id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005196855 Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy. The sign of peace 1977 .txt text/plain 1985 78 65 It is further the intention of the statement to present a rationale for a ritual gesture which, rooted both in the human longing for peace and in the con- viction that true peace comes from the Lord Jesus, is now an important part of the revised eucharistic liturgy of the Church. It is a form of worship and of prayer—a per- sonal and sincere pledge and sign of reconcilia- tion, unity and peace. cache/_005196855.txt txt/_005196855.txt