Care to guess where this came from?

One of my (bad) habits is surfing the web late at night when I should be doing homework or in bed. Tonight I was educating myself on programs of study at various California seminaries and colleges when I came across the following:
"Church teaching makes certain judgments about the personal sinfulness of acts ... the prejudice against homosexuals is a greater infringement of the norm of Christian morality than is homosexual orientation or activity."
I must admit I was rather surprised upon discovering that this statement was issued by the Washington State Catholic Conference in 1983. What is not so surprising is that I found it on the website of Santa Clara University, a Jesuit institution in the Bay Area of Northern California. The Jesuits (Society of Jesus) are well known for their scholarship as well as their liberal approach to social issues. Perhaps this statement of purpose from the University bulletin is a fitting summation:
"The University is thus dedicated to a community enriched by men and women of diverse backgrounds, respectful of difference and enlivened by open dialogue, caring and just toward others, and committed to broad participation in achieving the common good.

Rosicrucian prayer

Lest you think I have taken complete leave of my senses and joined the Rosicrucians, a mystical order of the "rose cross" originating in Medieval Germany, let me assure you that is not true - however, I came across the following prayer on "war" which I found moving as well as germane to our times. May it speak to you as well:

I am guilty of war when I proudly exercise
my intelligence to the disadvantage of my fellow man.

I am guilty of war when I distort other's opinions,
which differ from my own.

I am guilty of war when I show disregard
for the rights and properties of others.

I am guilty of war when I covet what another has honestly acquired.

I am guilty of war when I seek to maintain my superiority of position by depriving others of their opportunity of advancement.

I am guilty of war if I imagine my kin and myself to be a privileged people.

I am guilty of war if I believe a heritage entitles me
to monopolize resources of nature.

I am guilty of war when I believe other people must think and live as I do.

I am guilty of war when I make success in life solely dependent
upon power, fame, and riches.

I am guilty of war when I think the minds of people should
be regulated by force, rather than by reason.

I am guilty of war when I believe the God I conceive is
the one others must accept.

I am guilty of war when I think that a land of a man's birth
must necessarily be the place of his livelihood.

When all men will frankly perceive their common dependence, an understanding will emerge that will transcend the barriers of time and space, creed and race.

Rosicrucian Order - creed of peace - Ralph M. Lewis - 1944