...for non-violence seeks to "win" not by destroying or even by humiliating the adversary, but by convincing him that there is a higher and more certain common good than can be attained by bombs and blood. Non-violence, ideally speaking, does not try to overcome the adversary by winning over him, but to turn him from an adversary into a collaborator by winning him over.
Thomas Merton. Faith and Violence, Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press: 1968, 12
The theology of love must seek to deal realistically with the evil and injustice in the world, and not merely to compromise with them.
Faith and Violence, 9
Contemplative Pause: Throughout this week, pause, take a breath, and listen with your heart. What ways do you offer to others your collaborative spirit?
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