Oscar Romero Assassinated 24 th March 1980 The
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Oscar Romero Assassinated 24 th March 1980
The faces of people who “disappeared” in El Salvador
Oscar Romero Assassinated 24 th March 1980
They were taken for speaking out against oppression
Oscar Romero Assassinated 24 th March 1980
Oscar Romero Assassinated 24 th March 1980
Oscar Romero Assassinated 24 th March 1980
He was killed for speaking out
We know him through his work
How will we be known?
Show Lost Generation film http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=j. JJtb. TXBh 1 o&feature=related
How will we be known?
By our love…
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. ” John 13: 34 -35
Beloved young people,
Beloved young people, about to choose your life's vocation,
ponder how we are all called to goodness
and how the older generation - my own, I regret - is leaving you a heritage of so much selfishness,
and how the older generation - my own, I regret - is leaving you a heritage of so much selfishness, of so much evil…
Children, youths:
Children, youths: be a better world.
Beloved young people, about to choose your life's vocation, ponder how we are all called to goodness and how the older generation - my own, I regret - is leaving you a heritage of so much selfishness, of so much evil… Children, youths: be a better world. From a sermon given by Romero in 1978