Romero: Scripture Read From Below - Liberation (2 Timothy 3:16-17)

As we gather this morning, I invite you to travel with me to the heart of El Salvador during the late 20th century, where the air is thick with tension and the cries of the marginalized echo through the mountains. Picture Archbishop Oscar Romero standing in a dimly lit church, the faint flicker of candles illuminating a weary congregation. These are not just churchgoers; they are campesinos—farmers, laborers, men and women who toil under the scorching sun, their hands calloused and their backs bent by years of struggle.…