“We have never preached violence,
except the violence of love,
which left Christ nailed to a cross,
the violence that we must each do to ourselves
to overcome our selfishness
and such cruel inequalities among us.
The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword,
the violence of hatred.
It is the violence of love,
of brotherhood,
the violence that wills to beat weapons
into sickles for work.”
– Oscar Romero
except the violence of love,
which left Christ nailed to a cross,
the violence that we must each do to ourselves
to overcome our selfishness
and such cruel inequalities among us.
The violence we preach is not the violence of the sword,
the violence of hatred.
It is the violence of love,
of brotherhood,
the violence that wills to beat weapons
into sickles for work.”
– Oscar Romero
Learn more about this surprising leader, and fascinating man. Just as some think "love" is really about emotion, and are often surprised when someone comes along to show a different kind of love- not sappy and emotive, but practical and action-oriented while lacking in overt expressions of emotion - - - just as discipleship in middle-class suburbia looks different than discipleship in an oppressed, working class community... and it surprises us those of us from the former to consider discipleship as the latter:
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