Nonviolence Is an Act of Love
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Nonviolence Is an Act of Love
War is a mind-set, and all action that comes out of such a mind-set will either strengthen the enemy, the perceived evil, or, if the war is won, will create a new enemy, a new evil equal to and often worse than the one that was defeated.
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Father Richard Rohr describes the “eagerness to love” that characterized the life and spirituality of St. Francis of Assisi (1182–1226):
If our only goal is to love, there is no such thing as failure. Francis of Assisi succeeded in living in a single-hearted way, in which his only goal was to love. This intense eagerness to love made his whole
... See moreActive nonviolence begins with the truth that all life is sacred, that we are all equal sisters and brothers, all children of the God of peace, already reconciled, all one, all already united, and so we could never hurt or kill another human being, much less remain silent while wars rage, people die in poverty, and nuclear weapons and environmental... See more
Transformative Nonviolence
AND IF ANYONE WOULD SUE YOU AND TAKE YOUR COAT, LET HIM HAVE YOUR CLOAK AS WELL; AND IF ANYONE FORCES YOU TO GO ONE MILE, GO WITH HIM TWO MILES. —MATTHEW 5:40–41