Collect for Friday
Grant that we, walking in the way of
the cross may find it none other than the way of live and peace.
On 12 March 1977, Rutilio Grande, a Jesuit priest and personal friend of Romero who had been creating self-reliance groups among the poor, was assassina-ted. His death had a pro-found impact on Ro-mero, who later stat-ed, "When I look-ed at Rutilio lying there dead I thought, 'If they have killed him for doing what he did, then I too have to walk the same path.’ Romero urged the government to investigate, but they ignored his request.” Radicalized for the love of Christ and his people, Romero began speak-ing out against poverty, social in-justice, assassinations and torture by the government. He was shot to death on this day in 1980 while mass on.The previous day he had preached a sermon saying, “A bishop will die but, the Church of God ,which is the people will never perish.” (Thanks in part to Wikipedia!)
In 2010
the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 March
as the "International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims” On this day in 1980 Ócsar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, who was shot to death saying mass.
Pray today for compassion for all in need, for social justice, for the poor, the oppres-sed and the mar-ginalized, for an end to violence in speech, in statute and in deed. Pray also that we may see other as bro-thers & sisters.
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