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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Mt 5.9. Taming the Wolf Peace through Faith. Resolving Conflicts Ruining Your Life. The Little Flowers of St. Francis. Mediation: Facilitated Conversation.
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Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. Mt 5.9
Taming the WolfPeace through Faith Resolving Conflicts Ruining Your Life
Mediation: Facilitated Conversation
MEDIATIONArt of Restoring Harmony by seeking Unity in the Presence of the Holy Spirit.
Taming the Wolf Institute Spiritually Transformative Mediation
“The whole of human history has been the story of dour combat with the powers of evil...” — Gaudium et Spes 37 - 2
“...an essential responsibility of the Church, namely, a well-ordered love of neighbor.”– Deus Caritas Est, Benedict XVI
Align with Will of God
... increases in a communion of thought and sentiment, and thus our will and God’s will increasingly coincide...” — Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI
“The love-story between God and man consists in the very fact that this communion of will ...
Power Rights Interests
Matthew 18:15 Interests Matthew 18:16 Rights Matthew 18:17 Power
Positions Interests
Compete Collaborate Satisfy Own Interests Compromise Avoid Accommodate Satisfy Other’s Interests
Accommodate Satisfy Other’s Interests
Self Avoid Other
Compete Self
Compromise Self Other
Collaborate Self Other
Distributive vs. IntegrativeBargaining Cut the Pie Expand the Pie
Divine Collaboration Satisfy Own Interests Satisfy Will of God Satisfy Other’s Interests
Align with Will of God
Divine Collaboration Compete Satisfy Own Interests Compromise Avoid Accommodate Satisfy Other’s Interests
Skills to Develop Recognize habitual responses. Redirect toward collaboration. Direct attention to Will of God.
Spiritual Needs Human Needs
God [ Trinity ] 15 15 Brother Brother
... love of neighbor is a path that leads to the encounter with God and ... closing our eyes to our neighbor also blinds us to God. — Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI
Mediator Reconciliation Brother Brother
We can not love the God we can not see unless we love the God we see within ourselves and in others.– St. Bonaventure
Christ the Mediator God [ Trinity ] Priest as mediator 15 Brother
If I have no contact whatsoever with God in my life, then I cannot see in the other anything more than the other, and I am incapable of seeing in him the image of God. — Deus Caritas Est, Pope Benedict XVI