The Eucharist, Sacrament of Nonviolence

Archbishop Cyril S. Bustros

Recently the Catholic Church held a Synod of the World's Catholic Bishops in Rome (October 2-23, 2005). A World Synod is not an Ecumenical Council, but it is the most serious gathering of bishops short of that. Bishops are selected for it by their fellow bishops in a geographical area and some are designated to be there by the Pope. A Synod can deal with many topics or just one topic. In the case of the recent Synod the only topic it dealt with was the Eucharist. In this particular Synod each official participant was allowed one presentation to the Synod. The Eucharist, Sacrament of Nonviolence, is the presentation given to the Synod by Archbishop Cyril S. Bustros, a Papal designee. √ Download

Joan of Arc

(Rev.) Emmanuel Charles McCarthy

The Issue: "What of Joan of Arc and Jesus' nonviolence? She is a saint, yet she was a soldier who engaged in homicidal combat. Therefore, lethal violence on behalf of a state or king is consistent with the Way of Jesus to eternal life, isn't it?" This question, which is raised at almost every extended introductory conference on Gospel nonviolent love that I direct, is what the attached reflection responds to. It is not a trivial question nor is it a question that only pertains to the Catholic Church. Just about every mainline and Evangelical Church in practice is subject to the awful reality that Joan of Arc represents.

This reflection is an attempt to bring good out of evil, life out of death, truth out of untruth, the Spirit of Christ out of the spirit of Cain, nonviolent monotheism out of violent theism. √ Download

Who is Your King? Who is Your God?

(Rev.) Emmanuel Charles McCarthy
Posted 01/2006

A meditation on the eternal contribution and challenge to Christianity and to humanity made by the servant of God-the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

This is the address that was delivered between five and six o'clock by Rev. Emmanuel Charles McCarthy on April 4, 1993 at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated there at 6:02 P.M., twenty-five years earlier on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel is now the National Civil Rights Museum.

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Jesus Journal — Issue 90 (Spring, 2005)

Proclaiming the Gospel of The Nonviolent Jesus and His Way of Nonviolent Love

May Day(s): This issue begins with The Mother's Day Proclamation of 1870 reminding us about why Mother's Day was founded, and a supporting article about Memorial Day by Donald M. Murray that reminds yet again why the endevours to proclaim the Gospel of The Nonviolent Jesus and His Way of Nonvolent Love must persist.