“The science of nonviolent resistance is young and the most important discoveries are yet to be made.”—Mohandas Gandhi
“The point of nonviolence is to build a floor, a strong new floor, beneath which we can no longer sink.”—Joan Baez
“Pure, holy Simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world.”—St. Francis of Assisi, The Prayers of St. Francis
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it–always.” ― Mahatma Gandhi
courtesy of my friend Genie from her blog Espirational
God does not give us graces or talents or virtues for ourselves alone. We are members one of another and everything that is given to one member is given for the whole body… In humility is the greatest freedom. As long as you have to defend the imaginary self that you think is important, you lose your peace of heart. As soon as you take yourself seriously and imagine that your virtues are important because they are yours, you become the prisoner of your own vanity…. (New Seeds of Contemplation, p. 42, 43)
When I pray for peace, I pray not only that the enemies of my own country may cease to want war, but above all that my country will cease to do the things that make war inevitable. — Thomas Merton (New Seeds of Contemplation, p.121)
Verse of the day
But the midwives feared God; they did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but they let the boys live.
– Exodus 1:17
Voice of the day
Wars will be stopped only when soldiers refuse to fight, when workers refuse to load weapons onto ships and aircraft, when people boycott the economic outposts of Empire that are strung across the globe.
– Arundhati Roy
Prayer of the day
May we, like the midwives of Egypt, fear you more than empire, and in holy defiance choose life over violence, resistance over complicity, and peace over war.
“But once we become aware of the generous, creative presence that exists in all things natural, we can receive it as the inner Source of all dignity and worthiness. Dignity is not doled out to the worthy. It grounds the inherent worthiness of things in their very nature and existence.”—Richard Rohr, The Universal Christ, p. 57
“Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child . . . every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.”—Rosa Parks
Verse of the day
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.
– James 3:17
Voice of the day
We pray for peace, O Spirit here among us; your love emboldens, judges, and restrains. Take any hate and acts of impulse from us; make leaders wise, amid competing claims.
– Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, “A Hymn for Peace”
Prayer of the day
O Spirit of peace, as we pray for wise and compassionate leadership, may your wisdom guide us, shaping our hearts with love that both emboldens and restrains.
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