Archbishop Romero's Homilies from 1979

Feast of the Epiphany
Christ, The Epiphany of God's Saving Love
7 January 1979

(+AUDIO)  Matthew 2:1-12; Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord
Baptism as the Epiphany of the Messianic Reality
14 January 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 1:6-11; Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38

Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Funeral Mass for Fr Octavio Ortiz Luna
An Assassination that Speaks to Us of Resurrection
21 January 1979

(+AUDIO) Matthew 1:14-20; Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31

Homily preached by the Archbishop on his return to El Salvador
Returning Home
16 February 1979

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Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christ, the Church's Ever New Word
18 February 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 2:1-12; Isaiah 43:13-19, 21-22, 24-25; 2 Corinthians 1:18-22

Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christ, the Bridegroom of the Church
25 February 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 2:18-22; Hosea 2:14,19-20; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6

First Sunday of Lent
Lent, Renewal of our Covenant with God
4 March 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 1:12-15; Genesis 9:8-15; 1 Peter 3:18-22

Second Sunday of Lent
Lent, the Transfiguration of the People of God
11 March 1979

(+AUDIO) Mark 9:1-9; Genesis 22:1-2, 9a,15-18; Romans 8:31b-34

Third Sunday of Lent
Lent, Returning to God's Law
18 March 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 2:13-25; Exodus 20:1-17; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25

Fourth Sunday of Lent
Lent as a Call to True Reconciliation
25 March 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 3:14-21; 2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23; Ephesians 2:4-10

Fifth Sunday of Lent
Lent, Preparing to Celebrate the Paschal Covenant
1 April 1979

John 12:2-33; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Hebrews 5:7-9

Palm Sunday
Today the Mediator of the New Covenant Arrives
8 April 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 14:1-15:47; Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11

Holy Thursday; Chrism Mass
The Holy Spirit is the Soul of the New Covenant
12 April 1979

Luke 4:16-21; Isaiah 61:1-3a,6a,8b-9; Revelation 1:5-8

Holy Thursday: Mass of the Lord's Supper
Love is the Law of the New Covenant
12 April 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 13:1-15; Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Good Friday: Celebration of the Lord's Passion
The Death of Christ is the Price of the New Covenant
13 April 1979

John 18:1-1:42; Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Hebrews 4:14-16, 5:7-9

Easter Vigil and Eucharist of Easter
At Easter the People of the New Covenant is Born
14 April 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 16:1-18; Genesis 1:1-31, 2:1-2; Genesis 22:1-18; Exodus 14:15-31, 51:1; Isaiah 54:5-14; Isaiah 55:1-11; Baruch 3:9-15, 4:1-32; Ezekiel 36:16-28; Romans 6:3-15

Easter Day
Resurrection is the Seal and the Key of the New Covenant
15 April 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 20:1-19; Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4

Second Sunday of Easter (Low Sunday)
Easter is Celebration of the Riches of the New Covenant
22 April 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 20:19-31; Acts 4:32-35; 1 John 5:1-6

Between 27th April - 12th May 1979
Archbishop Romero was in Rome
29 April 1979

There are no homilies for the 29th April and 6th May.

Fifth Sunday of Easter
Grace is the Divine Gift of Easter that the Church Conveys to Humankind
13 May 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 15:1-8; Acts 9:26-31; 1 John 3:18-24

Sixth Sunday of Easter
The Greatest Gift of Easter is the Dynamism of Love
20 May 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 15:9-17; Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; 1 John 4:7-10

Ascension Day
The Ascension of the Lord is a Proclamation of Human Transcendence
27 May 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 16:15-20; Acts 1:1-11; Ephesians 1:17-23

Pentecost Day
Pentecost, the Coming of the Spirit Who Gives Life to the New Covenant
3 June 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 20:19-23; Acts 2:1-11; 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13

Trinity Sunday
By His Covenant God Adopts Us Into His Family
10 June 1979

(+AUDIO)  Matthew 28:16-20; Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Romans 8:14-17

Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ
The Eucharist is the Living and Life-Giving Presence of Christ in History
17 June 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 14:12-16, 22-26; Exodus 24:3-8; Hebrews 9:11-15

Homily at the funeral of Father Rafael Palacios
The Voice of Blood
21 June 1979

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The Nativity of John the Baptist
John the Baptist is the Paradigm for those Committed to God's Kingdom
24 June 1979

(+AUDIO)  Luke 1:57-66, 80; Isaiah 49:1-6; Acts 13:22-26

Conclusion of Novena for Fr Rafael Palacios
The Single Mass
30 June 1979

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Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christ is the Life and the Treasure of Humankind
1 July 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 5:21-43; Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-25; 2 Corinthians 8:7-9.13-15

Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Prophet is God's Presence in Society
8 July 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 6:1-6; Ezekiel 2:2-5; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christ Has Entrusted Us with a Prophetic Mission
15 July 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 6:7-13; Amos 7:12-15; Ephesians 1:3-14

One Month Anniversary of the Death of Rafael Palacios
Why Did They Kill Rafael Palacios?
20 July 1979
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Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christ, the True King and Shepherd of All Peoples
22 July 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 6:30-34; Jeremiah 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:13-18

Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Divine Saviour is the Solution to All Our Problems
29 July 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 6:1-15; 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ephesians 4:1-6

Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Divine Saviour, the Bread Who Comes Down from Heaven and Gives Life to the World
5 August 1979

John 6:24-35; Exodus 16:2-4,12-15; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24

Transfiguration of the Lord: Patronal Feast of the Divine Saviour of the World
The Church's Mission in the Midst of the Nation's Crisis
6 August 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 9:1-9; Daniel 7:9-10,13-14; 2 Peter 1:16-19

Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Divine Saviour, Flesh for the Life of The World
12 August 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 6:41-52; 1 Kings 19:4-8; Ephesians 4:30- 5:2

Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Divine Saviour is Personally Present in our Eucharist
19 August 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 6:51-59; Proverbs 9:1-6; Ephesians 5:15-20

Twenty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Divine Saviour of the World has the Words of Eternal Life
26 August 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 6:61-70; Joshua 24:1-2a,15-17,18b; Ephesians 5:21-32

Twenty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jesus, Teacher of True Religion
2 September 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 7:1-8a, 14-15, 21-23; Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8; James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27

Twenty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
True Independence can Come to Us Only from Christ
9 September 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 7:31-37; Isaiah 35:4-7a; James 2:1-5

Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jesus is the True Messiah
16 September 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 8:27-35; Isaiah 50:5-10; James 2:14-18

Twenty-fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time
In Christ are Revealed the Three Dimensions of the Truly Great
23 September 1979

(+AUDIO) Mark 9:29-36; Wisdom 2:12-20; James 3:16-4:3

Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
What God Gives is for All of Us
30 September 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 9:37-42, 44, 46-47; Numbers 11:25-29; James 5:1-6

Twenty-seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Family is a Source of Peace for Society
7 October 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 10:2-16; Genesis 2:18-24; Hebrews 2:9-11

Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Three Conditions for Entering the Kingdom of God
14 October 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 10:17-30; Wisdom 7:7-11; Hebrews 4:12-13

Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time, World Mission Sunday
The Church's Mission in the Midst of the Nation's Crisis
21 October 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 10:35-45; Isaiah 53:10-11; Hebrews 4:14-16

Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time
God's Plan for Saving the People
28 October 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 10:46-52; Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6

Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Church Prolongs the Priestly Liberation of Christ
4 November 1979

(+AUDIO)  Mark 12:28-34; Deuteronomy 6:2-6; Hebrews 7:23-28

Thirty-second Sunday of Ordinary Time
The Three Christian Forces that will Forge the Liberation of our People
11 November 1979

(+AUDIO)   Mark 12:38-44;1 Kings 17:10-16; Hebrews 9:24-28

Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christian Hope is the Great Key to our True Liberation
18 November 1979

(+AUDIO)  Daniel 12:1-3 Hebrews 10:11-14, 18 Mark 13:24-32

Thirty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Christ the King is the Star that Guides our History
25 November 1979

(+AUDIO)  John 18:33-37; Daniel 7:13-14; Apocalypse 1:5-8

Homily for the members of the Neocatechumenal Way of the Dioceses of San Salvador and Santiago de Maria
Catechesis
25 November 1979
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Second Sunday of Advent
God Comes to Save in History with the Collaboration of the People
9 December 1979

(+AUDIO)  Luke 3:1-6; Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11

Third Sunday of Advent
God Brings the Joy of Salvation for All—Let Us Be Converted!
16 December 1979

(+AUDIO)  Luke 3:10-18; Zephaniah 3:14-18a; Philippians 4:4-7

Fourth Sunday of Advent
Through Mary God Wants to Save in History
23 December 1979

(+AUDIO)  Luke 1:39-45; Micah 5,1-4a; Hebrews 10:5-10

Christmas Eve
I Bring You Great News: A Saviour Has Been Born to You!
24 December 1979

(+AUDIO)  Luke 2:1-14; Isaiah 62:1-5; Titus 2:11-14

Feast of the Holy Family
The Family as the Incarnation and the Epiphany of God
30 December 1979

(+AUDIO)  Luke 2:41-52; Ecclesiasticus 3:3-7.14-17a; Colossians 3:12-21

End of year Mass
Giving Thanks, Asking Forgiveness, Beseeching God
31 December 1979

(+ AUDIO)  Luke 2:16-21; Numbers 6:22-27; Galatians 4:4-7

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