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When it comes to General Hospital, every fan has their own opinion – and Soap Hub is no different. For five days, we sat and watched the good, the bad, and everything in between, and now we offer you a handy review, and a cheeky critique, of the GH week that was.
General Hospital: A Critic’s Week In Review
I really wanted to like the special, Laura Collins (Genie Francis) centric episode of General Hospital, but I just didn’t. The pacing was choppy, I objected to some of the characters used therein – surprise, surprise, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Corinthos (Laura Wright) was shoehorned in – and nothing ultimately resulted from it. There was no resolution – we still don’t know who founded the group – and even a cursory look at the spoilers proves that they’ll be no follow-up.
And while I did appreciate seeing that retro clip of Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman) rocking poor Laura’s world, haven’t we seen these two bury the hatchet about a half dozen times? Stop going back to that well. It’s dry.
The obvious highlight, and the scene that made every lackluster one before and after it palpable, was the one between Francis and Jeff Kober’s Cyrus Renault. Talk about a master call. And you want to know something, Cyrus had a point. Laura’s worship of Sonny blinds her.
My final takeaway from the whole enterprise: Francis is just as luminous now as she was back in 1978. How this is even possible one will never know. Perhaps talent staves off the aging process.
Further GH Musings
* Quotable General Hospital
Olivia: The Quartermaine’s may be a little bit backstab-y. Maybe, occasionally, a little bit of money-grubbing. Or, once in a blue moon, even a little bit bloodthirsty. Okay, nobody ever said that this family did not have its –
Brook Lynn: Foibles?
Michael: Faults?
Brook Lynn: Fatal flaws?
Olivia: I was going to say moments!* Was anybody else thrown by how…reasonable Portia Robinson (Brook Kerr) was when apprised of her daughter’s excursion to The Highsider?
* While I was utterly thrilled with Ned Quartermaine’s (Wally Kurth) decision to throw his all behind Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart), I wish it had come about simply because Ned felt a certain way about how Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) and Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) were treating him.
Instead, it seemed like it was Lucy Coe’s (Lynn Herring) caution that without a common foe to rally against the Q’s would resume backbiting one another that spurred Ned to take the action that he did.
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When it comes to Days of our Lives, every fan has their own opinion – and Soap Hub is no different. For five days we sat and watched the good, the bad, and everything in between, and now we offer you a handy review, and a cheeky critique, of the Days of our Lives week that was.
Days of our Lives: A Critic’s Week In Review
Given that Days of our Lives will soon be losing Lamon Archey and Sal Stowers, I understand that the soap had to bring the truth about TR Coates’s (William Christian) shooting to light, and, of course, they wanted to do so in a way that would ring out the most drama possible…and stunning confessions at a wedding are a genre staple.
And just to be clear, I loved Abe Carver (James Reynolds) and Paulina Price Carver’s (Jackée Harry) wedding ceremony itself. But much like the buildup to the Abigail Deveraux DiMera’s (Marci Miller) whodunit, the whole exercise was contrived and rushed.
The service was planned in just a few hours, out-of-state guests were able to fly in at a moment’s notice, and Lani buckled after being haunted by TR’s ghost for all of two days.
Sure, this is Days of our Lives – the soap where anything and everything can happen – but would it have killed the writers to actually build to this moment? Heck, I would have been far more satisfied if the proceedings had been stretched for merely two or three more shows.
Imagine it: Abe and Paulina set the date on Monday; preparations get underway on Tuesday; guests begin pouring in on Wednesday; the ceremony commences on Thursday and climaxes with Lani’s confession; on Friday we experience the fallout, and all throughout the specter of TR taunts Lani.
There I go again, playing armchair head writer.
Further DAYS Musings
* If Chanel Dupree DiMera (Raven Bowens) were smart, she’d kick those squabbling, selfish twins to the curb and find herself a more mature and settled partner.
* Nobody, but nobody can pull a face that screams unrequited love written all over like Greg Vaughan. I might not be pulling for Eric and Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker) to reunite, but gosh darn it Vaughan doesn’t make me want to…almost.
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When it comes to The Bold and the Beautiful, every fan has their own opinion – and Soap Hub is no different. For five days, we sat and watched the good, the bad, and everything in between, and now we offer you a handy review, and a cheeky critique, of B&B’s week that was.
The Bold and the Beautiful: A Critic’s Week In Review
Boy, that stunt sure was something. Was it perfect? No. I’m still wondering how Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) ramming into the back of Li Finnegan’s (Naomi Matsuda) vehicle caused it to erupt in a fireball. Also, where did that random pier come from? Weren’t they just driving straight on an interstate highway?
But you know what? Kudos and a big thank-you to The Bold and the Beautiful for spending the time and the money. I honestly cannot remember the last time a soap opera aired a special effects-laden spectacular of that magnitude.
If only the whole thing hadn’t come at the expense of Matsuda and the dumbing down of Li.
Further B&B Musings
* All this time has gone, and I still can’t quite get a handle on Paris Buckingham (Diamond White). I’d love if once and for all B&B could decide who she is and what makes her tick.
* If Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) is as concerned for Brooke Logan Forrester (Katherine Kelly Lang) and her safety as he claims, why not just move back home and protect her? Or, baring that, why not insist that she come and stay at the Forrester compound until Sheila is back behind bars?
* Remember when an episode of The Bold and the Beautiful would be chock full of flashbacks to Sheila switching the labels on the champagne bottles and Brooke wondering aloud, “Why did I drink that night?! Why did I so want to drink on New Years?” I miss those days. Now the episodes are featuring audio snippets of scenes that took place minutes earlier. As if we’d forget what was just said.
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When it comes to Young and the Restless, every fan has their own opinion – and Soap Hub is no different. For five days, we sat and watched the good, the bad, and everything in between, and now we offer you a handy review, and a cheeky critique, of Y&R’s week that was.
The Young and the Restless: A Critic’s Week In Review
What was there to like about last week’s The Young and the Restless? Well, the twelve or so minutes that Judith Chapman was on my screen were absolutely Gloria-ous, and what I truly appreciated was the subtle dig that the writer of the episode took at us viewers.
We do take Gloria for granted. We do look at Gloria as a big joke. A most welcome joke to be sure, but a joke nonetheless. How nice it was to be reminded that Gloria is someone who has been through it. She’s survived men walking out on her, men who abused and used her, she’s gone for years at a time with barely two nickels to rub together, and yet she’s still here, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed and ready to greet the day’s challenges. If only we could all be a Gloria.
I’m also happy to report that I might soon owe Josh Griffith, The Young and the Restless head writer, an apology – and if I do, you’ll find it this column. It does seem like we’re in for a ‘Victoria Newman Was Scamming Ashland All Along’ plot point, and if that proves true, then I will, metaphorically, eat my words which condemned Griffith for not understanding the character of Victoria (Amelia Heinle). Lulling Ashland (Robert Newman) into a false sense of security so that she can swipe the remaining bribe that he accepted from her family out from under him is exactly the kind of thing that old-school Victoria would do.
Also, can I just admit to you all how I howled every time the camera would cut to a shot of Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) in her “disguise”? If the point was to be inconspicuous, big fail. If the point was to entertain, well done Y&R! I swear that there were times that Stafford was literally vamping for the camera, especially in those scenes where she was eavesdropping on Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters) and Michael Baldwin (Christian Le Blanc). Surely you saw her, standing there one hand on hip the other placed just so on the hat…
Further Y&R Musings
* First and foremost, massive kudos to trailblazer Mishael Morgan! Second, I hope her momentous win will translate into some actual story. Maybe, we could actually see Amanda Sinclair’s visit with her mother. Maybe, we could actually watch the two women reckon with the past, their present, and their very shaky future. Just a thought or two.
* Yay, more scenes of Noah Newman (Rory Gibson) and Allie Nguyen (Kelsey Wang), I believe said no one, ever. Are there fans of this bourgeoning couple out there? If you exist, write me in the comments below and tell me why. Me? I still holding out hope that the Powers That Be at The Young and the Restless get Morgan Obenreder back as Crystal Porter and pair her opposite Gibson. Now there was chemistry.
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General Hospital dedicated its 15,000 program to the show’s star — Genie Francis, who has played Laura Webber Collins since 1977. Laura has gone from angst-ridden teen to the confident mayor of Port Charles and was appropriately highlighted in this milestone episode. Soap Hub is honoring Francis with Performer of the Week for GH honors upon the beloved actress.
Genie Francis – Performer of the Week
The episode began with Laura getting out of her car at the General Hospital parking lot. “All my life this place has been a sanctuary — a place where I felt safe and welcome, almost a second home and today will be no different no matter what trouble I’m facing,” Laura said about GH. The sentiment likely also holds true about Francis and General Hospital (the show, that is — not the Port Charles medical facility).
We knew Laura was facing jeopardy but it took her ex-husband Scotty Baldwin (Kin Shriner) to inform viewers just what Laura’s predicament was. She was being recalled as town mayor courtesy of a group of folks who wanted a recall put on the ballot. This story beat allowed Francis to shine as Laura did what he did best — overcome the odds. We’ve seen Laura conquer overcoming the odds numerous times. She’s battled a mad man who wanted to freeze the world so, it wasn’t surprising for Laura to shoot down the idea of squashing the recall. She is ready to tackle the problem head-on!
Flashbacks were peppered throughout the episode, reminding us just how long Francis and Laura have been a part of our lives. We saw Laura and Scotty get married in the park; the lifelong love Laura expressed for Scotty that day has changed over the years into a deep friendship. We were also treated to a scene from Laura and Bobbie Spencer‘s (Jacklyn Zeman) tumultuous early days when Bobbie, wearing Laura’s ring from Scotty around her neck, taunted Laura, making her think that Scott had chosen to be with her.
