As has been noted in our weekly bulletin, the movie “Romero” is being shown Sunday afternoon, March 23, at 3:00 p.m. in the parish hall. Archbishop St. Oscar Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in El Salvador in 1980 as a result of his advocacy for human rights and social justice. A daily meditation of his from July 1977, seems especially relevant today: “Ah, if we had people of prayer among the people who control the destiny of our country, the destiny of the economy! If human beings, rather than relying on their human methods, would lean on God and his techniques, we would have a world that the church dreams about, a world without injustices, a world where rights are respected, a world with the generous participation of all, a world without repression, a world without torture.” Archbishop Romero goes on to decry the torture experienced during the violence in El Salvador at that time, praying that “a little contact with God…would bring down a little light and would make [the perpetrators] understand what God desires of them. God does not want those things. God repudiates evil. God wants what is good, what is love.” The Lenten season is a time of reflection for all Catholics. The world today seems to echo the concerns voiced decades ago by Archbishop Romero and calls us to prayer and action to further his vision of God’s love for all.