Today in the USA, we celebrate the life, vision, courage, and work of Dr. Martin Luther King.

The following is from Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1967 Christmas Eve sermon..

Now, let me suggest first that, if we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. . . . We must develop a world perspective. No individual can live alone; no nation can live alone, and as long as we try, the more we are going to have war in this world. . . .

It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. We are made to live together because of the interrelated structure of reality.

To that I say, Amen.