Thomas Merton once wrote these words on violence almost 50 years ago but I think they are even more relevant today. It is interesting that Fr. Timothy Radcliffe quoted these words in an address he gave to the clergy of the Archdiocese of Dublin after the report on the horrific sexual abuse perpetrated there recently.
"The rush and pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the most common form, of its innate violence. To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to violence. More than that, it is cooperation in violence."
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