In villages and hamlets across El Salvador, people would tune in their radios every Sunday to hear a sermon from their archbishop, Oscar Romero. We reproduce here the sermon he delivered on Pentecost Sunday 38 years ago
Today we celebrate the great Feast of Pentecost. The Spirit of God is revealed to us, the Spirit that Christ, through his Resurrection and eternal life, breathed forth into the Church. For this reason, even though the Church is persecuted, it can never be overcome. Many of you participated in the Easter Vigil. The paschal candle illuminated the midnight sky of Holy Saturday and became light through the candles that you carried. This light now becomes tongues of fire that fall from Heaven (Acts 2:3) and tells us that these paschal torches are symbols of God who takes on fl
21 May 2015, The Tablet
‘Our confidence in the truth’
Get Instant Access
Continue Reading
Register for free to read this article in full
Subscribe for unlimited access
From just £30 quarterly
Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.
The full weekly edition in print and digital including our 179 years archive.
PDF version to view on iPad, iPhone or computer.
Already a subscriber? Login