Love Remains

We should love one another just as he commanded us.

The present form of the world passes away,

and there remains only the joy of having used this world to establish God’s rule here.

What does not pass away is love.

When one has turned money, property, work in one’s calling into service of others,

then the joy of sharing

and the feeling that all are one’s family

does not pass away.

St. Oscar Romero, The Violence of Love

Oscar Romero (1917–1980) became archbishop of San Salvador in 1977. A prophetic voice of the poor, he was martyred at the altar while saying Mass. Romero was canonized in 2018.

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