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Romero Reflections 

25th anniversary of Archbishop Oscar Romero's letter to President Jimmy Carter

Archbishop Romero's Words Regarding Violence

Romero's Call for Prophets

Archbishop Romero Anniversary

From Fear to Hope by Monsignor Gregorio Rosa Chavez

Victim and Martyr Reflections  

Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador 15 Years Later

The Case of the Salvadoran Generals

Reflections on the People of El Salvador 

Accompanying the Organized Youth of San Vicente

Living and Sharing with the People of El Salvador

10th Anniversary of the Peace Accords

 Welcome to El Salvador

 

Justice and Peace Shall Kiss

 

I am slowly waking to a dirt floor

damp air world. I am waking up

to my younger sisters’ aged faces,

failing teeth, quiet determination.

I am waking up to women worrying

for children gone in hope and missed

in sorrow. I am waking up.

 

At this dawn we greet, hug, hold—

a cariñoso kiss—among sisters

from different worlds but with hearts

in a common place—a morning

greeting for a day of challenge.

I am waking up.

 

Se Besarán la Justicia y La Paz

 

Despacio despierto en un mundo

con pisos de tierra, aire húmedo,

a las caras envejecidas de mis hermanas

menores, dientes quebrados, con tranquila resolución.

Despierto a mujeres preocupadas por niños que salieron

en esperanza y echaban de menos.

Duelo constante. Despierto.

 

En el amanecer nos saludamos, nos abrazamos, nos agarramos----

Un beso cariñoso---entre hermanas

De mundos distintos pero

corazones semejantes ---un saludo matutino

para un día de retos

Despierto.

 

by Simone Campbell, SSS

December 3, 2005


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