The Spirituality of Nonviolence
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....