Welcome to the Center for Christian Nonviolence

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The full embracing of Gospel Nonviolence calls for a radical alteration in thought patterns, verbal patterns, behavioral patterns, and emotional patterns. That is, it requires a completely different reality orientation and self-understanding. To a mind grounded primarily in the logic of the temporal and conditioned by a seemingly endless stream of examples in which violence is portrayed as a legitimate means of conflict resolution, the acceptance of nonviolence as truth does not come easily. There is no doubt that a significant change of mind (metanoia) is indispensable for embracing the Nonviolent Jesus of the Gospel—a process which necessitates an alteration in consciousness made possible only through grace and a patterned, repetitive exposure to ideas and images consistent with the Nonviolent Love of friends and enemies as taught and lived by Jesus.

Gospel Nonviolence—The Indispensable Truth
		To Teach What Jesus Taught: A Call to Fidelity Thoroughly enter into the depth of the issue of Gospel Nonviolence by pondering this reflection (Rev.) Emmanuel Charles McCarthy -> Download
Lenten Meditation on The Nonviolent Eucharist
		Eucharist Is "God's Absolute 'No' to Violence" Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa Preacher to the Papal Household The Sermon, Eucharist Is "God's Absolute 'No' to Violence," was the third in a series of weekly Lenten meditations delivered by Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, the Preacher to the Papal Household. In the sermon he states that "Christ defeated violence, not by opposing it with greater violence, but suffering it and laying bare all its injustice and uselessness." He also affirms that, "The Eucharist is the sacrament of non-violence." -> Download
The Nonviolent Eucharist The Nonviolent Eucharistic Jesus: A Pastoral Approach A reflection on the Eucharist (Rev.) Emmanuel Charles McCarthy -> Download