Rafael Jesús González
In English and Spanish
Let
us remember and honor in our hearts the death of Archbishop Oscar
Arnulfo Romero Galdámes, Archbishop of San Salvador murdered while he
said mass in the chapel of a hospital March 24, 1980, El Salvador. He
was killed because of his opposition to injustice, to cruelty; he was
killed because he loved and tried to protect those he loved. He was
killed for being a good shepherd.
The Consecration Of Coffee
------------------To
Archbishop Oscar A. Romero
One day of god
drinking coffee in my patio
nothing is normal -
not the calla
with its penis of gold
nor the iris
like purple lava
a volcano spills.
I find in the depths of the cup
chasubles embroidered
with black moths
& red stains -
the sun fires
a scintillation of silver bullets
& of candles drowned -
there is blood in its shine.
I place the cup on its saucer
with a most tender care
as if it were a chalice
& say the litany:
Guatemala
Nicaragua
El Salvador
& one side of my heart
tastes white & sweet
like cane sugar
& the other,
like coffee,
bitter & black.
Recordemos
y honremos de corazón la muerte del Monseñor Oscar Arnulfo Romero
Galdámes, Arzobispo de San Salvador asesinado mientras decía misa en la
capilla de un hospital el 24 de marzo de 1980, El Salvador. Fue muerto
por su oposición a la justicia, a la crueldad; fue muerto por amar y
tratar de proteger a los que amaba. Fue muerto por ser buen pastor.
La
Consagración Del Cafe
-------------------------al
monseñor Oscar A. Romero