Statement by Bishop Murry at MLK Memorial, October 2, 2017

Summary of Bishop George Murry's MLK Memorial Remarks (October 2, 2017)

Bishop George Murry opened by offering condolences and prayers for the victims of the Las Vegas shooting. He used the moment to call national attention to the pervasive problem of violence in society.

He urged a renewed, collective commitment to nonviolence, rooted not merely in policy but in deep personal conversion. He emphasized that stopping violence requires restoring civic friendship—a sense that we are one community and one family.

Drawing on Pope Francis, he warned against a “throwaway culture” that treats people as disposable and challenged listeners to affirm the inherent dignity of every person, including those often overlooked: the elderly, the poor, the incarcerated, and the marginalized.

He invoked Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s example of nonviolent resistance as a powerful moral stance against injustice and called for recommitment to that vision. He closed with a grounded hope grounded in Christian faith and the transformative power of love.

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