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 RomeroA church that doesn't provoke any crises, a gospel that doesn't unsettle, a word of God that doesn't get under anyoneโs skin, a word of God that doesn't touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimedโโโโwhat gospel is that?
Oscar RomeroThe absolute desire of 'having more' encourages the selfishness that destroys communal bonds among the children of God. It does so because the idolatry of riches prevents the majority from sharing the goods that the Creator has made for all, and in the all-possessing minority it produces an exaggerated pleasure in these goods.
Oscar Romero