Category: WM Special

Last year, the war drums kept sounding in the United States and around the world. Talks to reduce nuclear weapons failed, and more deadly ones were built. There were repeated calls to attack Syria and Iran. Syria’s murderous regime attacked Turkey and Turkey’s army counterattacked. Israel bombed Sudan. The death toll in countries like Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen and Pakistan continued
to rise. The U.S. furnished Kenya’s army with the means to fight the country’s first foreign war, with Somalia. The weapons trade kept growing, and American citizens bought more and more guns, amidst the horror of innocents’ massacres. Drones killed thousands of civilians under the excuse
they were targeting terrorists. During all this madness, Jesuit Father John Dear kept reminding us
of our role as peacemakers. During the months of July and August, he published an enlightening series of reflections about the Psalms of Peace, telling that all of us are called to be peace promoters. And to reflect, in our prayers, our actions, our thoughts and our lifestyles, the beautiful promise
of the Sermon of the Mount: “Seek and you will find.” In the beginning of this New Year, let’s figure out what kind of world we want to live in – and what each one of us can do to achieve it.