrowded the monument, in a great pilgrimage, as was published in the Jornal de Brasília newspaper. The theme chosen for this festive occasion was “The Peace of God within us”—the Peace that “the world cannot give” (The Gospel of Jesus according to John 14:27) and that the demands of modern life, combined with the growing wave of violence across the planet, whether in private or public life, have made it difficult for human creatures to enjoy it to the fullest.

By the way, one of the fundamental contributions of the Temple of Peace, as it is also known, is to restore the balance of the Soul to the citizens through inner silence, which awakens in themselves the essence of the Heavenly Father who sustains them, since we were created, in Spirit, in His image and likeness.

Lucian Fagundes

    

Therefore, we are immortal, because Life continues after the phenomenon called death. This fact strengthens our belief that the dead do not die, as you can read in several languages at the entrance of the Egyptian Room, a popular room in the Pyramid of Peace.

Peace Is Not Utopia

The TGW has enabled us to internalize in our hearts the Peace of God, which was promised by Jesus, the Ecumenical Christ, the Divine Statesman. With the World Parliament of Ecumenical Fraternity, the LGW’s ParlaMundi—which, alongside the Pyramid of the Blessed Souls, the Pyramid of the Luminous Spirits,  makes up the Good Will Ecumenical Complex—we are inviting all human and spiritual beings to externalize, in a more incisive way, that same Peace that, until today, the world has not dared experience.

João Periotto

The TGW’s proposal is not utopia. The Accomplishing Faith that it inspires in those who visit it provides serenity, hope, and spiritual and physical health. In fact, according to research released by Datafolha in this period, for 85 percent of Brazilians, believing in God or in a transcendent Being makes people better. . . .

Lucian Fagundes

    

May the Peace of God—which is singularized in the good sense of mission accomplished—remain with you all, forever!

José de Paiva Netto (1941-2025), a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, educator, composer, poet, the President Emeritus and Consolidator of the Legion of Good Will, and Spiritual Leader of the Religion of God, of the Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. He was an effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter), a member of the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the Union of Writers of Rio de Janeiro, the Radio Broadcasters Union of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC), and the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He became an internationally recognized author in the defense of human rights and in his concepts of Ecumenical Citizenship and Ecumenical Spirituality, which, in his own words, represent “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of emotions and of reasoning enlightened by intuition; the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love. In short, the mathematical constant that harmonizes the equation of spiritual, moral, mental, and human existence. Now, without the understanding that we exist on two planes―not only on the physical plane―it will be difficult to build a Society that is truly Ecumenical, Altruistic, and Solidary, since we would still be ignoring that the knowledge of Superior Spirituality elevates the character of creatures and, consequently, leads to the construction of the Planetary Citizenship.”