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The Spirituality of Nonviolence

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  The Spirituality of Nonviolence... Franciscan peacemakers Rosemary lynch and Alan Richard have identified 10 “commandments” for those seeking to live a spiritual life of  nonviolence.  They call it “the decalogue for a spirituality of nonviolence”. 1.        Learn to recognize and respect “ the sacred ” and every person, including in ourselves, and in every piece of creation. 2.        To accept oneself deeply, “who I am” with all my gifts and riches, with all my limitations, errors, failings and weaknesses, and to realize that I am accepted by God. 3.        To recognize that what I resent, and perhaps even the detest in another, comes from my difficulty in admitting that this same reality lives also in me....