Death of a Saint

Amparo Palacios died recently. Amparo was a true saint. You can read about her in the Washington Post Obituary.

Amparo was an amazing person. One claim to fame was she was personal friends with Archbishop Oscar Romero whose story was made famous in a late 1980s film called Romero. Edgar, Amparo's husband, told me once that he remembered the day that Oscar converted. He wasn't refering to the day Oscar became a Christian, he meant the day he became an advocate for the poor.

I headed the charge to get Edgar hired as the Calvary Baptist Church pastor to the Latino Community. It started as a Sunday school program.

One of my most vivid memories of Amparo was when she suffered a stroke during a worship service. She was actually at the pulpit leading a prayer or something when it hit. She soldiered thru and didn't tell anyone. After church, we were in Woodward Hall (a fellowship area adjacent to the sanctuary) when someone asked, "Where's Amparo?" We went looking for her and found her still in the sanctuary. She couldn't get up. We rushed her to the hospital and she was there for a few days and came out fine. What an amazing lady?

God bless you Amparo.