"it is because I have not been embarrassed to talk about God."(Day, p.1)
Dorothy Day’s life and works are a great inspiration. Her selflessness
and strength are great models for people today. She was not just trying
comfort the poor but change their situation. She incorporated CHARITY
and JUSTICE in her crusade for the poor and voiceless. The fact that she
questioned the church in her religious development is comforting to me.
It shows that even the most religiously devoted people have questions.
She took an enormous risk with her life while remaining steadfastly
confident in the righteousness of her cause. As a result, her life
changed many of our outlooks and perceptions.
Bibliography:
Tom Cornell, Robert Ellsberg and Jim Forest, editors, A Penny a Copy:
Writings from the Catholic Worker (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis, 1995)
Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness. (Chicago: Saint Thomas More Press,
1993)
William Miller, Dorothy Day: A Biography (New York: Harper & Row, 1982)
William O. Paulsell, Tough Minds Tender Hearts (New York: Paulist Press,
1990)