Items of Interest June 6, 2011 Issue

Stopping the violence

Fujiko Signs

“Love above all” Reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor May 3, 2011

Death is not to be celebrated. Upon hearing the news about the death of Osama bin Laden, many people feel a sense of relief. Others feel uneasiness and ask, “Is it over?” 

No, it is not over unless we pray our hearts out and continue to know that only Love will stop the violence; violence itself will not stop it.

We need to seal this decade of unrest with love. I don’t mean personally loving someone who perpetrated one of the most senseless and darkest killings of the innocents. Yes, Jesus charges in the Sermon on the Mount to “love your enemies” (Matt. 5:44). This doesn’t mean we remain victims. Rather, he is asking us to triumph in the fact that in the end only Love—the highest good, which some people call God—can stop violence, division, and conflict.

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