Good works, Christian hearts, true justice, charity - these are what God looks for in religion. A religion of Sunday Mass but unjust weekdays does not please the Lord. A religion of much praying but with hypocrisy in the heart is not Christian. A church that seeks to assure her own welfare with money and comfort but fails to protest against injustice would not be the true church of our Divine Redeemer. That is why the church must suffer and be persecuted, because many people set in their comfortable ways do not understand. Even priests can be an obstacle to the authentic kingdom of the Lord. Dear Christians, this is the word that the church repeats once again as Christmas draws near.

BL. OSCAR ROMERO
FROM A PROPHETIC BISHOP SPEAKS TO HIS PEOPLE: THE COMPLETE HOMILIES OF ARCHBISHOP OSCAR ROMERO, VOL. 2 (CONVIVIUM PRESS, 2015)