Laura was relieved to discover that Bobbie thought she was signing a petition to save the whales and not a petition to have her recalled. Later, we learned at the show’s halfway mark that Laura’s half-brother Cyrus Renault (the always-terrific Jeff Kober) played a role with the group that wants to recall Laura. Cyrus taunted Laura about the rise in crime since she became mayor. Laura shot back that there’s been less crime since Cyrus was put behind bars. “Where was God in that?” Laura asked Cyrus about the presence of the Lord when he wrote the editorial asking for her to be recalled.
“Cyrus, I forgive you. Thank you for watching out for Port Charles,” Laura said seemingly earnestly, leaving Cyrus speechless. Safely away from the glass window that separated her from her convicted sibling, Laura composed herself, proud that she’d stood up to her attacker.
The episode ended with most of Port Charles (well, most of the show’s current cast) gathering at Charlie’s Pub after a softball game. The episode ended with Genie Francis’s Laura voicing her rebuttal, touting the positivity in Port Charles. “We’re not just a town, we’re a family,” Laura said. “We take care of each other.” She closed by saying that it was a possibility that she’d lose the recall however, she remains hopeful that everyone would continue to grow under a successor. Brava to GH for giving Genie Francis this special episode — it was a gift to not only her but also the show’s many fans.
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The Young and the Restless viewers know that Gloria Abbott Bardwell will do whatever she has to in order to survive, including throwing her own children under the bus. Ultimately, people underestimate her, but she’s still standing. For her performance, Soap Hub Performer of the Week honors for Y&R is presented to Gloria’s portrayer, Judith Chapman.
Judith Chapman — Y&R Performer of the Week
In a surprising moment, Gloria walked right into Society interrupting a tense moment between Chelsea Lawson (Melissa Claire Egan) and Chloe Mitchell Fisher (Elizabeth Hendrickson). Chapman literally livened up the scene with the flair she injects into Gloria. Not only is her fashion, makeup, and hair on point, but also she brings the gestures and facial expressions to make the whole larger-than-life thing work.
While Chloe seemed wary of her zany mother-in-law, Glo spoke right to that. She mentioned that she may just be seen as comic relief, and that moment resonated both on-screen and with fans because Judith Chapman as Gloria often brings lighter moments to the show. Ultimately though, Gloria and Chapman are still standing, in part, because people underestimated them.
Any week that brings Gloria and Chapman back to our screens is a welcome one. We love watching what new trouble she manages to get her on-screen alter ego in every time she’s in storylines. At this point, she’s a spiritual guru, and we’d love to see more of that. Bravo Judith Chapman on a superb performance.
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We’ve seen Lawrence Saint-Victor play a wide range of emotions since Carter Walton began an affair with Quinn Fuller Forrester. Now, The Bold and the Beautiful has cast him in the role of a guilt-ridden man in love who is going to marry one woman in the hopes he can forget another. For his passionate performance, Soap Hub bestows Performer of the Week honors for B&B on Saint-Victor.
Lawrence Saint-Victor – Performer of the Week
Folks do all kinds of crazy things to get over heartbreak. B&B has tasked Lawrence Saint-Victor with having his character propose marriage to Paris Buckingham (Diamond White) hoping it will help him move on as the woman he truly loves — Quinn Fuller Forrester (Rena Sofer).
When Carter proposed to Paris, it was as if he was trying to convince himself — not her — that this was right move. “I was deluding myself,” Carter explained to Paris, who expressed surprise over Carter bringing up their future. “I wasn’t seeing things the way they really are.”
The irony, of course, is that Carter is deluding himself. He may not know it yet but committing to Paris won’t make him happy in the long run. Of course, on one hand, he’d be lucky to spend the rest of his life with Paris. She’s kind, bright, full of energy and positivity. She also sings beautifully and is great with kids. However, it’s not fair to her — or Carter — as he is still in love with Quinn.
Saint-Victor is bringing an understated passion to this storyline. We see him wanting to burst out the truth but he can’t or won’t. We’ve seen Carter passionately declare he wants what everyone appears to have — a mate, a family, a future. Time will tell if he gets those things in life with Paris or Quinn or someone else. What we do know is that Carter’s portrayer, Lawrence Saint-Victor, has captured the hearts of B&B viewers with his compelling performances.
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They say that confession is good for the soul, and that was certainly true for DAYS’ Lani Grant. Her admission that it was she, and not her mother who shot and killed TR Coates proved to be the catharsis she was in desperate need of – and it earned actress Sal Stowers Soap Hub’s Performer of the Week honors.
Sal Stowers – Performer of the Week
While her alter-ego was in cop mode, Stowers projected gritty determination and affective empathy in equal amounts. But the minute that Lani’s guilty conscience began manifesting itself in the form of a blood-soaked TR (William Christian), Stowers devolved into a panicked mess.
She pinched her eyes closed, thrust her hands up to her temples, and began to massage them in an effort to dissipate the horror standing before her.
When TR began to lambast Lani for taking his life and letting Paulina Price (Jackée Harry) take the fall and failing in her duties to uphold the law, Stowers undertook an emotional 180.
Suddenly in TR’s face, her irises flashing fire, Lani loudly reminded him of his trespasses. “You tried to kill Eli! I had to try to stop you from hurting anyone else!”
Thanks to Eli’s (Lamon Archey) timely intervention, Lani was brought back to her senses, and for a moment she was free of TR’s specter…but he was still there…waiting and watching…and judging.
Stowers spent the next several scenes guiding Lani along a knife’s edge. On the surface, she was all smiles; underneath, a nervous wreck.
When the pressure finally became too much to bear, and Lani stunned those who’d gathered to watch Abe Carver (James Reynolds) and Paulina tie the knot with her revelation, Stowers did so without any discernable hysterics. In point of fact, the very act of owning her actions seemed to lift Lani’s spirit and bring about a sense of peace. Stowers was finally (playing) a woman unburdened.
Honorable Mention: Susan Seaforth Hayes
The work she put into Julie Williams’s stirring speech, the one that convinced an entire wedding party to cast a deaf ear to Lani’s truth, is more than worthy of praise, but it’s actually her delivery of the lines, “It doesn’t matter who pulled the trigger. The bastard got what he deserved,” for which we’re recognizing Seaforth Hayes.
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There was more glitz and glamour at the 49th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards than during last year’s ceremony, but the COVID pandemic’s presence was still affecting things.
The 49th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards: Live Coverage
That didn’t stop the casts and crew from all the daytime soaps — Days of our Lives, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless — from celebrating the biggest day of the year — at night. Here is your complete list of winners in the biggest awards below.
The Winners List
Outstanding Drama Series
Beyond Salem, Peacock
The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS
Days of our Lives, NBC
General Hospital, ABC — WINNER
The Young and the Restless, CBSOutstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series
Marci Miller (Abigail DiMera, DAYS)
Mishael Morgan (Amanda Sinclair, Y&R) — WINNER
Cynthia Watros (Nina Reeves, GH)
Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos, GH)
Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker, DAYS)Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama Series
Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott, Y&R)
Eric Martsolf (Brady Black, DAYS)
John McCook (Eric Forrester, B&B) — WINNER
James Reynolds (Abe Carver, DAYS)
Jason Thompson (Billy Abbott, Y&R)Outstanding Writing Team for a Drama Series
Beyond Salem, Peacock
Days of our Lives NBC — WINNER
General Hospital ABC
The Young and the Restless CBSOutstanding Performance by a Younger Performer in a Drama Series
Lindsay Arnold (Allie Horton, DAYS)
Nicholas Alexander Chavez (Spencer Cassadine, GH) — WINNER
Alyvia Alyn Lind (Faith Newman, Y&R)
William Lipton (Cameron Webber, GH)
Sydney Mikayla (Trina Robinson, GH)Outstanding Directing Team for a Drama Series
Beyond Salem, Peacock
Days of our Lives, NBC
General Hospital, ABC — WINNER
The Young and the Restless, CBSOutstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Bryton James (Devon Hamilton, Y&R)
Jeff Kober (Cyrus Renault, GH) — WINNER
Aaron D. Spears (Justin Barber, B&B)
James Patrick Stuart (Valentin Cassadine, GH)
Jordi Vilasuso (Rey Rosales, Y&R)Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Kimberlin Brown (Sheila Carter, B&B)
Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, GH)
Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera, DAYS)
Melissa Ordway (Abby Chancellor, Y&R)
Kelly Thiebaud (Dr. Britt Westbourne, GH) — WINNEROutstanding Performance by a Guest Performer in a Drama Series
Robert Gossett (Marshall Ashford, GH)
Ted King (Jack Finnegan, B&B) — WINNER
Michael Lowry (Dr. Clay Snyder, DAYS)
Naomi Matsuda (Dr. Li Finnegan, B&B)
Ptosha Storey (Naya Benedict, Y&R)Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series
Days of our Lives / Beyond Salem NBC | Peacock
Dogs, Netflix
General Hospital, ABC
Start Up, PBS
The Young and the Restless, CBS — WINNEROutstanding Original Song
Grateful For It All, Y&R — WINNER
Next To You, Y&R
Talks With Mama Tina Theme Song, Talks With Mama Tina (Facebook Watch)Soap Hub congratulates all the winners of the 49th Annual Daytime Emmys.
Daytime Emmy History
In 1972, the first daytime-themed Emmy Awards were handed out during the primetime ceremony, when The Doctors and General Hospital were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in a Daytime Drama — with The Doctors winning the first Best Show Daytime Emmy. Also at that same ceremony, Outstanding Achievement by an Individual in a Daytime Drama was awarded to Mary Fickett from All My Children.
