Dorothy Day and The Holy Family of the Streets

 

“Dorothy Day and The Holy Family of the Streets”
A New Icon for Advent.
“What we would like to do is change the world--make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe, and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, the poor, of the destitute--the rights of the worthy and the unworthy poor, in other words--we can, to a certain extent, change the world; we can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world. We can throw our pebble in the pond and be confident that its ever widening circle will reach around the world. We repeat, there is nothing we can do but love, and, dear God, please enlarge our hearts to love each other, to love our neighbor, to love our enemy as our friend.” ~Dorothy Day
This advent let us remember the poor, the sick, the dying, the grieving, the unemployed, those unable to pay rent this week, the homeless, those persecuted simply because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, creed, or nationality, the unjustly imprisoned, the refugee, and the immigrant. To dismiss the image of God in anyone is a complete denial of the incarnation.
The Maryhouse Catholic worker on 3rd Street in New York City
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10 comments

  • That’s so beautiful and what Christms spirit should be about.
    A sense of kinship between human kind. We had so much more in common than difference.
    Merry Christmas

    Joanna Penty
  • A message we should all take to heart this Advent 🙏🙏

    Elaine
  • So timely and appropriate. Thank you

    Michele Nichols
  • Brilliant. Just brilliant. Thankyou.

    Adrian Walker
  • Bless you for this icon. Would like to purchase in some form. Thanks, and blessed Advent.

    Helen Deines

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