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Peace is not the absence of war; peace is not fear of repression; peace is not a balance of two powers based on terror. Peace is the fruit of justice; peace is the flower of love and justice in society —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Season 1978 #StOscarRomero
January 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Peace is not the absence of war; peace is not fear of repression; peace is not a balance of two powers based on terror. Peace is the fruit of justice; peace is the flower of love and justice in society —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Season 1978 #StOscarRomero
This is what the whole Christian community should be, a place where different political options converge —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
December 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is what the whole Christian community should be, a place where different political options converge —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
Christmas is the mystery of God visiting humankind, but God doesn't just come for a visit and then return home. No, he comes to stay —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1978 #StOscarRomero
December 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Christmas is the mystery of God visiting humankind, but God doesn't just come for a visit and then return home. No, he comes to stay —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1978 #StOscarRomero
The whole of the Christmas mystery, which extends from Christmas Eve until the Sunday after Epiphany, is summed up in this reality: God enters history and reveals himself to humankind —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
December 28, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The whole of the Christmas mystery, which extends from Christmas Eve until the Sunday after Epiphany, is summed up in this reality: God enters history and reveals himself to humankind —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
The family: the domestic Church of Christ —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
December 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
The family: the domestic Church of Christ —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
Since God becomes incarnate in the family, the family should be an epiphany revealing that God is alive in the world —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
December 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Since God becomes incarnate in the family, the family should be an epiphany revealing that God is alive in the world —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1979 #StOscarRomero
Christ is in the smallness of that little child; he is in the restlessness of youth; he is in the holy preoccupations of that father and that mother; he is in the venerable old age of that grandma or granddad —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1978 #StOscarRomero
December 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Christ is in the smallness of that little child; he is in the restlessness of youth; he is in the holy preoccupations of that father and that mother; he is in the venerable old age of that grandma or granddad —St Oscar Romero, Holy Family, 1978 #StOscarRomero
In the midst of my poverty and misery, in the midst of my
oppression and captivity, I must never forget that I am the exact imprint, the image of God —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Day 1977 #StOscarRomero
oppression and captivity, I must never forget that I am the exact imprint, the image of God —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Day 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
In the midst of my poverty and misery, in the midst of my
oppression and captivity, I must never forget that I am the exact imprint, the image of God —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Day 1977 #StOscarRomero
oppression and captivity, I must never forget that I am the exact imprint, the image of God —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Day 1977 #StOscarRomero
Christ’s birth signifies that God is walking with humans in history; we are not alone on our journey... God is already in the midst of humanity, building a kingdom of justice and love and peace —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Eve 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Christ’s birth signifies that God is walking with humans in history; we are not alone on our journey... God is already in the midst of humanity, building a kingdom of justice and love and peace —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Eve 1977 #StOscarRomero
All of us, without being aware of it, are God’s instruments —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Eve 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
All of us, without being aware of it, are God’s instruments —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Eve 1977 #StOscarRomero
Let our hearts be open like a cradle so that Christ can be born in each soul tonight and from there flood every heart with light —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Eve 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Let our hearts be open like a cradle so that Christ can be born in each soul tonight and from there flood every heart with light —St Oscar Romero, Christmas Eve 1977 #StOscarRomero
When we feel that the Church's ministry means showing concern for those who are hungry, those who have no school, or those who suffer exclusion, we are not departing from God’s promise —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When we feel that the Church's ministry means showing concern for those who are hungry, those who have no school, or those who suffer exclusion, we are not departing from God’s promise —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
As we get closer to Christmas, the readings of the word speak to us about God’s nearness, and they should fill us with great hope —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 21, 2025 at 10:22 AM
As we get closer to Christmas, the readings of the word speak to us about God’s nearness, and they should fill us with great hope —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
Faith consists in reacting to God as Mary did: ‘I don'’t understand it, Lord, but may it be done to me according to your word’ (Luke 1:38) —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Faith consists in reacting to God as Mary did: ‘I don'’t understand it, Lord, but may it be done to me according to your word’ (Luke 1:38) —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
The ministry of the Church also involves human rights because she is the defender of the law of the Lord on earth so that everything that violates human dignity and freedom is part of the Church’s mission —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The ministry of the Church also involves human rights because she is the defender of the law of the Lord on earth so that everything that violates human dignity and freedom is part of the Church’s mission —St Oscar Romero, 4th Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
The Archbishop-elect of New York, Bishop Ronald Hicks, has a sprig of rosemary at the centre of his episcopal shield, in honour of St Oscar Romero. He ministered in El Salvador for 5 years. Read more at eminens-doctrina.blogspot.com/2025/12/sain... #StOscarRomero
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December 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The Archbishop-elect of New York, Bishop Ronald Hicks, has a sprig of rosemary at the centre of his episcopal shield, in honour of St Oscar Romero. He ministered in El Salvador for 5 years. Read more at eminens-doctrina.blogspot.com/2025/12/sain... #StOscarRomero
Let us live lives of hope, sisters and brothers, and not be pessimistic! —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Let us live lives of hope, sisters and brothers, and not be pessimistic! —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
The powerful and the rich must put aside their attitudes of pride and self-sufficiency; they must become poor in spirit even if they might possess wealth —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The powerful and the rich must put aside their attitudes of pride and self-sufficiency; they must become poor in spirit even if they might possess wealth —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
Know that the Church, faithful to her social doctrine, will always come to the defence of the rights of the workers, campesinos, and all those who truly love the rule of law that serves the common good —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Know that the Church, faithful to her social doctrine, will always come to the defence of the rights of the workers, campesinos, and all those who truly love the rule of law that serves the common good —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
We should not fear the Gospel but hand ourselves over to it completely even when this Gospel asks of us sacrifices that are greater than our comforts —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We should not fear the Gospel but hand ourselves over to it completely even when this Gospel asks of us sacrifices that are greater than our comforts —St Oscar Romero, 3rd Sunday of Advent (A) 1977 #StOscarRomero
l invite you to celebrate a true Christian Christmas, one that does not consist in banquets or drunkenness or an exchange of meaningless gifts, but that truly reaches the destitution of our poor people —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
l invite you to celebrate a true Christian Christmas, one that does not consist in banquets or drunkenness or an exchange of meaningless gifts, but that truly reaches the destitution of our poor people —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
A religion of Sunday Mass but unjust weekdays does not please the Lord. A religion of much praying but with hypocrisy in the heart is not Christian —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 7, 2025 at 7:28 AM
A religion of Sunday Mass but unjust weekdays does not please the Lord. A religion of much praying but with hypocrisy in the heart is not Christian —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
Let us put aside all that which hinders the coming of Jesus into the world, because we are all hindering it in some way —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Let us put aside all that which hinders the coming of Jesus into the world, because we are all hindering it in some way —St Oscar Romero, 2nd Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
On 2 December 1980, four Catholic missionaries from the United States working in El Salvador were raped and murdered by five members of the El Salvador National Guard.
They were Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Cleveland Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan.
They were Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Cleveland Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan.
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
On 2 December 1980, four Catholic missionaries from the United States working in El Salvador were raped and murdered by five members of the El Salvador National Guard.
They were Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Cleveland Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan.
They were Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Cleveland Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan.
The Common Good must be sought so that everyone can see that the law makes provision for the happiness, welfare, freedom, and dignity of all people, rich and poor —St Oscar Romero, 1st Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero
November 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The Common Good must be sought so that everyone can see that the law makes provision for the happiness, welfare, freedom, and dignity of all people, rich and poor —St Oscar Romero, 1st Sunday of Advent (A), 1977 #StOscarRomero