The 12 Tenets of Convergence
The 12 Tenets of Convergence in acrylic (26"x 39") by AV Rotor 2022
Courtesy of Fr Rebebes, San Vicente Ferrer Parish, San Viceente, Ilocos Sur
Convergence is akin to treetops merged in the blue sky creating a world of peace and understanding, of bounty and beauty ;
Convergence is people looking up in prayer for intercession and thanksgiving renewing their resolve in life, and faith in the Almighty;
Convergence is union of reason and faith, philosophy and theology, unity and harmony on the highest plane of rationality;
Convergence is the left brain and right brain working in tandem, seeking truth and beauty through reason and imagination;
Convergence is Creation in a state of holism, diversity, interdependence among living and non-living things, each designed with a role and purpose;
Convergence is a disease spreading into epidemic, onto a pandemic peak, yet subsiding through human effort and divine intervention;
Convergence is humanity threatened with its own invention intended to give man the gift of The Good Life and comfort of affluence;
Convergence is the ending of the Cold War following two world wars, now rekindled and challenged to prevent another war of the worst magnitude;
Convergence is cleaning the world of wastes: gases and radiation in the air, garbage on land and sea, ailments as a consequence in the body;
Convergence is the Pierian spring of spirituality that enlightens man and fills up his shortfall as Homo sapiens, faber, ludens;
Convergence is the return of the Prodigal Son: forgiveness its call - father, mother, brother - as a family; and the lost faithful back to the Church;
Convergence is the Tree of Knowledge as epitome of enlightenment and humility, knowledge and wisdom, faith and spirituality, brotherhood and humanity. ~
The 12 Tenets of Convergence, in details
The 12 Tenets of Convergence dedicated to Peace
in Ukraine, Syria, Pakistan and other war-torn places,
selected quotations
“Peace is not something you wish for, it is something you make, something you are, something you do, and something you give away.” - Robert Fulghum
”The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Mahatma Gandhi
”The day the power of love overrules the love of power, the world will know peace.” - Mahatma Gandhi
“Peace is more than the absence of war. Peace is accord. Harmony.” - Laini Taylor
“It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” - Aristotle
“World peace must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just mere absence of violence. Peace is, I think, the manifestation of human compassion.” - Dalai Lama
“The goal of peace, so desired by everyone, will certainly be achieved through the putting into effect of social and international justice, but also through the practice of virtues which favor togetherness, and which teach us to live in unity.” - Pope John Paul II
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