The Violence of Love by Oscar Romero is available for free download in English or Spanish at www.plough.com/ebooks/violenceoflove.html, and is available from booksellers.
It is in one sense, very "readable" because it consists of short quotes from Romero's sermons; in another sense it is a difficult read because some of Romero's words can be quite challenging. We can debate, agree or disagree with what he says; seriously engaging Romero always raises important questions for me, deepens my faith, and helps me keep my perspective.
Here are what the reviewers had to say about The Violence of Love:
Oscar Romero was converted by suffering: the suffering of a friend, of the people he served, and then finally his own suffering. There are many ways to be converted, but perhaps the best way is to live among the poor and to discover in them as Romero did, the presence of Christ.
It is in one sense, very "readable" because it consists of short quotes from Romero's sermons; in another sense it is a difficult read because some of Romero's words can be quite challenging. We can debate, agree or disagree with what he says; seriously engaging Romero always raises important questions for me, deepens my faith, and helps me keep my perspective.
Here are what the reviewers had to say about The Violence of Love:
Oscar Romero was converted by suffering: the suffering of a friend, of the people he served, and then finally his own suffering. There are many ways to be converted, but perhaps the best way is to live among the poor and to discover in them as Romero did, the presence of Christ.
-- Samuel Ruiz Garcia, Bishop of San Cristobal, Chiapas Mexico
Romero does not speak from a distance. He does not hide his fears, his brokenness, his hesitations. It is as if he puts his arm around my shoulder and slowly walks with me. He shares my struggles. There is a warmth in his words that opens my heart to listen.
Romero does not speak from a distance. He does not hide his fears, his brokenness, his hesitations. It is as if he puts his arm around my shoulder and slowly walks with me. He shares my struggles. There is a warmth in his words that opens my heart to listen.
-- Henri J. M. Nouwen, from the Forward
These homilies reveal lines of poetic beauty describing a cruel and ugly world. Here is indomitable courage and utter humility. Here is a message of hope.
These homilies reveal lines of poetic beauty describing a cruel and ugly world. Here is indomitable courage and utter humility. Here is a message of hope.
-- Robert McAfee Brown, Professor Emeritus, Pacific School of Religion
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