@MassimoFaggioli @commonwealmag @UniteThePoor @RichardRohrOFM end/ What of Putin and his ilk, you ask? What of the entirety of life on earth, you mean. Christ is a practical prophet of the now. In throwing down the functional atheism of just war, the supernatural power of the living God claims us. We must turn to God in *this* world.
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Three tweet excerpt from a thread: Nick Routledge The ‘sacred violence’ at the heart of all “the kingdoms of this world” is no longer distinguishable from the counter-violence it opposes. The reciprocities of violence and counter-violence threaten to spin completely out of control. 6/12 Nick Routledge “People all over the world are employing intellectual, moral, and rhetorical ingenuity in an effort to endow the violence they favor with culture-founding authority, and all over the world they are failing” - Gil Bailie 7/122 Nick Routledge As such, “The idea of ‘limitless’ violence, suddenly looms up before us,” notes Girard. “For the first time,” he says, humanity faces “a perfectly straightforward and even scientifically calculable choice between total destruction and the total renunciation of violence.” 8/
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A message for all of us. Reinhold Niebuhr once said the problem with good people is they underestimate their own capacity for self deception.
A letter of introduction to nick-
To whom it may concern:
Warning: Tender handling is required…your gentle observations will be rewarded if you wait patiently for nick’s unusual ability to inspire self-love in humans and love of other humans in humans. DO NOT be deceived by hasty judgments of his appearance or words…wait
Place him in charge of nothing but to be the “love resurrector” in your home or community.. (no idea what this means? -either do we- simply do not hinder his work by asking for timetables, monetary payback or any other usual busyness like questions he may just smile at…)...No need to be concerned about his contributions-his internal need to be active and to serve others cause him to be naturally productive- and he rarely asks for anything for himself…
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Copy of tweet: A message for all of us. Reinhold Niebuhr once said the problem with good people is they underestimate their own capacity for self deception. A letter of introduction to nick- To whom it may concern: Warning: Tender handling is required…your gentle observations will be rewarded if you wait patiently for nick’s unusual ability to inspire self-love in humans and love of other humans in humans. DO NOT be deceived by hasty judgments of his appearance or words…wait Place him in charge of nothing but to be the “love resurrector” in your home or community.. (no idea what this means? -either do we- simply do not hinder his work by asking for timetables, monetary payback or any other usual busyness like questions he may just smile at…)...No need to be concerned about his contributions-his internal need to be active and to serve others cause him to be naturally productive- and he rarely asks for anything for himself… [cont. below...]
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Painting with calligraphy: "We must be saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness. - Rheinhold Niebuhr"