Soap History
The Bold and the Beautiful made its debut in 1987 and introduced glitz and glamour to daytime soap operas. It has outlasted other soaps to become a mainstay for many households. Needless to say, three decades of storylines have kept viewers locked in and wanting more. BB airs weekdays on CBS. Check your local listings for air times.
Days of our Lives made its debut in 1965 and is one of the longest-running daytime soap operas in American history. It has outlasted other soaps to become a mainstay for many households. Needless to say, five decades of storylines have kept viewers locked in and wanting more. DAYS airs weekdays on NBC. Check your local listings for air times.
General Hospital made its debut in 1963 and is the second longest-running daytime soap opera in American history. The longest-running sudser is Guiding Light. While it’s not the longest-running sudser, General Hospital is the longest-running soap opera currently on air. GH airs weekdays on ABC. Check your local listings for air times.
The Young and the Restless made its debut in 1973 and introduced more sexual undertones and younger characters to daytime soap operas. It has outlasted other soaps to become a mainstay for many households. Needless to say, four decades of storylines have kept viewers locked in and wanting more. YR airs weekdays on CBS. Check your local listings for air times.
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Victor cooks up a new scheme, Nikki receives a helping hand, Adam has both a reason to celebrate and someone with whom to do it, and Nick contemplates his future. Plus, things could get interesting when several twists impact Ashland and Victoria’s relationship. Will they wind up weathering the storm or allowing their relationship to be washed away for good?
Friday, June 24:
Victor directs Michael to put the kibosh on Victoria and Ashland’s plans, and Phyllis calls a reluctant ceasefire with Diane.
See, Victor? This is why you didn’t get a Father’s Day card from your daughter! What could he expect when he’s out there doing stuff like derailing Victoria’s new venture? Good thing she’s super rich.
“I’m” and “sorry” are legendarily two of the hardest words to say in the English language, especially in that order. But Phyllis gives it the old college try when she extends an olive branch. Will her efforts be too little, too late? Could be, seeing as…
Diane seizes an opportunity with Jack. And if the she-devil is so much as seeing an opportunity with Jack, it can only mean that he and Red are still very much on the outs. Maybe this would be a good time to remind him of the kind of chaos that Diane has been known to wreak. Our photo gallery of her tempestuous life story has all the gory details.
Week of June 27:
Monday, June 27:
Is Billy about to ruin his relationship with Lily!
Though Jack stands his ground with Phyllis, we have to believe that that ground is still pretty shaky. Just scroll through our “Phack” photo album to recall all the times that the couple has said they were really, truly done… only to pick up the pieces and start over anew.
Please don’t tell us the honeymoon’s over already. When Tessa faces an unexpected crisis, will it mean that trouble’s afoot in her marriage to bride Mariah?
No one could blame Nick if he needed a little time-out from Genoa City and his family.
Tuesday, June 28:
If there’s one thing we learned long ago, it’s that Victor will always have the last word… whether literally or metaphorically. So it should come as no surprise that he’s about to reveal a whole new game plan. The only question is against whom is he plotting? (Although even that is likely rhetorical, given how he feels about son-in-law Ashland!)
Perhaps sensing that Billy is feeling a bit at loose ends ever since the Chancellor-Winters merger, Lily recommends that her beau take things in a new direction.
Adam’s been on the losing side of too many battles in his life. So it’s not particularly shocking that when he and Sally score a victory, they want to celebrate. (Something tells us they’ll do so on top of a piece of office furniture… )
Wednesday, June 29:
When opportunity knocks, one is supposed to open the door. But it appears Chelsea is going to sit back and think about it before she decides whether or not to dive in.
When Nate needs a favor, he turns to Imani. And given how she clearly feels about the hunk, it seems pretty doubtful she’ll be turning him down, no matter what his request might be!
Ugh. Come on, Jack, we’re going to need you to be smarter than to fall for Diane’s ploys. But we fear that playing the sympathy card is all Kyle’s mom will have to do to bend Jack to her will.
Thursday, June 30:
As far as we’re concerned, Nikki needs absolutely no assistance when it comes to strategizing. But having an expert in the field in your corner never hurts, so she’s happy to let Victor help!
Remember how just a few days ago, Nick was considering a change of scenery? Well, he may wish he had left town when, today, he’s put in the all-too familiar position of having his loyalty tested.
We can’t help suspecting that Victor might be responsible when Victoria finds herself caught in a compromising position. Will this impact her relationship with Ashland?
Friday, July 1:
Victor does what might very well be his favorite thing in the world when he gives Adam an ultimatum. Will Adam do his father’s bidding… or perhaps draw a line in the sand?
Things have been pretty tense between Chelsea and Chloe over the past few weeks, and the lid is about to blow right off the kettle as those tensions boil over.
Will the shocking discovery that Ashland makes be something he can use to his favor, or will it drive a final nail into the coffin in which Victor would love to see his and Victoria’s marriage wind up?
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Tantalizing hints about what happens after Quinn catches Eric in bed with Donna, whether any “I dos” go down at Carter and Paris’ wedding, and how Steffy and Finn reconnect despite the fact that they are continents apart.
Friday, June 24:
Quinn learns Carter will wed the next day, Hope recovers from a gaffe, Zende deals with Grace, and Carter confesses to Ridge that he’s in love with Quinn.
Of course they do! Paris and Carter move up their wedding date amidst push-back from their loved ones. Because forging full-steam ahead is the logical thing to do when everyone’s urging you to slow your roll. Maybe it’s time to bring back [Spoiler]…
With breathtakingly awful timing (he’s about to marry Paris!), Carter makes a stunning admission about his genuine love for Quinn to Ridge. What will the dressmaker have to say, given that the woman who holds his friend’s heart in her hands… is his stepmother?!
Week of June 27:
Monday, June 27:
“Honey, I’m comin’ home!” Eric promises a bright future to an overjoyed Donna. The stumper is, when will he get around to letting Quinn in on his life-changing plans?
Aaawkward! Quinn and Bridget learn a shocking truth about Eric’s pickleball “exercise.” We’re guessing they’ll be even more shocked than Hope to discover that the Forrester patriarch has not been hitting the courts but has instead been giving his ticker a different sort of workout whilst in bed with a buxom Logan — who just happens to be his ex-wife!
Tuesday, June 28:
When Donna was enthusing about the good news Eric gave her the other day, she might have paused to consider the possible ramifications… which are about to come a-knockin’ while the bed’s a-rockin’. Hide the breakable honey jars because all hell is bound to break loose when Quinn and Bridget bust Eric and Donna in bed!
As Carter and Paris’ wedding begins, Quinn grapples with having lost her two true loves. Will it occur to the heartbroken (and probably furious) brunette to make her way to the big event to try and stop Carter from marrying his second choice? We sure hope so!
Wednesday, June 29:
Surrounded by loved ones, the wedding of Paris Buckingham and Carter Walton begins. But will it go off “with” a hitch?! Heaven knows Quinn’s gears will be turning, what with just having discovered her “loyal” hubby in bed with his ex-wife! Will she make a beeline to the big event?
Yup, she will! However, Quinn’s journey to reach Carter before it’s too late takes a comical turn. Will she be able to get to the church (or the Forrester living room as the case may be) on time and stop her former lover from tying the knot with his near-Mrs.?!
Thursday, June 30:
An elated Donna shares her good news about Eric with Brooke. There’s no question that her sister will be absolutely thrilled, given how she feels about Quinn — although she might be disappointed that she wasn’t there to see the look on her nemesis’ face when she caught ol’ Honey Bear in the act!
There’s nothing better than a wedding crasher on a soap! What will go down after Quinn’s startling admission stuns Carter and rattles Paris and Grace?! Will the usually upstanding COO follow through on the pledge he made to his fiancée or gift Mama Buckingham with an “I told you so” moment that will validate the considerable concerns she’s been very vocally expressing all along?
Friday, July 1:
Partners in crime once again! Mike can’t resist Sheila’s request to help with Finn as they reflect on some of their best moments together. What a hair-raising trip through time that’s bound to be!
OK, we can’t wait to see what the outcome is as Paris, Carter and Quinn reach an unexpected ending to an emotional day. “Unexpected” can mean a lot of things. It was expected that Carter would marry Paris, so does he not? Will he declare that he wants Quinn, or will Paris pull a runaway bride after realizing she’s not the woman in the room that her groom truly loves?! Heck, maybe Grace will drag Zende up to the altar and strong-arm her daughter into marrying him instead!
Week of July 4:
Monday, July 4:
Overseas, Steffy gets sentimental as she remembers loving memories with Finn, and we can’t help but wonder if she’ll pull up our photo album of “Sinn’s” love story so as to look back on their entire romantic journey.
So deep! Finn and Steffy share a cosmic connection as Sheila fights to save her son’s life. Will the grieving widow begin to sense on some level that her husband isn’t really gone?! Maybe it will dawn on her that he’s still got a pulse.
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The ABC soap celebrates its 15,000th episode — and someone takes aim at Laura! Plus, Brad isn’t honest with his BFF Britt, an unexpected event leads to a revelation, Olivia takes on Nina and Sasha and a new connection of Cody’s is revealed, which surprises Sam and Dante…
Week of June 20:
Monday, June 20:
Spencer asks Victor to help him find Esme’s parents, Kevin is furious to learn Esme’s been seeing Ryan, and Alexis warns Laura of a catastrophe to come.
Esme thinks that perhaps Kevin can provide her a little bit of insight. (Wonder how he’d feel to know that he’s actually offering advice to his psycho brother’s daughter?) Meanwhile, Spencer, too, seeks advice, but he winds up turning to Uncle Victor for help.
