Óscar Romero quotes

Óscar Romero was a Salvadoran Roman Catholic archbishop and human rights advocate. His outspoken criticism of social injustice and violence in El Salvador made him a powerful voice for the oppressed. He became a martyr after being assassinated during Mass, and remains a symbol of peace and justice. Here are 3 of his quotes:

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.

Óscar Romero

There are many things that can only be seen through eyes that have cried.

Óscar Romero