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Fr. John Dear, SJ Reflects on the Sermon on the Mount

Fr. John Dear, SJLongtime peace activist and Pax Christi USA Ambassador of Peace, Fr. John Dear, SJ is offering a summer series of excellent reflections on the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5, 6) in his online column in the National Catholic Reporter.

You can learn more about Fr. John and the recently released DVD film THE NARROW PATH: Walking Toward Peace and Nonviolence with John Dear, S.J. (featuring music by Joan Baez and Jackson Browne, with cameos by Daniel Berrigan, Cindy Sheehan, Martin Sheen, Kathy Kelly and Ron Kovic) by visiting his web site at www.fatherjohndear.org.

So far the reflection series includes:

Love your enemies: Beginning a reflection on the Sermon on the Mount
What’s so unusual about that? (The Sermon on the Mount, Part 2)
Offer no violent resistance (The Sermon on the Mount, Part 3)
Seek first God’s reign (The Sermon on the Mount, Part 4)