A Martyr's Shrine

We Visited the Holy Place Where Bishop Romero Lived and Died

				A Litany of Mercy & Remembrance Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. We remember our younger sisters in the Chalchuapa home for girls. We remember our younger brothers and sisters in the Santa Tecla Divine Providence Children's Home. We remember our older sisters and brothers in the Santa Ana home for the elderly. We remember the disabled and abandoned brothers and sisters in Hermano Pedro in San Salvador Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. We remember the poor of El Salvador who live in the mountains who work in the fields who work in the factories who work on the streets who repair earthquake damage who are without work. We remember those at home who worked hard to make this trip possible -- parents, spouses, members of our communities who are covering our work. We remember those we work with. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. We remember the thousands of children, women and men who have been murdered in the civil war. We remember those who were tortured and killed. We remember those who tortured and killed others. We remember those in positions of power and those who have control of the wealth. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. We remember those in positiobsd of humble service... The Carmelite Sisters and staff The Franciscan Sisters and staff The Salesian Sisters and faculty and staff The staff of of the home for the disabled and abandoned children Our brothers and sisters of the CFCA Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. We remember the Saints of ElSalvador... Padre Vito Guarato who founded the home for disabled and abandoned children The martyred women: Maura, Ita, Jea, Dorothy The martyred Jesuit priests and their housekeeper and her daughter The martyr Archbishop Oscar Romero who died in this place Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. We remember our government and the School of the Americas And all who profit from war and arms buildup We remember the Salvadoran government and all who would spend still more on weapons than on care for the poor Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. We remember our parish back home and all from St. Brigid's whose vision lled us here. We remember our own selfish attitudes and the times we took our family for granted or our homes or our food or our freedom or our faith or our lives for granted. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord. Hear your people's prayer as they call to you. Remember, remember, your mercy Lord.
			Father Ralph and Father Jack lead the mission travellers in prayer at the spot Bishop Romero was killed.



	Father Ralph's homily... Jesus offers us his yoke. "I AM gentle," Jesus says." And you?"


		We visited Archbishop Romero's House which is now a shrine to this martyr. As sister explained, the people of El Salvador already know Archbishop Romero is a saint in heaven. They are waiting for the rest of the church to formally recognize this through his beatification and cannonization. "Sometimes the church is a little slow."

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