Mac is going to lose his cool when he finds out what Felicia’s been up to… and with good reason!
Remember when Martin and Laura were being targeted by someone while they were away from Port Charles? Cyrus swore he wasn’t responsible, but was he telling the truth? The discussion Laura and Martin have today may shed more light on the situation…
A whole lot of people have reason to be worried about Trina, and they compare notes today.
As Anna and Valentin’s first date continues, he opens up a bit. But how will she feel about what he confesses?
Far wiser than Spencer, Nicholas Alexander Chavez sets poetry in motion “if anyone should need it.”
Tuesday, June 21:
Due to ongoing news, the soap was pre-empted today and will air the 15,000th episode tomorrow.
Wednesday, June 22:
In a special episode celebrating 15,000 episodes, Laura faces a recall vote looking to replace her as the mayor of Port Charles.
You know how some primetime shows make a big deal about reaching their 100th episode? Well, today General Hospital is going to be airing its 15,000th. Appropriately enough, the episode will focus on much-loved Port Charles Mayor Laura Collins as some unknown adversary takes aim at her.
Thursday, June 23:
Due to ongoing news, the soap was pre-empted today and will air Thursday’s episode tomorrow.
“The super couple we’ve been waiting for…” As he goes for the gold, James Patrick Stuart receives such a show of support that he’s left gratefully asking, “Who needs Emmys?”
Friday, June 24:
ELQ holds a vote on whether to oust Valentin or not, Carly shocks Olivia by how she was able to buy so much of Aurora’s stock, and Cody finds a reason to stay in Port Charles.
Control of ELQ could be decided as the board gathers for an important meeting. Meanwhile, Carly tells Olivia — aka her partner at the Metro Court — all about her latest business maneuver.
Is Chase right to be worried about what the future holds for him where the PCPD is concerned? On the plus side, at least he’s talking about his feelings with Brook Lynn.
Britt has been ticked with Brad ever since he turned her poolside rant into a viral sensation. Will his attempt to make peace be hampered by the fact that he’s not being totally honest?
Dante and Cody wind up discussing the past after Sam’s beau asks the newbie what happened to him.
Week of June 27:
Monday, June 27:
Things could get a bit messy — and potentially loud — when Olivia has it out with Nina and Sasha. Something tells us throwing Willow into the combustible mix isn’t likely to help matters!
Sonny wants Brando and Dex to put aside their differences and start getting along. Yeah, good luck with that one, boss man!
Drew makes it clear exactly where he stands with Valentin.
Carly has reason to celebrate, and who better to do that with than Josslyn and Bobbie?
When Chase finally gets word, Brook Lynn’s the person he most wants to share it with.
Tuesday, June 28:
If there’s one thing we know, it’s that bathing suits aren’t the only revealing things at the Metro Court pool. That proves true today when something unexpected leads to a bit of info coming to light.
Michael’s making plans for his next move against Sonny… and you’ll never guess who overhears!
Nina and Obrecht discuss their love lives.
Anna wants to know more about Valentin’s relationship with and loyalty to newfound dad Victor.
As Epiphany prepares for one of the biggest days of her life, TJ is right there in her corner.
Wednesday, June 29:
It turns out that Cody’s just full of surprises. Dante and Sam find that out when they discover he has a connection they never suspected.
Spencer hopes that Brad will be able to lend him a helping hand. Britt, however, thinks that’s a bad idea all around! Meanwhile, Esme apparently can’t help but want the attention of any guy who likes Trina, explaining why she begins flirting with Rory at the pool!Trina, meanwhile, is surrounded by her support system as she prepares for the beginning of her trial. Will she finally be able to clear her name?
Ex-lovers Michael and Sasha reconnect.
Thursday, June 30:
It ain’t easy being the Face of Deception, especially given all of the other stresses Sasha’s been under of late. As she prepares for her big TV appearance on the company’s behalf, will Felty’s arrival prove helpful… or disastrous?
When Chase is in need of a little advice, his dad and brother are there to provide it.
Is the end of Trina’s nightmare finally in sight? It could be, if Spencer’s right in what he tells Cameron. Meanwhile, Esme’s on high alert after coming across Scott taking a meeting with Ava and Nikolas.
Brook Lynn hopes that Sonny will come to her assistance.
Friday, July 1:
Who doesn’t like a good proposition? When Drew approaches Nina with one, will she accept? (And no, Sonny doesn’t have to worry… this is a business proposal!) Meanwhile, when Carly crosses paths with Sonny, she does her best to be evasive. Will he figure out what she’s trying to keep from him?
Spencer and Cameron’s attempt to help Trina gets underway… only to rather quickly go awry! Things also don’t go at all as planned when the Deception crew arrives for Sasha’s appearance on the Home & Heart Channel!
Cody’s having a nice evening with Dante and Rocco… until the newcomer catches a glimpse of Spinelli? Now why does that bother him so?
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Sami walks in on a steamy moment between EJ and Belle, as Brady and Chloe catch Shawn and Jan kissing! Plus, Marlena tries to pull a fast one, which sets off Abe and Paulina, a life-changing gift arrives for Ben and Ciara from Hope, and someone pulls a knife on Chanel!
Week of June 27:
Monday, June 27:
Sami serves EJ divorce papers, but she’s the one about to have her world rocked. Watch the preview!
It’s the moment we’ve all been waiting for as Sami walks in at exactly the wrong moment (or right, depending on your point of view) and finds Belle and EJ sharing a steamy moment.
Rafe can’t help but wonder if perhaps his bride-to-be is getting cold feet. Is she considering ditching their upcoming wedding… or perhaps doing a last-minute groom swap? Meanwhile, Roman suggests to Eric that it’s not too late to make a last-minute plea for Nicole to change her mind.
As Chad continues to grieve the loss of his beloved wife, John and Marlena do what they can to support him.
Tuesday, June 28:
Everything is about to change for Ben and Ciara thanks to a special gift they receive from her mom, Hope.
You know that notoriously fine line between love and hate? It sounds as if EJ and Belle are pretty much existing on it as they antagonize one another.
Lucas and Sami celebrate their engagement. But they might want to hold off popping the bubbly, given the truth waiting to explode!
Evan gets a bit of surprising news from his dad, Orpheus.
Wednesday, June 29:
Brady and Chloe walk in to see… wait, this can’t be right, can it? Shawn is kissing… Jan? And without her having received any help from the devil? What the H-E-Double-Hockey Sticks is going on here?!?
There are certain things you can never come back from. Is what Belle and EJ just did one of them?
Abigail’s brother, JJ, is back in Salem as he joins Chad in trying to figure out how they will move on without Abigail. Meanwhile, Jack and Jennifer need one another more than ever as they deal with an extremely difficult task.
Thursday, June 30:
If Melinda thinks she can pull a fast one on Abe and Paulina, she might want to think again. Why? Because the two of them are having absolutely none of it!
Lani’s fate is about to be decided… and you won’t believe who swings by for a surprise visit. Meanwhile, Doug helps Julie handle the twins.
Chanel’s love life is the very definition of complicated. Will Theo’s advice help her figure things out?
Friday, July 1:
What Julie finds out from Eli today will absolutely shock her. But what will she do next?
As Lani’s loved ones gather around her at a crucial moment, she is absolutely blown away by what Abe does.
Proving yet again that things aren’t completely right with Sarah, she winds up pulling a knife on Chanel!
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Investigations into the assassination
To date, no one has ever been prosecuted for the assassination, or confessed to it to police. The gunman had not been identified until 2000.
Immediately following the assassination, José Napoleón Duarte, the newly appointed foreign minister of El Salvador, actively promulgated a “blame on both sides” propaganda trope in order to provide cover for the lack of official inquiry into the assassination plot.
Subsequent investigations by the United Nations and other international bodies have established that the four assassins were members of a death squad led by D’Aubuisson. Revelations of the D’Aubuisson plot came to light in 1984 when US ambassador Robert White testified before the United States Congress that “there was sufficient evidence” to convict D’Aubuisson of planning and ordering Romero’s assassination. In 1993, an official United Nations report identified D’Aubuisson as the man who ordered the killing. D’Aubuisson had strong connections to the Nicaraguan National Guard and to its offshoot the Fifteenth of September Legion and had also planned to overthrow the government in a coup. Later, he founded the political party Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA), and organized death squads that systematically carried out politically motivated assassinations and other human rights abuses in El Salvador. Álvaro Rafael Saravia, a former captain in the Salvadoran Air Force, was chief of security for D’Aubuisson and an active member of these death squads. In 2003 a United States human rights organization, the Center for Justice and Accountability, filed a civil action against Saravia. In 2004, he was found liable by a US District Court under the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA) (28 U.S.C. § 1350) for aiding, conspiring, and participating in the assassination of Romero. Saravia was ordered to pay $10 million for extrajudicial killing and crimes against humanity pursuant to the ATCA; he has since gone into hiding. On 24 March 2010–the thirtieth anniversary of Romero’s death–Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes offered an official state apology for Romero’s assassination. Speaking before Romero’s family, representatives of the Catholic Church, diplomats, and government officials, Funes said those involved in the assassination “unfortunately acted with the protection, collaboration, or participation of state agents.”
