Christ says... the goods of the earth are from God. People possess them as stewards, and the owner will demand an account of every steward... for as little or as much as they possess —St Oscar Romero, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

A Christian must be a person who fights with ideas, not with violence —St Oscar Romero, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

We are less God's children when we no longer treat others as neighbours, when we exploit them because we do not see them as images of God and as our brothers and sisters —St Oscar Romero, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Your vocation is to make this world conform to God's plan so that the world's goods are better distributed and all people feel that they are children of God —St Oscar Romero, 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Worship of God means sharing the happiness of having with those who have not — this is the happiness of loving —St Oscar Romero, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Let us believe in love... in the love that awaits us, in the love that seeks a happier nation, in the love that desires to give others the true bread of human dignity —St Oscar Romero, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

No sin can extinguish the fire of God's love. To the comtrary, this love of God is like a fire that will burn away all the underbrush of sin that exists in the world —St Oscar Romero, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

God calls you, his love awaits you, and his love triumphs —St Oscar Romero, 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

God would not be my Author if I were something useless. We are all worth a lot because we are creatures of God, and God has poured out his gifts on each person —St Oscar Romero, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

You are the image of God... You are great, no doubt about it —St Oscar Romero, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

As long as human rights are violated, as long as there are arbitrary arrests, as long as there are tortures, then the Church considers herself persecuted as well —St Oscar Romero, 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

If God has created me, then my faith tells me that I must live as a child of God. If Christ has saved you, then don’t just memorise it — live it! —St Oscar Romero, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

The truly wealthy are those who trust in the richness of God. These are the true members of the eternal covenant with Christ —St Oscar Romero, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

True humanity consists of trusting in God for everything —St Oscar Romero, 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

God wants us to be happy here on this earth. He wants the new heaven and the new earth to be reflected even during our earthly pilgrimage —St Oscar Romero, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

The word of God is proclaimed in a concrete way for the community that is reflecting on it —St Oscar Romero, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Conversion means asking at every moment: what does God want of my life? —St Oscar Romero, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

We must continue promoting human beings, defending their dignity and their rights, and proclaiming a Gospel that does not turn its back on the world but rather engages the world —St Oscar Romero, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Priests, religious, Catholic schools, church institutions, pious associations — all of us, beginning with the archbishop, have to examine our lives to see if we are living in accord with God’s will —St Oscar Romero, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

When the prophet disturbs those who are not building according to God’s plans... he must be persecuted and not allowed to speak his bothersome words. But the prophet could not speak otherwise —St Oscar Romero, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero 2/2

When the prophet disturbs the selfish consciences of those who are not building according to God’s plans, then he is a nuisance and must be eliminated, murdered, thrown into a pit... —St Oscar Romero, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero 1/2

True peace is based on justice, on equality, on the plan of God who has created us in his image and likeness and has given us all the ability to contribute to the common good —St Oscar Romero, 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Today is the 108th birthday of Óscar Arnulfo Romero. St Oscar Romero, pray for us #StOscarRomero

Mary never tires of offering her protection; she extends her hand as mother and queen and guides us along the path of duty that leads to heaven. The Church is doing the same thing on earth —St Oscar Romero, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1977 #StOscarRomero

The Church, like Mary, serves humankind by affirming that every person is a child of God, a sister or brother to be cared for —St Oscar Romero, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1977 #StOscarRomero

The Church is steadfast in defending the dignity, the freedom, and the rights of the human person: she knows that men and women are not playthings but are destined, like Mary, for the kingdom of heaven —St Oscar Romero, Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 1977 #StOscarRomero

No earthly revolution seeking to build a better world on the basis of hatred, violence, kidnappings, and resentments will ever be the true kingdom of God —St Oscar Romero, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

We are called to work for a more just and equitable world where all of us truly feel that we are children of God on pilgrimage toward the kingdom —St Oscar Romero, 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

All of us here as Church are the transfiguration of Christ. We are a people enlightened by faith, encouraged by great hope, and united by great love —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration of the Lord, 1977 #StOscarRomero

The Church does not preach violence. Rather, it is others who have provoked violence, hatred, torture, pain, and social inequality. Therefore, the Church must use strong language —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration of the Lord, 1977 #StOscarRomero

This world must be of interest to the Church for it is all of you, especially you who are poor, you who are suffering, you who are victims of assaults or exclusion, you who have no voice —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration of the Lord, 1977 #StOscarRomero

Things are not possessed only to make a few people happy —St Oscar Romero, 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

If God gives beauty and consistency to the earthly things we possess, then we cannot use them without having our eyes set on God in order to ask him how he wants us to use them —St Oscar Romero, 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

The Church is bound to disturb those who want to rest on the laurels of their goods, their triumphs, and their power —St Oscar Romero, 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

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Prayer does not mean that you expect God to do what you can do. Do all that you can do. And after you have done all this, then pray... then leave the rest in God's hands —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Prayer does not mean losing your greatness; prayer means expanding your greatness —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

When people pray and trust in God, then they are fully developed, and they have found their true vocation —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Human beings should be valued not for what they have but for what they are —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) 1977 #StOscarRomero

If I also am a child of God, if I also must be alert, then I must participate in the politics of my country's common good. I also have a right to the goods that God has created for everyone —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) 1977

Let us be souls of prayer, souls of biblical reading, souls of communal reflection who are raised up to God and who then descend from God to work in the world —St Oscar Romero, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

The Church reveals human dignity and teaches all to respect this dignity in themselves and in others —St Oscar Romero, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

In our hearts there is a force which unites all our activity and reveals the reason for all we do — it is God, Christ, human dignity —St Oscar Romero, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

Through prayer people discover the true face of God in the faces of other human beings and so learn to respect their duties toward others —St Oscar Romero, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

I will enhance [the welfare of my homeland] by trying to capture all the good that there is in every person and trying to extract it from them in a trusting environment —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

It is not by turning people away that the common good is achieved. It is not by expelling those who don't suit me that I am going to enhance the welfare of my homeland —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

When you do what you do for the love of God, all that you do is holy —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

If we reach out to those in need and in anguish, to those in poverty and misery, it is because our hearts are set on God —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

One of the signs of the present times is that sense of participation, that right that all persons have to participate in the construction of their own common good —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero

In the face of every person — all the more transparent and beautiful when purified by pain, poverty, anguish, and suffering — we behold the face of Christ —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (C), 1977 #StOscarRomero