Death and Resurrection

"I do not believe in death without resurrection. If they kill me, I will be resurrected in the hearts of the Salvadoran people."

Oscar Romero

Love and Justice

"A civilization of love that did not demand justice of people would not be a true civilization...it is a caricature of love to try to cover over with alms what is lacking in justice."

Oscar Romero

Preaching

"To try to preach without referring to the history one preaches in is not to preach the gospel. Many would like a preaching so spiritualistic that it leaves sinners unbothered and does not term idolaters those who kneel before money and power. A preaching that says nothing of the sinful environment in which the gospel is reflected upon is not the gospel."

Oscar Romero

God's Word

"I study the Word of God to be read on Sunday. I look around me, at my people. I use this Word to shed light on my surroundings...Naturally, the idols and idolatries of the earth are irritated by this Word, and they would like very much to remove it, to silence it, to kill it. Let happen what God wills, but God's Word, as St. Paul said, is not tied down."

Oscar Romero

Peace

"Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty."

Oscar Romero

Truth and Paradox

“The opposite of a true statement is a false statement, but the opposite of a profound truth can be another profound truth”

Niels Bohr

Morality and Law

It may be true that morality can’t be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. It may be true that legislation cannot change the heart, but it can restrain the heartless. It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can keep him from lynching me.

Martin Luther King, Jr.