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Hearts Aflame with Hope VOLUME 4: Oscar Romero and Dorothy Day
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Books > Spirituality > Classics
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| Author/Artist: |
MICHAEL GAUDOIN-PARKER |
| ISBN / ID: |
9780818913457 |
| Publisher: |
St Pauls Publications |
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PAPERBACK |
| Price: |
AU$18.95 |
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"We had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel..." (Lk 24:21). This phrase "we had hoped..." encompasses the image of human existence in which hope has become difficult, if not impossible. The truth of these words is reflected in the lives of the persons considered here as signs of encouragement to us all to hope. Despite death threats, Archbishop Oscar Romero persisted in his "preferential option for the poor" and refused to abandon those needing his support. "Martyrdom," he wrote, "is a grace from God which I do not believe I deserve. But if God accepts the sacrifice of my life, then may my blood be the seed of liberty, and a sign that hope will soon become a reality." Dorothy Day, like Oscar Romero, had a profound concern for the plight of the poor. She regarded St. Thérèse of Lisieux as "the saint of the responsible," the social implications of whose teachings were yet to be written. What particularly attracted Dorothy to Thérèse was the creative manner in which she showed how God's outreach of love empowers all people to hope, especially those who "might be tempted to be overcome by the nihilism and hopelessness of a world in whcih they feel powerless." |
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