A 2000 article by Tom Gibb, then a correspondent with The Guardian and later with the BBC, attributes the murder to a detective of the Salvadoran National Police named Óscar Pérez Linares, on orders of D’Aubuisson. The article cites an anonymous former death squad member who claimed he had been assigned to guard a house in San Salvador used by a unit of three counter-guerrilla operatives directed by D’Aubuisson. The guard, whom Gibb identified as “Jorge,” purported to have witnessed Linares fraternizing with the group, which was nicknamed the “Little Angels,” and to have heard them praise Linares for the killing. The article furthermore attributes full knowledge of the assassination to the CIA as far back as 1983. The article reports that both Linares and the Little Angels commander, who Jorge identified as “El Negro Mario,” were killed by a CIA-trained Salvadoran special police unit in 1986; the unit had been assigned to investigate the murders. In 1983, U.S. Lt. Col. Oliver North, aide to then-Vice President George H.W. Bush, is alleged to have personally requested the Salvadoran military to “remove” Linares and several others from their service. Three years later they were pursued and extra-judicially killed – Linares after being found in neighboring Guatemala. The article cites another source in the Salvadoran military as saying, “they knew far too much to live.”
In a 2010 article for the Salvadoran online newspaper El Faro, Saravia was interviewed from a mountain hideout. He named D’Aubuisson as giving the assassination order to him over the phone, and said that he and his cohorts drove the assassin to the chapel and paid him 1,000 Salvadoran colóns after the event.
In April 2017, however, in the wake of the overruling of a civil war amnesty law the previous year, a judge in El Salvador, Rigoberto Chicas, allowed the case against the escaped Saravia’s alleged role in the murder of Romero to be reopened. On 23 October 2018, days after Romero’s canonization, Judge Chicas issued a new arrest warrant for him, and Interpol and the National Police are charged with finding his hideout and apprehending him. As both D’Aubuisson and Linares had already died, they could not be prosecuted.
Legacy
International recognition
During his first visit to El Salvador in 1983, Pope John Paul II entered the cathedral in San Salvador and prayed at Romero’s tomb, despite opposition from the government and from some within the church who strongly opposed liberation theology. Afterwards, the Pope praised Romero as a “zealous and venerated pastor who tried to stop violence.” John Paul II also asked for dialogue between the government and opposition to end El Salvador’s civil war.
On 7 May 2000, in Rome’s Colosseum during the Jubilee Year celebrations, Pope John Paul II commemorated 20th century martyrs. Of the several categories of martyrs, the seventh consisted of Christians who were killed for defending their brethren in the Americas. Despite the opposition of some social conservatives within the church, John Paul II insisted that Romero be included. He asked the organizers of the event to proclaim Romero “that great witness of the Gospel.”
On 21 December 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 March as the International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims which recognizes, in particular, the important work and values of Romero.
On 22 March 2011, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Romero’s tomb during an official visit to El Salvador. Irish President Michael D. Higgins visited the cathedral and tomb of Romero on 25 October 2013 during a state visit to El Salvador. Famed linguist Noam Chomsky speaks highly of Romero’s social work, and refers often to his murder. In 2014, El Salvador’s main international airport was named after him, becoming Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez International Airport, and later, San Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez International Airport in 2018 after his canonization.
Romero is remembered in the Church of England with a commemoration on 24 March.
Sainthood
Process for beatification
Romero’s sainthood cause at the Vatican was opened in 1993, but the Catholic News Service reported that it “was delayed for years as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith studied his writings, amid wider debate over whether he had been killed for his faith or for political reasons.”
In March 2005, Vincenzo Paglia, the Vatican official in charge of the process, announced that Romero’s cause had cleared a theological audit by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, at the time headed by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later elected Pope Benedict XVI) and that beatification could follow within six months. Pope John Paul II died within weeks of those remarks. Predictably, the transition of the new pontiff slowed down the work of canonizations and beatifications. Pope Benedict instituted changes that had the overall effect of reining in the Vatican’s so-called “factory of saints.” In an October 2005 interview, Cardinal José Saraiva Martins, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, was asked if Paglia’s predictions of a clearance for Romero’s beatification remained on track. Saraiva responded, “Not as far as I know today,” In November 2005, the Jesuit magazine La Civiltà Cattolica signaled that Romero’s beatification was still “years away.”
Although Benedict XVI had always been a fierce critic of liberation theology, Paglia reported in December 2012 that the Pope had informed him of the decision to “unblock” the cause and allow it to move forward. However, no progress was made before Benedict’s resignation in February 2013. Pope Francis was elected in March 2013, and in September 2013, Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, stated that the Vatican doctrinal office has been “given the greenlight” to pursue sainthood for Romero.
Beatification
On 18 August 2014, Pope Francis said that “[t]he process [of beatification of Romero] was at the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, blocked for ‘prudential reasons’, so they said. Now it is unblocked.” Francis stated that “There are no doctrinal problems and it is very important that [the beatification] is done quickly.” The beatification signaled Francis’ affirmation of Romero’s work with the poor and as a major change in the direction of the church since he was elected.
In January 2015, an advisory panel to the Roman Curia’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints voted unanimously to recognize Romero as a martyr, and the cardinals who were voting members of the Congregation unanimously recommended to Francis that he be beatified as a martyr (a martyr can be beatified without recognition of a miracle). Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, the postulator (chief promoter) of the causes of saints, said that Romero’s assassination at the altar was intended “to strike the Church that flowed from the Second Vatican Council” and that the motive for his murder “was not caused by motives that were simply political, but by hatred for a faith that, imbued with charity, would not be silent in the face of the injustices that relentlessly and cruelly slaughtered the poor and their defenders.” On 3 February 2015, Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, in a private audience, and authorized Amato to promulgate (officially authorize) Romero’s decree of martyrdom, meaning it had gained the Congregation’s voting members and the Pope’s approval. This cleared the way for the Pope to later set a date for his beatification.
The beatification of Romero was held in San Salvador on 23 May 2015 in the Plaza Salvador del Mundo under the Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo. Amato presided over the ceremony on behalf of Francis, who in a letter to Archbishop of San Salvador José Luis Escobar Alas marked the occasion by calling Romero “a voice that continues to resonate.” An estimated 250,000 people attended the service, many watching on large television screens set up in the streets around the plaza.
Canonization
Three miracles were submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome in October 2016 that could have led to Romero’s canonization. But each of these miracles was rejected after being investigated. A fourth (concerning the pregnant woman Cecilia Maribel Flores) was investigated in a diocesan process in San Salvador that was opened on 31 January 2017 and which concluded its initial investigation on 28 February before documentation was submitted to Rome via the apostolic nunciature. The C.C.S. validated this on 7 April. On 11 August, Paglia celebrated the Romero Centenary Mass in St George’s Cathedral, Southwark, in London, where the cross and relics of Romero are preserved. Subsequently, medical experts issued unanimous approval to the presented miracle on 26 October with theologians also confirming their approval on 14 December. The C.C.S. members likewise approved the case on 6 February 2018. Pope Francis approved this miracle on 6 March 2018, allowing for Romero to be canonized and the date was announced at a consistory of cardinals held on 19 May. The canonization was celebrated in Rome’s Saint Peter’s Square on 14 October 2018.
Previously, there had been hopes that Romero would be canonized during a possible papal visit to El Salvador on 15 August 2017 – the centennial of the late bishop’s birth – or that he could be canonized in Panama during World Youth Day in 2019.
Romero was the first Salvadoran to be raised to the altars; the first martyred archbishop of America, the first to be declared a martyr after the Second Vatican Council; and the first native saint of Central America, (Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur, who did all his work for which he was canonized in the city of Santiago de los Caballeros of Guatemala, was from Tenerife, Spain,) Romero had already been included on the Anglican Church’s list of official saints and on the Lutheran Church’s liturgical calendar.
Homages and cultural references
Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo in Plaza Salvador del Mundo
Institutions
The Romero Centre in Dublin, Ireland, is today an important centre that “promotes Development Education, Arts, Crafts, and Awareness about El Salvador.”
The Christian Initiative Romero is a non-profit organization in Germany working in support of industrial law and human rights in Central American countries.
The Romero Institute, a nonprofit law and public policy center in Santa Cruz, California, U.S., headed by Daniel Sheehan, was named after Archbishop Romero in 1996.
In 1989 the Toronto Catholic District School Board opened a secondary school in Toronto, Canada, named after Archbishop Óscar Romero called St. Oscar Romero Catholic Secondary School.
St. Oscar Romero Catholic High School in Edmonton, Canada, formerly known as Archbishop Oscar Romero, and as Blessed Oscar Romero throughout his canonization.
St Oscar Romero Catholic School, a coeducational secondary school in Worthing, West Sussex, England.
Romero Center Ministries in Camden, New Jersey, U.S., provides Catholic education and retreat experiences inspired by Archbishop Óscar Romero’s prophetic witness. The mission of Romero Center Ministries is to “seek personal, communal, and societal transformation by living ministry as proclaimed in Christ’s Gospel.” The center hosts over 1,600 guests annually from high schools, colleges, and youth groups which participate in the Urban Challenge program.
Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, has a residence hall named after him, called Oscar Romero Hall.
Television and film
Oliver Stone’s 1986 film Salvador depicts a fictionalized version of the assassination of Romero (played by José Carlos Ruiz) in a pivotal scene. Romero’s assassination (with René Enríquez as Romero) was also featured in the 1983 television film Choices of the Heart about the life and death of American Catholic missionary Jean Donovan.
The Archbishop’s life is the basis of the 1989 film Romero, directed by John Duigan and starring Raul Julia as Romero. It was produced by Paulist Productions (a film company run by the Paulist Fathers, a Roman Catholic society of priests). Timed for release ten years after Romero’s death, it was the first Hollywood feature film ever to be financed by the order. The film received respectful, if less-than-enthusiastic, reviews. Roger Ebert typified the critics who acknowledged that “The film has a good heart, and the Julia performance is an interesting one, restrained and considered. …The film’s weakness is a certain implacable predictability.”
