3rd Week of Lent: March 27 – April 2, 2011
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Embracing Transformation in the Nonviolent Christ
3rd Week of Lent
March 27 – April 2, 2011
Quotes Seen in the Gathering Area
Hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit...
Romans 5
The water I give will become a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
John 4
Nonviolence is not just something we bring out for special occasions, like protests. It is a way of life and it can infuse our whole life with meaning and make even everyday events become part of the struggle, part of what we hope is a joyous struggle.
Jan Slokov, “Water, A Gift to Honor and Protect, a Symbol of Nonviolence”
Thoughts/Connections
- In her thoughts on nonviolence and water, contemporary activist Jan Slokov evokes the “joyous struggle” of water to flow freely. This same kind of energy is what the truly nonviolent person seeks to let flow in every moment of her or his life.
- Jesus, source of hope and peace, offers us his presence as an eternal spring welling up within us. Allowing Christ to suffuse every moment of our lives, through the grace of the Spirit, we come to transformation.
Our new rain barrels... our water purification project in Honduras...
The article below is a beautiful reflection that integrates both nonviolent activism and a nonviolent way of life.
Reading/Lectio
Prayer
- Seeking transformation, may we, the Community of Epiphany, become more and more a spring of the living water that is the presence of Christ...
- Desiring transformation, may we move aside the stones of violence and rejection, that block the flow of Christ’s living water within us...
- Responding to the Gospel call for transformation, may our struggles to overcome injustice become unfailingly nonviolent and even joyful...
- For people throughout our world who struggle for access to safe and clean water, and for the future success of our efforts to bring clean water to the poor of Honduras...
- For all among us who are seeking inner transformation, that the presence of Christ will be a spring of living water welling up within them...
- Ministry:
