Paying the Ultimate Price: What Martyrs Can Teach Us About Sacrifices for Faith
In January, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was declared a martyr of the church, killed in odium fidei, Latin for “in hatred of the faith.” When…
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A Change Can Come
I have long been fascinated by the idea of conversion and have written about it before. What moves me is not so much an…
Saints in the Making
Upon the death of John Paul II, the chants began in the streets of Rome: “Santo Subito! Santo Subito!” (“Sainthood now!”) Now a pope doesn’t…
Beautiful is the moment in which we understand that we are no more than an instrument of God; we live only as long as God wants us to live; we can only do as much as God makes us able to do; we are only as intelligent as God would have us be. — Archbishop Oscar Romero
FAST from violence today. Don’t watch any violent TV or movies, and don’t say or do anything violent to others. PRAY a prayer of thanksgiving…