Earthly Peace is the Image and Fruit of the peace of Christ, the messianic "Prince of Peace." 99 By the Blood of his Cross, "in his own perSon he killed the hostility," 100 he reconciled men with God and made his Church the Sacrament of the Unity of the human race and of its Union with God. "He is our peace." 101 He has declared: "Blessed are the peacemakers." 102