07 March 2008

Morsels from John Dear SJ

The God of peace is never glorified by human violence.

The false spirituality of war - “war is not the will of God”

The last words of Jesus to the church - “put down your sword”

The message of Jesus from the Cross - the violence stops here in my body.


John Dear is here in Vancouver for the Thomas Merton Society's annual conference on peace. These are some of the powerful bits I came away with tonight.

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