The Peacemakers Pledge

In a Peace Forum at the Civic Center of Tubod, Lanao del Norte,
I heard Father Reggie Quijano who led in pronouncing their
commitment for peace. Later, I was able to personally got a copy
of what he was saying and it read as:

THE PEACEMAKER'S PLEDGE
Before God, acknowledging the violence
in my own heart and trusting in His
benevolent mercy, I commit myself to...

-strive for peace within myself and seek
to be a peacemaker in my daily life;
-resolve conflicts through respect,
dialogue and reciprocal promotion;
-accept suffering rather than inflicting on it;
-respect all people in their dignity, ideas, beliefs and
in their bodies and expressions;
-know and declare that violence and
imposition are not the ways for peace;
-refuse to retaliate in the face of provocation
and violence
-persevere in non-violence of thoughts, feelings
and words;
-live conscientiously and simply so that I do not
deprive others of the means to simply live;
-actively resist evil and working non-violently to
abolish war and the cause of war from my own heart and
from the face of the earth.

P.S. Fr. Reggie was the priest who was not actually held
hostage by MILF at the convent of Kolambugan town,
Lanao del Norte at the height of 8-18-08-attack.
He stayed inside the convent safely but was texting
his lawyer and NGO friends about his situation then.