Oscar A. RomeroLet us not forget: we are a pilgrim church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks serene, because it bears the force of love.
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When Martin Luther King Jr. said, "Let us not forget: we are a pilgrim church, subject to misunderstanding, to persecution, but a church that walks serenely because it bears the force of love," he was expressing that love is the thing that holds the Church together in the midst of all the obstacles that life presents.
Source: The Violence Of Love
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