It is not true that creation and the human family are doomed to destruction and loss \u2014
\nThis is true<\/b>: For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life<\/p>\n
It is not true that we must accept inhumanity and discrimination, hunger and poverty, death and destruction \u2014
\nThis is true<\/b>: I have come that they may have life, and that abundantly.<\/p>\n
It is not true that violence and hatred should have the last word, and that war and destruction rule forever \u2014
\nThis is true<\/b>: Unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon his shoulder, his name shall be called wonderful councilor, mighty God, the Everlasting, the Prince of peace.<\/p>\n
It is not true that we are simply victims of the powers of evil who seek to rule the world \u2014
\nThis is true<\/b>: To me is given authority in heaven and on earth, and lo I am with you, even until the end of the world.<\/p>\n
It is not true that we have to wait for those who are specially gifted, who are the prophets of the Church before we can be peacemakers \u2014
\nThis is true<\/b>: I will pour out my spirit on all flesh and your sons and daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions and your old men shall have dreams.<\/p>\n
It is not true that our hopes for liberation of humankind, of justice, of human dignity of peace are not meant for this earth and for this history\u2014
\nThis is true<\/b>: The hour comes, and it is now, that the true worshipers shall worship God in spirit and in truth.<\/p>\n
adapted from Testimony: The Word Made Flesh<\/i>, by Daniel Berrigan, S.J. Orbis Books, 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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