This week along the way. At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, in the year of our Lord 1918, the first phase of the Great World War of the 20 th century came to an end. Europe was in ruins, hundreds of thousands were dead and injured, a flu epidemic was killing millions worldwide. At this time of year, the readings of our liturgies turn our minds to the Last Things, apocalyptic visions of the triumph of justice and peace over structures of sin and oppression.
Winter comes upon the land in the North, the South welcomes summer.
These are the rhythms of our lives and our worship, patterns of justice and peace laid as templates over the chaos and beauty of Creation. The church would betray its own love for God and its fidelity to the gospel if it stopped being. . . Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, August 6, 1979. Here's what God says about the poor and justice. The United States is dispatching additional military forces to the Persian Gulf, in preparation for an attack on Iraq.