The Violence of Love - Softcover

Romero, Oscar Arnulfo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087486951X ISBN 13: 9780874869514

Publisher: Plough Publishing House, 1998

Synopsis

A volume of meditations by the martyred archbishop of San Salvador. The passages give witness to the hard life of Oscar Romero who was killed by an assassin's bullet because of his faith.

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Review:

Richard McSorley, Georgetown Center for Peace Studies Oscar Romero was a saint in our midst. His life gives an example of how to share the burdens of the poor and oppressed - and the price we may have to pay for doing so. Presbyterian Outlook The excerpts gathered in this volume have a luminous power...It is the strange power of preaching fed by love for God, church, friend, and foe. Robert McAfee Brown, Pacific School of Religion 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.

Synopsis:

From the stirring foreword by Henri Nouwen to the last page of Romero's text, this powerful little volume of eloquent, simple meditations never wastes a word. Yet the real depth of Romero's message lies not in his words themselves, poetic as they are. It lies in the life they give witness to: the hard life of a man who was martyred for his faith. Thus this book gives more insight, perhaps, than any biographical account of his life. Short, readable passages make this collection especially suitable for daily reflection or devotions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Plough Publishing House
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 087486951X
• ISBN 13: 9780874869514
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Brockman James R.