Truth, peace, and ordinary kindness all belong together in the Christian life. In today's readings, Athanasius recounts how the false charge that he had murdered Arsenius collapsed when Arsenius appeared alive, and the council urged the Alexandrian church to receive Athanasius back with joy while honoring those who had suffered for the faith. Augustine then searches for rest beyond the visible world, memory, and self-reflection, finding that the soul has no safe resting place except in God, even while old habits continue to pull him downward. Aquinas brings the theme into daily life by describing friendliness as a real virtue: the grace of speaking and acting fittingly toward others, giving pleasure where we can, avoiding needless offense, and still refusing to flatter or approve what is evil. Together these readings remind us that Christian peac ...