April
4, 2024 ~ Thursday in Easter Week
A genuine revolution of values means, in the final analysis that our
loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Every nation must now
develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the
best in their individual societies.
This
call for a worldwide fellowship that lifts neighborly concern beyond one’s
tribe, race, class and nation is in reality a call for an all-embracing and
unconditional love for all men. This often misunderstood and misinterpreted
concept has now become an absolute necessity for the survival of man. When I speak
of love, I am speaking of that force which all the great religions have seen as
the key that unlocks the door which leads to ultimate reality. This
Hindu-Muslim-Christian-Jewish-Buddhist belief about ultimate reality is
beautifully summed up in the First Epistle of Saint John:
Let us
love one another: for Love is of God:
and
every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
He
that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love…
If we
love one another, God dwelleth in us,
And his love is perfected in us.*
And,
56 years ago today, that hateful day of your murder, again we pray: Lord of All
There Is, Seen and Unseen, bring us all in Your Human Family together
~ to know, to see, to understand, to accept and honor that
we are ALL of Your Creation: all races, tribes, nationalities, ethnicities,
religions, physical abilities, mental acuities, gender identities, sexual orientations,
heights, weights, languages, etc. Guide us constantly to know and accept that
we are better for one another together than fighting
against our common interests apart, rewarding false prophets and power
mongers who are damaging the lives You have given us to live, from where we
each are to across this country and the entire planet. We ask through the
memory and spirit of The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and through Your
Son, Jesus our Christ. amen
*From Dr. King’s final
book: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community, Chapter VI, The World
House, Beacon Press, Boston Massachusetts, Copyright 1968 by Martin Luther
King, Jr. Copyright renewed by Coretta Scott King, Dexter King, Martin Luther
King III, Yolanda King, Bernice King. All rights reserved.
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