At the beginning of the film, Oscar Romero was presented as a bookworm who lived more in his own world than in the real world. He based most of his understanding of the world off of the things he had read in books. Romero also shows his belief that the church should be separate from state, when he stays in the car when himself and another priest go to help people who had been stopped by the military on there way to the voting polls. As the movie progresses he is shown transforming into a more involved member of the community. When Father Grande was killed, Romero decided that there should no longer be a separate church for the rich and the poor, and he worked to make one mass for everyone. He continues this idea further in the movie when he
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This quote tells the listener to always be brave and to persevere through the world’s challenges as Moses did as he descended Mount Sinai. I agree that when we leave mass we should always be filled with faith and filled with strength to face the difficulties that await us in the world. This teaching still has relevance today because there are many great difficulties facing our world, and we need to use our brave and strong hearts to face the problems. Another quote by Oscar Romero is, “Anyone who is chosen, for society’s need, to be a cabinet member, to be president of a republic, to be archbishop-to be a servant-is the servant of God’s people. That must not be forgotten. The attitude to be taken in these offices is not ‘I’m in charge here! What I want must be done.’ You are only a human being, God’s servant. You must be at the Lord’s beck and call to serve the people according to God’s will and not according to your whim.” (Sunday homily, September 23, 1979). This quote expresses that we are all God’s servant, and we should always do what he would want us to do for his people, and not what we would want for ourselves. I agree with this idea, because there are many instances when people of a “higher power” make decisions for their own good and not for the good of others. This idea definitely still has relevance today because there are many people who have different opinions on things, and these opinions come from there own personal interests and not from thinking of what would be best for
This quote tells the listener to always be brave and to persevere through the world’s challenges as Moses did as he descended Mount Sinai. I agree that when we leave mass we should always be filled with faith and filled with strength to face the difficulties that await us in the world. This teaching still has relevance today because there are many great difficulties facing our world, and we need to use our brave and strong hearts to face the problems. Another quote by Oscar Romero is, “Anyone who is chosen, for society’s need, to be a cabinet member, to be president of a republic, to be archbishop-to be a servant-is the servant of God’s people. That must not be forgotten. The attitude to be taken in these offices is not ‘I’m in charge here! What I want must be done.’ You are only a human being, God’s servant. You must be at the Lord’s beck and call to serve the people according to God’s will and not according to your whim.” (Sunday homily, September 23, 1979). This quote expresses that we are all God’s servant, and we should always do what he would want us to do for his people, and not what we would want for ourselves. I agree with this idea, because there are many instances when people of a “higher power” make decisions for their own good and not for the good of others. This idea definitely still has relevance today because there are many people who have different opinions on things, and these opinions come from there own personal interests and not from thinking of what would be best for