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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:A CHURCH OF PENANCE AND PRAYER \nFrom a sermon by St Oscar Romero6 \n◊◊◊ \nNot everyone… will have the honor of offering their blood physically or of \nbeing killed for the faith. But God does ask all those who believe in him to have \nthe spirit of martyrdom. In other words\, all of us should be ready to die for our \nfaith even if the Lord does not grant us this honor. If we are so disposed\, then \nwhen our time comes to give an accounting of our lives\, we can say: “Lord\, I was \nwilling to give my life for you. And I have given it\, because giving one’s life is \nnot only being killed; it means living with the spirit of martyrdom and giving \nthrough duty\, through silence\, through prayer”. Indeed\, it is in the honest \nfulfillment of duty and in the silence of daily life that we give our lives to God. \nWe give our lives as does the mother who with no fuss\, with the simplicity of \nmotherly martyrdom\, gives birth and gives her breast to her children and \nlovingly cares for them. This is what it means to give one’s life… May we all \ninterpret for our lives what is now so necessary: surrendering our lives to \nholiness and being faithful to our obligations… \nIt is wonderful to be Catholic at this time. Let us not be distressed but \nhappy. Let us feel joyful in our spirit of courage and in our commitment to \nGod… The less we place our trust in the things of earth\, the greater will be God’s \nprotection… In God is our hope. \nPenance was the word with which Christ began to preach the gospel\, and \nit is also the substance of the church’s preaching: “Do penance! Be converted! \nLeave behind your evil ways!”… How I wish…that this Gospel word\, spoken with \ntenderness…would reach those places where so many criminals are hidden\, \nthose dark corners of hell where so many calumnies are being plotted: “Be \nconverted. Do not plant seeds of hatred! Do not kill more of our sisters and \nbrothers! Do not spread more calumnies. Be converted\, for these perverse \nroads lead to hell\, and the Virgin wants you in her heaven. \n… May prayer never fail in our hearts and on our lips. May we lift up our \nhearts to God\, seeking favors\, giving thanks\, and asking for mercy. At this time \nI have great confidence… because there are many souls deep in prayer. As long \nas people are praying\, I am not distressed. I tell the Lord in the intimacy of my \nMass\, as all priests do\, “Lord\, look not on my sins\, but on the faith of your \nchurch”. The faith of your church\, Lord\, is the old woman praying her rosary. \nThe faith of our church is the sick man who feels useless but offers his suffering \nto God. The faith of the church is the father worried about supporting his \nfamily\, honest and faithful to his home. The faith of the church is the religious \nwho becomes holy in her own vocation. It is the priest\, the seminarian\, the \nchild\, and all those who live their vocation as church. The church is made up of \nall of us\, and insofar as we pray and become holy\, we are the power of the world\, \nthe force that descends from God\, because the power of our prayer is derived \nfrom God. \n…Let us become a church of penance and prayer… that this Blood of \nChrist “that is shed for you” may become truly a rain of peace\, tranquility\, \nharmony and reconciliation…. \n  \n6 Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. A Prophetic Bishop Speaks to His People: Vol. 1. Trans. Joseph \nOwens\, S.J. Miami\, FL: Convivium Press\, 2015. 110-114.13 \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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