How to Stop Fighting: The Secret to a More Peaceful Life: Preparing for Lent Novena 2022: Day 6

How to Stop fighting. Anger is all around us. People are yelling at each other at school board meetings, council meetings, in the streets and in public places. It feels like even the simplest disagreements will boil over into angry fights. What is the antidote to this? How is it we can move away from this anger to something more helpful to recognize the common connection we share as humans? I know that there is no instance in history that I can remember where we lived in a kind of utopia where all people lived in perfect harmony. Since human beings sinned, and continue to sin, relationships share in the brokenness produced by sin. At the same time, our faith impels us to seek to live in harmony with all people. It is not enough to suggest we should stop at simply tolerating each other. We may not all agree but we need not be disagreeable. But in a world where the disagreements can be significant, and when there can be times to stand up for what is right and true is necessary and right. So is there a way where we can work harder to be more and more in harmony with each other? Do we seek to ask the question the lawyer asked Jesus? Or do we seek to be more like Cain and his question? One of the questions concerns greater understanding of God's law. The other is an attempt to escape responsibility for a sinful deed.