The Scandal of Redemption When God Liberates the Poor, Saves Sinners, and Heals Nations

Like his subversive master, Jesus, modern martyr Oscar Romero lifts up the poor, provokes the powerful, and invites each of us to walk with him. "A church that does not provoke crisis, a gospel that does not disturb, a word of God that does not touch the concrete sin of the society in which it is being proclaimed--what kind of gospel is that?" Three short years transformed El Salvador's Archbishop Oscar Romero from a conservative defender of the status quo into one of the most outspoken voices of the oppressed. An assassin's bullet ended his life, but his challenge lives on. These topically arranged selections from Archbishop Oscar Romero's diaries, letters, homilies, and radio talks invite each of us to align our own lives with the way of Jesus that lifts up the poor, welcomes the broken, wins over enemies, and transforms the history of entire nations.