In the second reading for this Sunday, Saint Paul exhorts us not to be anxious, but to present to God all that what makes our lives and hearts heavy. Beautiful words of encouragement, however, we know it too well then in our busy world where we are constantly exposed to all kinds of challenges and tribulations, peace is exactly that what we lose first. We are well familiar with that tension which comes right after once when we have received some bad news. It could be something about our health condition, or material security, relationships within the family, or something happening around the world. Every day we are overwhelmed with pictures of violence, crime, tragedies, and disasters that mass media are constantly presenting to us. In this unstable world we are exposed to all kinds of precariousness which only increases our sense of restlessness. So, what does Saint Paul mean when he says - ‘have no anxiety at all’? It seems that his exhortation to be a piece of unfounded advice. First, he echoes the words of Jesus himself, who in the Sermon on the Mount told us not to worry about our lives, what we are to eat, or to drink, about our clothing and about the future in general. He gave an example of birds in the sky and lilies in the field what are being taken care of by the heavenly Father. Jesus himself wants us to be free of all anxieties caused by this earthly life. And yet our daily experience tells us that it is beyond our strength and abilities not to be caught in all these things. But Paul knew it all well. He wrote these words we read this Sunday from his imprisonment in Rome at the end of his life. A life filled with all kinds of dangers, persecutions, worries, concerns, sufferings that ended in martyrdom. Therefore, Paul speaks out of his own life experience enlightened by his faith. Because when he commands to have peace, at the same time he gives us a method to defend it in our hearts. He tells us to present to God our needs in prayer of petition with thanksgiving. Paul invites us to recognize that we are unable to face the challenges of this life by ourselves, that we are out of control of what is going on in life. Therefore, he exhorts us to entrust to our heavenly Father all our worries, because he cares for us and who is the only one able to secure our existence. And that leads us to peace which goes beyond our understanding, because it comes as a gift of the Holy Spirit. Only that perfect trust can yield this perfect peace. The word used by Paul for ‘thanksgiving’ means ‘Eucharist’. That is exactly what we celebrate every Sunday. We come together to give praise to God in thanksgiving. Our hearts are restless when they are not filled with the love of God. Because it is the power of God’s love poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit that can give them enduring peace.