1977 was the year that Oscar Romero was appointed the Archbishop of El Salvador by the Pope. He saw common people executed by the military who dared to speak out against the government. These people who were killed by the El Salvadorian government wanted a say in their government, an end to the oligarchy, the ability to criticize their government without being terrorized by the military, opportunities to work hard and get out of poverty, and to grow their families and communities. So Archbishop Romero and other Catholic workers stood with them.

Romero and his fellow priests (several of whom were murdered by the government as well) , believed that their ultimate duty was to God and to the church and the serve the poor and stand up for them. To that end, they documented the conditions of the poor, complained to the government about those the government took away in the middle of the night, and told soldiers that they should not murder their own people. Romero also received death threats for appealing to democrat Jimmy Carter to not send the El Salvadorian government a handout of money and guns. Those guns that Carter sent were used to kill their own people and of course, the money just went into the pockets of corrupt politicians.

Oscar Romero was told to stop preaching many times as he knew that he was a prime candidate for assassination. However, he would not stop as he believed that his first duty was to the Lord, to the people, and to the truth he had to speak. On March 24th 1980, he was gunned down in his own church during Mass. He was later canonized by the Catholic Church, a hero to many.

Our first duty, no matter what our occupation, is to the Kingdom of God. Not only is our occupations under the Kingdom of God, but our freedoms and families, all we possess, and even our very lives come secondary to the Kingdom of God and His mission for us.

This is something that today’s SJWs surely would not understand. The people who Romero stood with and for did not stand for black supremacy, Sharia law, for communism, LGTBQ rights over religious rights, or for the killing of unborn (or born) babies. Today’s Social Justice Warriors want these things. While I am confident that while Romero would have definitely wanted justice for George Floyd (and others like him), he would not have wanted these other things. I definitely believe that our Judeo-Christian values are under attack again as they were under Obama. Maybe they will come for me in the middle of the night?

No matter who is president, Jesus is King.

Archbishop Romero–“Let my blood be a seed of freedom and a sign that hope will soon be reality.”

———————————————————–W.