In 2005, while at the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Daniel Freed, an independent documentary filmmaker and frequent contributor to PBS and CNBC, made a 30-minute film entitled The Murder of Monseñor which not only documented Romero’s assassination but also told the story of how Álvaro Rafael Saravia – whom a US District court found, in 2004, had personally organized the assassination – moved to the United States and lived for 25 years as a used car salesman in Modesto, California, until he became aware of the pending legal action against him in 2003 and disappeared, leaving behind his drivers license and social security card, as well as his credit cards and his dog. In 2016 a 1993 law protecting the actions of the military during the Civil War was overruled by a Salvadoran high court and on 23 October 2018, another court ordered the arrest of Saravia.
The Daily Show episode on 17 March 2010 showed clips from the Texas State Board of Education in which “a panel of experts” recommended including Romero in the state’s history books, but an amendment proposed by Patricia Hardy to exclude Romero was passed on 10 March 2010. The clip of Ms. Hardy shows her arguing against including Romero because “I guarantee you most of you did not know who Oscar Romero was. …I just happen to think it’s not [important].”
A film about the Archbishop, Monseñor, the Last Journey of Óscar Romero, with the priest Robert Pelton serving as executive producer, had its United States premiere in 2010. This film won the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) Award for Merit in film, in competition with 25 other films. Pelton was invited to show the film throughout Cuba. It was sponsored by ecclesial and human rights groups from Latin America and from North America. Alma Guillermoprieto in The New York Review of Books describes the film as a “hagiography,” and as “an astonishing compilation of footage” of the final three years of his life.
Visual arts
St. James the Greater Catholic Church in Charles Town, West Virginia is the first known Catholic Church in the United States to venerate St. Oscar Romero with a stained glass window in its building. The project was led by the first Spanish priest of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese, José Escalante, who is originally from El Salvador, as a gift to the Spanish community of the parish.
John Roberts sculpted a statue of Óscar Romero that fills a prominent niche on the western facade of Westminster Abbey in London; it was unveiled in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II in 1998.
Joan Walsh-Smith sculpted a statue of Saint Óscar Romero at The Holy Cross College Ellenbrook Western Australia in 2017. The sculpture depicts their College Patron “walking his faith” on his journey with the poor in El Salvador.
From the Gallery of 20th-century martyrs at Westminster Abbey – Mother Elizabeth of Russia, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Archbishop Óscar Romero and Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Frank Diaz Escalet, 1998, “Oscar Romero, Un Regalo De Dios Para El Mundo Entero;” acrylic on Masonite. This painting is in a private collection in Sacramento, California.
Music
Violinist Jean-Luc Ponty’s album Individual Choice has a song dedicated to Oscar Romero: “Eulogy to Oscar Romero”
Political writing
In their book Manufacturing Consent (1988), Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman compared US media coverage of the murders of Romero and other Latin American clergy in US client states with coverage of the murder of Catholic priest Jerzy Popiełuszko in “enemy” Communist Poland to explain their propaganda model hypothesis.
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Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (15 August 1917 – 24 March 1980) was a prelate of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, the Titular Bishop of Tambeae, as Bishop of Santiago de María, and finally as the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador. As archbishop, Romero spoke out against social injustice and violence amid the escalating conflict between the military government and left-wing insurgents that led to the Salvadoran Civil War. In 1980, Romero was shot by an assassin while celebrating Mass. Though no one was ever convicted for the crime, investigations by the UN-created Truth Commission for El Salvador concluded that Major Roberto D’Aubuisson, a death squad leader and later founder of the right-wing Nationalist Republican Alliance (ARENA) political party, had ordered the killing.
In 1997, Pope John Paul II bestowed upon Romero the title of Servant of God, and a cause for his beatification was opened by the church. The cause stalled, but was reopened by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. Romero was declared a martyr by Pope Francis on 3 February 2015, paving the way for his beatification on 23 May 2015. During Romero’s beatification, Pope Francis declared that his “ministry was distinguished by his particular attention to the most poor and marginalized.” Pope Francis canonized Romero on 14 October 2018.
Seen as a social conservative at the time of his appointment as archbishop in 1977, Romero was deeply affected by the murder of his friend and fellow priest Rutilio Grande and thereafter became an outspoken critic of the military government of El Salvador. Hailed by supporters of liberation theology, Romero, according to his biographer, “was not interested in liberation theology” but faithfully adhered to Catholic teachings on liberation and a preferential option for the poor, desiring a social revolution based on interior reform. Up to the end of his life, his spiritual life drew much from the spirituality of Opus Dei.
In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 March as the “International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims” in recognition of the Romero’s role in defense of human rights. Romero actively denounced violations of the human rights of the most vulnerable people and defended the principles of protecting lives, promoting human dignity and opposing all forms of violence. Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas, one of Romero’s successors as Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador, El Salvador, asked Pope Francis to proclaim Romero a Doctor of the Church, which is an acknowledgement from the church that his religious teachings were orthodox and had a significant impact on its philosophy and theology.
Latin American church groups often proclaim Romero an unofficial patron saint of the Americas and El Salvador; Catholics in El Salvador often refer to him as San Romero, as well as Monseñor Romero. Outside of Catholicism, Romero is honored by other Christian denominations, including the Church of England and Anglican Communion, through the Calendar in Common Worship, as well as in at least one Lutheran liturgical calendar. Romero is also one of the ten 20th-century martyrs depicted in statues above the Great West Door of Westminster Abbey in London.
Early life
Óscar Romero was born on 15 August 1917 to Santos Romero and Guadalupe de Jesús Galdámez in Ciudad Barrios in the San Miguel department of El Salvador. On 11 May 1919, at the age of one, Romero was baptized into the Catholic Church by the priest Cecilio Morales.
Romero entered the local public school, which offered only grades one through three. When finished with public school, Romero was privately tutored by a teacher, Anita Iglesias, until the age of thirteen. During this time Romero’s father trained him in carpentry. Romero showed exceptional proficiency as an apprentice. His father wanted to offer his son the skill of a trade, because in El Salvador studies seldom led to employment, however, Romero broached the idea of studying for the priesthood, which did not surprise those who knew him.
Priesthood
Romero entered the minor seminary in San Miguel at the age of thirteen. He left the seminary for three months to return home when his mother became ill after the birth of her eighth child; during this time he worked with two of his brothers in a gold mine near Ciudad Barrios. After graduation, he enrolled in the national seminary in San Salvador. He completed his studies at the Gregorian University in Rome, where he received a Licentiate in Theology cum laude in 1941, but had to wait a year to be ordained because he was younger than the required age. He was ordained in Rome on 4 April 1942. His family could not attend his ordination because of travel restrictions due to World War II. Romero remained in Italy to obtain a doctoral degree in Theology, specializing in ascetical theology and Christian perfection according to Luis de la Puente. Before finishing, in 1943 at the age of 26, he was summoned back home from Italy by his bishop. He traveled home with a good friend, Father Valladares, who was also doing doctoral work in Rome. On the route home, they made stops in Spain and Cuba, where they were detained by the Cuban police, likely for having come from Fascist Italy, and were placed in a series of internment camps. After several months in prison, Valladares became sick and Redemptorist priests helped to have the two transferred to a hospital. From the hospital they were released from Cuban custody and sailed on to Mexico, then traveled overland to El Salvador.
Romero was first assigned to serve as a parish priest in Anamorós, but then moved to San Miguel where he worked for over 20 years. He promoted various apostolic groups, started an Alcoholics Anonymous group, helped in the construction of San Miguel’s cathedral, and supported devotion to Our Lady of Peace. He was later appointed rector of the inter-diocesan seminary in San Salvador. Emotionally and physically exhausted by his work in San Miguel, Romero took a retreat in January 1966 where he visited a priest for confession and a psychiatrist. He was diagnosed by the psychiatrist as having obsessive-compulsive personality disorder and by priests with scrupulosity.
In 1966, he was chosen to be Secretary of the Bishops Conference for El Salvador. He also became the director of the archdiocesan newspaper Orientación, which became fairly conservative while he was editor, defending the traditional Magisterium of the Catholic Church.
Bishop and Archbishop
On 25 April 1970, Romero was appointed an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Salvador and as the titular bishop of Tambeae. He was consecrated on 21 June by Girolamo Prigione, titular Archbishop of Lauriacum. On 15 October 1974, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Santiago de María, a poor, rural region.
On 3 February 1977, Romero was appointed Archbishop of San Salvador, assuming the position on 22 February. While this appointment was welcomed by the government, many priests were disappointed, especially those openly supportive of Marxist ideology. The progressive priests feared that his conservative reputation would negatively affect liberation theology’s commitment to the poor.
On 12 March 1977, Rutilio Grande, a Jesuit priest and personal friend of Romero who had been creating self-reliance groups among the poor, was assassinated. His death had a profound impact on Romero, who later stated: “When I looked at Rutilio lying there dead I thought, ‘If they have killed him for doing what he did, then I too have to walk the same path.’” Romero urged the government to investigate, but they ignored his request. Furthermore, the censored press remained silent.
Tension was noted by the closure of schools and the lack of Catholic priests invited to participate in government. In response to Grande’s murder, Romero revealed an activism that had not been evident earlier, speaking out against poverty, social injustice, assassinations and torture.
On 15 October 1979, the Revolutionary Government Junta (JRG) came to power amidst a wave of human rights abuses by paramilitary right-wing groups and the government, in an escalation of violence that would become the Salvadoran Civil War. Romero criticized the United States for giving military aid to the new government and wrote an open letter to President Jimmy Carter in February 1980, warning that increased US military aid would “undoubtedly sharpen the injustice and the political repression inflicted on the organized people, whose struggle has often been for their most basic human rights.” This letter was then sent, via telegram, from the U.S. embassy in El Salvador to Washington D.C. Carter did not directly respond to the letter; instead, Cyrus Vance, the Secretary of State, wrote a telegram back to the U.S. embassy. The telegram carried a very contradictory message, both stating that the United States will not interfere but will respond to the Revolutionary Government Junta’s requests. It is unknown if Archbishop Romero received the telegram.
