Dr Martin Luther King Jr joins hands with Catholic clergy and other religious leaders during a civil rights gathering in 1964. Photo: OSV News/courtesy University of Notre Dame. When Jesus blesses the peacemakers in the Sermon on the Mount, he is not talking about people who simply avoid conflict or keep everyone happy. He also promises that those who hunger and thirst for righteousness will have that hunger satisfied (Matt 5:6). The vision of peace that Jesus inherits from Israel’s prophets is inseparable…
