Day 7 Fast for Justice Reflection
By Art Laffin
As we begin this New Year, the best way I know to proclaim an acceptable year to the Lord is by acting with others to resist violence and injustice in all its guises, and to help create the “Beloved Community.” In the case of Guantanamo and Bagram, our mandate is clear: “proclaim liberty to captives and to let the oppressed go free.”
Highlights
Advent Meditation
11/26/11 •
In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Jesus was in the beginning with God, All things came to be through him. (John 1: 1-3)
Jesus, light of the human race, light overcoming darkness, It is You who we seek during this Advent-time.
Join Pax Christi USA and Receive Free E-mail Resources!
11/24/11 •
One of the benefits of a membership with Pax Christi USA is receiving a vast array of resources for your faith-based peace and justice work through our free email service. Each year, we add all of our current members (for whom we have email addresses) to our list so they can receive this service. You don’t need to click any links or fill out any forms–you automatically receive this benefit of membership!
Jeni Stepanek Named 2011 Peacemaker of the Year
10/15/11 •
Award-winning speaker, New York Times bestseller author, and peace advocate Jeni Stepanek was honored by Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore as the 2011 Peace Maker of the Year on November 13, 2011.
Out of the Mountain of Despair, a Stone of Hope
10/10/11 •
He was inspired by his faith and was strengthened by the philosophy of other non-violent resistors. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American, but he was an American dissident, speaking truth to power. I would urge everyone to visit the MLK Memorial because the artistic presentation is quite moving but don’t spend time reading the wall. Take along a copy of the speech, “I have a dream”, and be inspired.
Save the Date: January 11, 2012, 10 Years Too Many: National Day of Action Against Guantánamo
9/19/11 •
Join a rally in Washington, DC and help create a human chain of more than 2,000 people, representing the individuals still detained without charge or fair trial at Guantánamo and Bagram, from the White House to the Capitol.
A Reflection and Invitation
9/06/11 •
My commitments to peace, feminism, and environmentalism grow from the same root. Every creature of God is holy. Yet through humanity’s long, tragic history, the rulers of the earth have treated the earth like a woman, and treated women like dirt. You’ll choose your own message and your own time and place. Here’s mine. The fossil fuel lobby is powerful. The President of the United States is powerful. But the earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.
Topics
Just! News!»
1/23/12 •
Just! News! Number 227, January 23, 20121/15/12 •
Just! News! Number 226, January 16, 20121/09/12 •
Just! News! Number 225, January 8, 20121/02/12 •
Just! News! Number 224, December 31, 2011
Prayers»
1/14/11 •
Prayer to End 20 Years of US Warmaking in Iraq1/01/11 •
The Canticle of the Creatures12/25/10 •
A Christmas Prayer10/28/10 •
Matins
Reflections»
3/21/11 •
Remembering Oscar Romero in a Time of War3/15/11 •
Breakfast Discipleship3/11/11 •
Lenten Reflections on Immigration2/13/11 •
Remember the Victims of the Amariyah Shelter Bombing
Statements»
1/09/11 •
Pax Christi USA Statement on the Attempted Assassination of Representative Giffords5/16/10 •
FOR-CPW Letter on Afghan Visa Rejection by U.S. State Department1/09/10 •
An Open Letter to President Obama from Pax Christi Metro DC-Baltimore12/21/09 •
A Call to Swiftly End The U.S. War in Afganistan