On 11 May 1979, Romero met with Pope John Paul II and unsuccessfully attempted to obtain a Vatican condemnation of the Salvadoran military regime for committing human rights violations and its support of death squads, and expressed his frustration in working with clergy who cooperated with the government. He was encouraged by Pope John Paul II to maintain episcopal unity as a top priority.
As a result of his humanitarian efforts, Romero began to be noticed internationally. In February 1980, he was given an honorary doctorate by the Catholic University of Louvain.
Statements on persecution of the church
Romero denounced the persecution of members of the Catholic Church who had worked on behalf of the poor:
In less than three years, more than fifty priests have been attacked, threatened, calumniated. Six are already martyrs–they were murdered. Some have been tortured and others expelled [from the country]. Nuns have also been persecuted. The archdiocesan radio station and educational institutions that are Catholic or of a Christian inspiration have been attacked, threatened, intimidated, even bombed. Several parish communities have been raided. If all this has happened to persons who are the most evident representatives of the Church, you can guess what has happened to ordinary Christians, to the campesinos, catechists, lay ministers, and to the ecclesial base communities. There have been threats, arrests, tortures, murders, numbering in the hundreds and thousands…. But it is important to note why [the Church] has been persecuted. Not any and every priest has been persecuted, not any and every institution has been attacked. That part of the church has been attacked and persecuted that put itself on the side of the people and went to the people’s defense. Here again we find the same key to understanding the persecution of the church: the poor.
— Óscar Romero, Speech at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium, 2 February 1980.
Popular radio sermons
By the time of his death, Romero had gained an enormous following among Salvadorans. He did this largely through broadcasting his weekly sermons across El Salvador on the church’s station, YSAX, “except when it was bombed off the air.” In these sermons, he listed disappearances, tortures, murders, and much more each Sunday. This was followed by an hour-long speech on radio the following day. On the importance of these broadcasts, one writer noted that “the archbishop’s Sunday sermon was the main source in El Salvador about what was happening. It was estimated to have the largest listenership of any programme in the country.” According to listener surveys, 73% of the rural population and 47% of the urban listened regularly. Similarly, his diocesan weekly paper Orientación carried lists of cases of torture and repression every week.
Theology
According to Jesús Delgado, his biographer and postulator of the cause for his canonization, Romero agreed with the Catholic vision of liberation theology and not with the materialist vision: “A journalist once asked him: ‘Do you agree with Liberation Theology’ And Romero answered: “Yes, of course. However, there are two theologies of liberation. One is that which sees liberation only as material liberation. The other is that of Paul VI. I am with Paul VI.” Delgado said that Romero did not read the books on liberation theology which he received, and he gave the lowest priority to liberation theology among the topics that he studied.
Romero preached that “the most profound social revolution is the serious, supernatural, interior reform of a Christian.” He also emphasized: “The liberation of Christ and of His Church is not reduced to the dimension of a purely temporal project. It does not reduce its objectives to an anthropocentric perspective: to a material well-being or only to initiatives of a political or social, economic or cultural order. Much less can it be a liberation that supports or is supported by violence.” Romero expressed several times his disapproval of divisiveness in the church. In a sermon preached on 11 November 1979 he said: “the other day, one of the persons who proclaims liberation in a political sense was asked: ‘For you, what is the meaning of the Church’?” He said that the activist “answered with these scandalous words: ‘There are two churches, the church of the rich and the church of the poor. We believe in the church of the poor but not in the church of the rich.’” Romero declared, “Clearly these words are a form of demagogy and I will never admit a division of the Church.” He added, “There is only one Church, the Church that Christ preached, the Church to which we should give our whole hearts. There is only one Church, a Church that adores the living God and knows how to give relative value to the goods of this earth.”
Spiritual life
Romero noted in his diary on 4 February 1943: “In recent days the Lord has inspired in me a great desire for holiness. I have been thinking of how far a soul can ascend if it lets itself be possessed entirely by God.” Commenting on this passage, James R. Brockman, Romero’s biographer and author of Romero: A Life, said that “All the evidence available indicates that he continued on his quest for holiness until the end of his life. But he also matured in that quest.”
According to Brockman, Romero’s spiritual journey had some of these characteristics:
love for the Church of Rome, shown by his episcopal motto, “to be of one mind with the Church,” a phrase he took from St. Ignatius’ Spiritual Exercises;
a tendency to make a very deep examination of conscience;
an emphasis on sincere piety;
mortification and penance through his duties;
providing protection for his chastity;
spiritual direction;
“being one with the Church incarnated in this people which stands in need of liberation”;
eagerness for contemplative prayer and finding God in others;
fidelity to the will of God;
self-offering to Jesus Christ.
Romero was a strong advocate of the spiritual charism of Opus Dei. He received weekly spiritual direction from a priest of the Opus Dei movement. In 1975 he wrote in support of the cause of canonization of Opus Dei’s founder, “Personally, I owe deep gratitude to the priests involved with the Work, to whom I have entrusted with much satisfaction the spiritual direction of my own life and that of other priests.”
Assassination
On 24 March 1980, Archbishop Romero delivered a sermon in which he called on Salvadoran soldiers, as Christians, to obey God’s higher order and to stop carrying out the government’s repression and violations of basic human rights.
Romero spent 24 March in a recollection organized by Opus Dei, a monthly gathering of priest friends led by Fernando Sáenz Lacalle. On that day they reflected on the priesthood. That evening, Romero celebrated Mass at a small chapel at Hospital de la Divina Providencia (Divine Providence Hospital), a church-run hospital specializing in oncology and care for the terminally ill. Romero finished his sermon, stepped away from the lectern, and took a few steps to stand at the center of the altar.
As Romero finished speaking, a red automobile came to a stop on the street in front of the chapel. A gunman emerged from the vehicle, stepped to the door of the chapel, and fired one, possibly two, shots. Romero was struck in the heart, and the vehicle sped off. He died at the Chapel of Hospital de la Divina Providencia in San Salvador.
Funeral
Romero was buried in the Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador. The Funeral Mass on 30 March 1980 in San Salvador was attended by more than 250,000 mourners from all over the world. Viewing this attendance as a protest, Jesuit priest John Dear has said, “Romero’s funeral was the largest demonstration in Salvadoran history, some say in the history of Latin America.”
At the funeral, Cardinal Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada, speaking as the personal delegate of Pope John Paul II, eulogized Romero as a “beloved, peacemaking man of God,” and stated that “his blood will give fruit to brotherhood, love and peace.”
Massacre at Romero’s funeral
During the ceremony, smoke bombs exploded on the streets near the cathedral and subsequently there were rifle shots that came from surrounding buildings, including the National Palace. Many people were killed by gunfire and in the stampede of people running away from the explosions and gunfire. Official sources reported 31 overall casualties, while journalists claimed that between 30 and 50 died. Some witnesses claimed it was government security forces who threw bombs into the crowd, and army sharpshooters, dressed as civilians, who fired into the chaos from the balcony or roof of the National Palace, however, there are contradictory accounts about the course of the events and one historian, Roberto Morozzo della Rocca, stated that “probably, one will never know the truth about the interrupted funeral.”
As the gunfire continued, Romero’s body was buried in a crypt beneath the sanctuary. Even after the burial, people continued to line up to pay homage to the assassinated prelate.
International reaction
Ireland
All sections of Irish political and religious life condemned his assassination, with the Minister for Foreign Affairs Brian Lenihan “expressing shock and revulsion at the murder of Dr Romero,” while the leader of the Trócaire charity, Bishop Eamon Casey, revealed that he had received a letter from Romero that very day. The previous October, parliamentarians had given their support to the nomination of Romero for the Nobel Peace Prize. In March each year since the 1980s, the Irish–El Salvador Support Committee holds a mass in honour of Romero.
United Kingdom
In October 1978, 119 British parliamentarians had nominated Romero for the Nobel Prize for Peace. In this they were supported by 26 members of the United States Congress. When news of the assassination was reported in March 1980, the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, was about to be enthroned in Canterbury Cathedral. On hearing of Romero’s death, one writer observed that Runcie “departed from the ancient traditions to decry the murder of Archbishop Óscar Romero in El Salvador.”
United States
Public reaction
The United States public’s reaction to Archbishop Romero’s death was symbolized through the “martyrdom of Romero” as an inspiration to end US military aid to El Salvador. In December 1980 the International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union refused to deliver military equipment destined for the Salvadoran government. The leader of the union, Jim Herman, was known as a supporter of Romero and denounced his death. On 24 March 1984 a protest was held in Los Angeles, California where around 3,000 people, organized by 20 November Coalition, protested US intervention in El Salvador, using the anniversary of the Archbishop’s death and his face as a symbol. On 24 March 1990, 10,000 people marched in front of the White House to denounce the military aid that was still flowing from the United States to the Salvadoran government. Protestors carried a bust of the archbishop and quoted some of his speeches, in addition to the event being held on the anniversary of his death. Noted figures Ed Asner and Jennifer Casolo participated in the event.
