By: Irene B. Hodgson

More than thirty-five years after the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvadoran outspoken opponent of injustice and defender of the poorhis words remain as relevant and challenging as ever. InThrough the Year with Oscar Romero, youll encounter 365 passages from the archbishops powerful homilies, curated to fit into your spiritual practice every day of the year.

During his time serving the people of El Salvadors rural regions, Romero witnessed firsthand the suffering of the countrys poor and dispossessed. Later, his outspoken disavowal of violence and repression was recorded in courageous homilies broadcast by radio throughout the country. Romero’s homilies were so popular that in rural communities, the poorest of the poor would conserve their batteries all week in order to be able to listen to the archbishops Sunday Mass. Archbishop Romero was shot to death on March 24, 1980, while performing Mass. Although his killer was never found, many blame his assassination on right-wing death squads.

This rerelease ofThrough the Year with Oscar Romerofeatures a new introduction celebrating Archbishop Romeros 2015 beatification, which named him a martyr and placed him one step closer to becoming a saint. Let Archbishop Romero accompany you throughout the year. Youll be inspired by the way he truly lived Jesuss teachingsand whats more, youll be spurred on to action yourself. As Romero himself put it: A church that does not provoke any crisis, preach a gospel that does not unsettle, proclaim a word of God that does not get under anyone’s skin or a word of God that does not touch the real sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed: what kind of gospel is that?

176 pages. Paperback.