The Way of Violence
Grace in Flame, by ChilVera Lections: Holy Pascha, Easter Sunday, the Resurrection of Our Lord , AD 2026 A Homily: Lord, we pray for the preacher, for you know his sins are great. Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. The way of violence leads only to death. But the path of peace can overcome the grave. We know what the way of violence looks like. We live it every day. It’s the pervasive notion, older than Athens, that the strong do as they will while the weak suffer what they must. Whenever we put profits over people, that is the way of violence, the way of the empire, the way of the world. When we value retribution over rehabilitation, stockholders over civilians, hubris over humility, scapegoating over selflessness; whenever we heap up corpses on which to build our corporations, that is the way of violence. And our violence isn’t limited to guns or bombs or blades....
