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  • Oscar Romero – In Life and Death his Blood was “a Seed of Freedom.”

    Oscar Romero – In Life and Death his Blood was “a Seed of Freedom.”

    “A bishop will die, but the Church which is the people will never perish.” Those words of Archbishop Oscar Romero proved prophetic. He was shot to death on March 24, 1980 while celebrating Mass at a chapel near his cathedral. The previous day he had preached a sermon calling on soldiers to disobey orders that violated Read more

  • Oscar Romero: “Let my blood be a seed of freedom.”

    Yesterday was the Feast of Oscar Romero. A comment on yesterday’s post pointed me to The Martyr’s Project and this video about Archbishop Romero. Read more

  • On the Feast of Oscar Romero

    “A bishop will die, but the Church which is the people will never perish.” – Archbishop Oscar Romero Feast Day, March 24 Read more

  • To Occupy or Be Occupied? A Sermon for the Feast of All Saints, Matthew 5:1-12

    The collect and readings for The Feast of All Saints may be found here. The following sermon is based on the beatitudes, Matthew 5:1-12.   The Occupy Movement has gotten a lot of attention over the last couple of months. Occupy Wall Street. Occupy London. Occupy Sydney. Occupy Oakland, Portland, Dallas, San Antonio. The list Read more

  • “A bishop will die.”

    “A bishop will die, but the Church which is the people will never perish.” Those words of Archbishop Oscar Romero proved prophetic. Today, March 24, is the Feast of Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador. Romero was appointed Archbishop of San Salvador in 1977. Radicals distrusted Romero’s conservative sympathies. This would, however, quickly change for Read more