Thomas Merton is one of my favorite authors. I think you should read everything that man has written. I’m trying my best to do the same.
The following passage is pretty prophetic and shows that, for the Christian, love is more than some sentimental thing we preach and profess. It is, instead, a way of revolution and resistance.
“A theology of love cannot afford to be sentimental. It cannot afford to preach edifying generalities about charity, while identifying ‘peace’ with mere established power and legalized violence against the oppressed. A theology of love cannot be allowed merely to serve the interests of the rich and powerful, justifying their wars, their violence and their bombs, while exhorting the poor and underprivileged to practice patience, meekness, longsuffering, and to solve their problems if at all, non-violently.
"The THEOLOGY OF LOVE must seek to deal realistically with the evil and injustice in the world, and not merely compromise with them...A theology of love may also conceivably turn out to be a THEOLOGY OF REVOLUTION. In any case, it is a THEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE.”
from Faith and Violence (Notre Dame; University of Notre Dame Press, 1968), 8-9