I also want to tell those who have abundant goods to learn to share. “Whatever you’ve done for them, you’ve done for me”. This is not a request for alms; it’s a demand for social justice —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration 1978 #StOscarRomero

The word of Christ becomes a command so that we truly become a Church that shines like a lamp in the night, not confused with other lights but always gives forth the pure light of Christ. It reveals the transfigured Christ —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration 1978 #StOscarRomero

In you, Lord, we find the true meaning of our lives. You are the key to our history. You are the Word by whom God created all things. You are the One in whom God will redeem our enslaved world —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration 1978 #StOscarRomero

The Church is a lamp that must shed light, and therefore it must involve itself in concrete realities in order to enlighten those who are pilgrims on this earth —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration 1978 #StOscarRomero

The Church defends the right of association, and she promotes the dynamic activity of raising consciousness and organizing the common people to bring about peace and justice —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration 1978 #StOscarRomero

God is found on the paths of justice, conversion, and truth —St Oscar Romero, Transfiguration 1978 #StOscarRomero

God exquisitely resembles a mother with a child. God held me in his bosom and loved me and destined me; God has already thought about my days and my death —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

I wonder, sisters and brothers, what we ourselves might have asked of the Lord if some night he had appeared and told us, ‘I’m going to give you whatever you ask of me.’ —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

We shouldn’t try to create a Christianity to suit us; we shouldn’t try to domesticate the Gospel; instead, we should let ourselves be domesticated by the Gospel —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Not everything that’s seen in the mass media is truth — there are many lies. People have to have a critical awareness so that they’re not the toys of those who manhandle public opinion with such disrespect —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Let each of us truly feel that all my neighbours are my brothers and sisters. Let us see others through Christ, our elder brother, and let us try to be like Christ —St Oscar Romero, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

The vocation of every person is to be an image of God. It is the vocation to goodness —St Oscar Romero, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

The vocation of every person is to be an image of God. It is the vocation to goodness —St Oscar Romero, 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

The Bible is like the fountain that conserves the revelation of God’s word, but what use is the fountain, as crystal clear as it may be, if we don't fill our jugs from it & apply its waters to the needs of our homes?—St Oscar Romero 15 Sunday Ordinary Time (A) 1978 #StOscarRomero

A Bible that is read only so that we can strictly follow the traditions & custom of the times when those pages were written is a dead Bible. That’s called biblicism; it’s not what we mean by the revelation of God —St Oscar Romero 15th Sunday Ordinary Time (A) 1978 #StOscarRomero

Preaching is relatively easy, but living what is preached is not —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

If the Church speaks, she must proclaim the truth; otherwise it would be better not to speak —St Oscar Romero, 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Tell God all your concerns and problems, and you will see how he will help you to be the architect of your own destiny even while respecting your freedom —St Oscar Romero, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

We leave Mass truly realising that we don't walk alone through life; a divine power goes with us and gives meaning to our suffering, our hopes, and our projects —St Oscar Romero, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Sunday Mass is beautiful because we come to bring to the Lord the fruit of our labour, our trials, our hopes, our failures, our joys, our disappointments — it all belongs to him —St Oscar Romero, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

None of us has faith by our own merit. All faith is a gift of God —St Oscar Romero, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

Wherever efforts are made to defend the poor and to encourage the people to cease being passive and to develop critical awareness, there the Church causes disturbance —St Oscar Romero, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), 1978 #StOscarRomero

A Gospel which does not try to point out the concrete defects of sinful humanity in order to save people and rescue them from sin and make them happy is not the true saving Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ —St Oscar Romero, June 1978 #StOscarRomero

There is evil in the world because people are slaves of selfishness, pride, ambition, envy, cruel power. That is why there is sin. Because there is sin, there is misfortune… discrimination among human beings, who ought to be all one family of God’s children — #StOscarRomero

If we really want to do honour to our name as followers of Christ, then let us not be afraid to transform into life and blood, into truth and history, this doctrine that comes from the pages of the Gospels —St Oscar Romero, June 1978 #StOscarRomero

In the name of God’s doctrine and God’s commandments and God’s justice, the Church decries in the political arena whatever is not right. In this regard she cannot be silent —St Oscar Romero, June 1978 #StOscarRomero

The Church is not politicised. If the Church touches political topics, she is simply using her competency in God's revelation to tell politicians what is good and what is sinful —St Oscar Romero, June 1978 #StOscarRomero

At this point in the Church’s year in 1978, Archbishop Romero was in Rome, visiting Vatican officials, and meeting with Pope Paul VI. In 2018, Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Romero were canonised alongside each other by Pope Francis.

Difficulties are the touchstone for revealing the fine gold of true men and women, of true Christians —St Oscar Romero, Corpus Christi 1978 #StOscarRomero

If Christians are nourished by communion in the Eucharist and their faith tells them that they are united to the life of Christ, how can they worship the idol of money, or power, or their own ego? —St Oscar Romero, Corpus Christi 1978 #StOscarRomero