Government response
On 25 March 1980, US Secretary of State Cyrus Vance revealed that the White House would continue to fund the Salvadoran government and it provide military aid, in spite of the pleas of Romero and his death immediately prior to this announcement. On 31 March 1983, Roberto D’Aubuisson was allowed entry to the United States by the State Department after deeming him not barred from entry any longer. When asked about D’Aubuisson’s association with the assassination of Romero, the Department of State responded that “the allegations have not been substantiated.” In November 1993, documents by the Department of State, Department of Defense, and the Central Intelligence Agency were released after pressure by Congress increased. The 12,000 documents revealed that the administrations of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush knew of the assassinations conducted by D’Aubuisson, including that of Romero, yet still worked with him despite this.
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William Clark
Piet Retief
Maria Cosway
Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord
Jose Bonifacio de Andrada
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Maximilian von Montgelas
Black Hawk
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Thomas Creevey
Johanna Schopenhauer
William Henry Ashley
Gideon Blackburn
John Jamieson
Nathaniel Bowditch
Bernhard Crusell
Lorenzo da Ponte
Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Ferenc Kolcsey
Joseph Lancaster
Pierre Louis Dulong
John Stevens
Thomas Andrew Knight
Laure Junot, Duchess of Abrantes
Frederic-Cesar de la Harpe
Joshua Humphreys
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Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
Bernard Courtois
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Karl Philipp von Wrede
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Jeff Beck, 78
Mick Fleetwood, 75
Peter Weller, 75
Mindy Kaling, 43
Minka Kelly, 42
Michele Lee, 80
Arthur Brown, 80
Georg Stanford Brown, 79
Colin Blunstone, 77
John Illsley, 73
Derrick Simpson, 72
Nancy Allen, 72
Joe Penny, 66
Andy McCluskey, 63
Siedah Garrett, 62
Iain Glen, 61
Curt Smith, 61
Danielle Spencer, 57
Sherry Stringfield, 55
Glenn Medeiros, 52
Carlo Gallo, 47
Amir Talai, 45
Vanessa Ray, 41
Justin Hires, 37
Solange Knowles, 36
Max Ehrich, 31
Beanie Feldstein, 29
E. I. duPont (June 24, 1771-October 31, 1834)
Ambrose Bierce (June 24, 1842-c. 1914)
Roy O. Disney (June 24, 1893-December 20, 1971)
Jack Dempsey (June 24, 1895-May 31, 1983)
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1 In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.
3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
4 And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthlings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?
7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.
8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:
9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.
10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.
11 And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:
12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
13 And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.
14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?
15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.
16 And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
17 And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
18 And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.
22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.
23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?
25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?
27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye or doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.
32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.
34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
38 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?
42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?
43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.
44 Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.
45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.
47 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.
48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
49 I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled?
50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!
51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:
52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.
53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
54 And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.
55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.
56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?
57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?
58 When though goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
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1 Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
2 For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still.
3 Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain.
4 And the LORD shall between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children’s of Israel.
5 And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land.
6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not alone.
7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
8 And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh.
9 And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.
10 And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast.
11 And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians.
12 And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses.
13 And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
14 For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon they servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.
15 For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.
16 And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
17 As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go?
18 Behold,d to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now.
19 Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die.
20 He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses:
21 And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field.
22 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt.
23 And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained all upon the land of Egypt.
24 So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation.
25 And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field.
26 Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail.
27 And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked.
28 Intreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer.
29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD’s.
30 But as or thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God.
31 And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.
32 But the wheat and the rie were not smitten: for they were not grown up.
33 And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
34 And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.
35 And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses.
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Friday, March 6
Read Matthew 4:1-4/Psalm 57:1-4
Who,though He was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped. ~Philippians 2:6
What Is Your Superpower?
Much to the dismay of my family, I cannot have sweets in my home. I simply do not have the willpower to walk past the cookie jar. It is hard for me to imagine Jesus’ ability to walk in the desert for forty days without food. Jesus’ temptation was physical, but also mental. Satan tempted Him with both food and power. Satan prodded with the words “If You are the Son of God . . .” Jesus was not only tempted with food but also with the urge to use His godly powers. He resisted both.
A superpower for resisting temptation would come in handy when trying to lose weight, not to mention when resisting all the many kinds of sin in this world. God did not bless us with such a superpower, but He has given us His Word. Just as Jesus answered Satan with Scripture, we can find our superpower in God’s Word when dealing with our daily struggles. God’s Word is the means by which God strengthens our faith and teaches us about Him. Through His Word, we are able to resist temptation; and when we fall, that same Word promises us forgiveness and renewed strength in Christ.
Lord Jesus Christ, we ask You to bless us with strength while
we live in the knowledge of Your forgiveness. Amen.
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Thursday, March 5
Read Romans 5:12-19/Psalm 32:5-11
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the iniquity of my sin. ~Psalm 32:5
One Man
The Garden of Eden was a perfect place. Adam and Eve found no pain, no hunger, and no boredom. They walked with God, which is an amazing thing to consider. They had only one job. They were to avoid the tree of the knowledge of god and evil. We do not know how long this perfect existence lasted, but it all slipped away in a moment of sin. It took only one man to pull all of us in a moment of sin. The Law was broken and our need for Christ began.
Christ was one man too. His actions completely reversed the sin of Adam and all of us born after Adam. In the actions of Jesus’ perfect life, perfect death, and perfect resurrection, our status as sinners changed to one of saints. The actions of one man brought us grief. The actions of Christ brought us righteousness in God’s eyes.
The season of Lent serves to remind us of our need to repent of our sin and turn to the Savior. The season of Easter will again remind us that our sin is covered by the blood of Jesus. We live as saints of Easter.
Chief of sinners though I be,
Jesus shed His blood for me,
Died that I might live on high,
Lives that I might never die (LSB 611:1). Amen.
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Wednesday, March 4
Read Genesis 3:16-21/Psalm 39
The LORD has heard my plea. Psalm 6:9
Judge or Father?
Adam and Eve had a perfect life until one bite changed everything. The punishment for their sin meant their lives would be full of pain: pain in childbearing, struggle in work, and difficulty in meeting needs. Their perfect world came crashing down around them. Their sin was great, and their punishment both just and severe.
The last verse in today’s reading caught my attention in a new way. After pronouncing punishment, God stops to care for Adam and Eve by making them clothing. God did not just immediately kick them out of the Garden and abandon them to their fate. He took care of their most pressing need. What a beautiful act of tenderness and care. Our God is not simply a harsh judge. If this were true, His actions would stop after the punishment. Judges do not follow criminals into the prison to see that their needs are met. No, our God is a father. Because He loves us, He gives us the Law, but He does not stop there. He applies grace. He promises salvation through the work of Jesus, and He also cares for us, forgives us, teaches us, and nurtures our faith. We can rest in our Father’s love.
Upon your lips, then, lay your had,
And trust His guiding love;
Then like a rock your peace shall stand
Here and in heav’n above (LSB 737:7). Amen.
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John 3:16—For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Romans 10:9-10—That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
Acts 2:38—Then Peter said unto to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost.
Acts 3:19—Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
Mark 16:16—He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
Acts 22:16—And now why tarriest thou? Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord.
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God will keep from all danger!!!!!!
Daily Bible Verse
And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; ~1 Thessalonians 5:12
Daily Inspiration
If God has given us godly leaders to watch over our souls and to help us in our Christian walk, we should be thankful to God for that. We should be willing to give help to support them in their ministry, both because we have benefited from it and because we want others to benefit from it as well.
Daily Prayer
O Lord, let us give honor to whom honor is due. Let us befriend and assist Your servants, seeing it as a great opportunity to show thankfulness to You. By taking other burdens off their shoulders, let us open up more time for Your pastors and preachers to prayerfully study Your Word and focus on preaching it faithfully. Amen.
God is my Provider, TODAY, TOMORROW, and ALWAYS!!!!!!
Who Do You Say That I Am?
By Frances Taylor
Who Do You Say That I Am? Jesus can be our friend and companion, but he is so much more than that. ~Luke 9:18-20
This is one of my favorite Gospel Passages. It’s a question that I have often used for meditation both for myself and for classes I have taught to both teens and adults. It’s a question that I think we need to reflect upon often as we can lose sight of the importance of Jesus in our lives. And the answer can change. He might be friend, brother, Lord, Savior, shepherd, leader, companion – or just someone we have heard about. One teen answered the question by saying that Jesus was a nice man. Is that all he is? What about the Son of God –Divine? Does it make a difference in my life if I believe that Jesus is God, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity who came to save me from eternal death by his dying on a cross? Does it make a difference in how I live if I believe that this is not the end? This is a time for getting to know him better so that I can also live eternally in heaven with the Father. I know this because of the resurrection. Yes, Jesus can be my friend and companion, but he is so much more than that. By his life, I know how to live. By his dying and rising, I can face my own death and the death of those I love because he has shown me that this is not the end. In this today’s gospel, Jesus tell us that we must pick up our cross and follow him. Are we willing to deny ourselves in order to follow Jesus? What am I being asked to change in my life, right now? I am so glad that we are reminded each as we read this question that Jesus asks –not just the disciples – but as well. Who do I say that Jesus is for me, today?
Prayer
Loving God, You sent us Your son to save us. May we come to know him better in all the fullness of his Divinity and his Humanity. Amen.
God knows what you feel inside!!!!!!!!!
When You Are Lonely and Fearful
Let your conservation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have for he hath said, I will never leave thee; nor forsake thee. ~Hebrews 13:5
Bible Verse
Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. ~Deuteronomy 31:6
Prayer
Lord, all that I have, all that I do, is Yours. Keep me in Your care. Guard me in my actions. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Bible Verse
But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit into holiness, and the end everlasting life. ~Romans 6:22
Bible Verse
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound, every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. ~Philippians 4:12
Prayer
Heavenly Father, Protect me and my loved ones from harm and help us to know and love You. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
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