Two borrowed thoughts: for those under the fist of oppression, be it a great storm or violent injustice

Christ would not be Redeemer
if he had not concerned himself with giving food to the crowds that were hungry,
if he had not given light to the eyes of the blind,
if he had not felt sorrow for the forsaken crowds that had no one to love them, no one to help them.
Christianity cares about human development, about the political and social aspects of life.
Redemption would not be complete if it did not consider these aspects,
of the Christ who chose in fact to be an example
of one oppressed under a powerful empire
and under a ruling class of his own people
that savaged his reputation and honor
and left him on a cross.

People of our time,
anguished about so many problems,
deprived of hope,
seeking paradise on this earth:
Seek it not here,
seek it in Christ arisen.
Let us find in him relief for our affliction,
for our worries,
for our anguish,
and in him let us place our hope

both written March 26, 1978 by Oscar Romero.