Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Oscar Romero More Quotes by Oscar Romero More Quotes From Oscar Romero We cannot do everything, and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and to do it very well. It may be incomplete, but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest. Oscar Romero inspiration faith opportunity A church that doesn't provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn't unsettle, a word of God that doesn't get under anyone’s skin, a word of God that doesn't touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed — what gospel is that? Oscar Romero skins church real The ones who have a voice must speak for those who are voiceless. Oscar Romero voiceless voice speak I do not believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me I will rise again in the people of El Salvador. Oscar Romero resurrection believe people Aspire not to have more, but to be more. Oscar Romero aspire Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world. Oscar Romero tire overcoming world When the church hears the cry of the oppressed it cannot but denounce the social structures that give rise to and perpetuate the misery from which the cry arises. Oscar Romero misery church giving I will not tire of declaring that if we really want an effective end to violence we must remove the violence that lies at the root of all violence: structural violence, social injustice, exclusion of citizens from the management of the country, repression. All this is what constitutes the primal cause, from which the rest flows naturally. Oscar Romero roots country lying Brothers, you came from our own people. You are killing your own brothers. Any human order to kill must be subordinate to the law of God, which says, 'Thou shalt not kill'. No soldier is obliged to obey an order contrary to the law of God. No one has to obey an immoral law. It is high time you obeyed your consciences rather than sinful orders. The church cannot remain silent before such an abomination. ...In the name of God, in the name of this suffering people whose cry rises to heaven more loudly each day, I implore you, I beg you, I order you: stop the repression. Oscar Romero brother names order There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried Oscar Romero through-the-eyes cried eye We are workers, not master builders, ministers, not messiahs. We are prophets of a future not our own. Oscar Romero ministers prophet life We must not seek the child Jesus in the pretty figures of our Christmas cribs. We must seek him among the undernourished children who have gone to bed at night with nothing to eat, among the poor newsboys who will sleep covered with newspapers in doorways. Oscar Romero sleep children jesus Let us not tire of preaching love; it is the force that will overcome the world. Let us not tire of preaching love. Though we see that waves of violence succeed in drowning the fire of Christian love, love must win out; it is the only thing that can. Oscar Romero fire christian winning You can tell the people that if they succeed in killing me, that I forgive and bless those who do it. Hopefully, they will realize they are wasting their time. A bishop will die, but the church of God, which is the people, will never perish. Oscar Romero forgiving church people Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be. Oscar Romero intelligent beautiful long When we speak for the poor, please note that we do not take sides with one social class. What we do is invite all social classes, rich and poor, without distinction, saying to everyone let us take seriously the cause of the poor as though it were our own. Oscar Romero causes sides class There is no dichotomy between man and God's image. Whoever tortures a human being, whoever abuses a human being, whoever outrages a human being, abuses God's image. Oscar Romero outrage abuse men Peace is the product of justice and love. Oscar Romero justice-and-love and-love justice A church that suffers no persecution but enjoys the privileges and support of the things of the earth - beware! - is not the true church of Jesus Christ. A preaching that does not point out sin is not the preaching of the gospel. A preaching that makes sinners feel good, so that they are secured in their sinful state, betrays the gospel's call. Oscar Romero support feel-good jesus God is not satisfied with appearance. God wants the garment of justice. God wants his Christians dressed in love. Oscar Romero catholic christian justice
