Michael Gerson: Dorothy Day, a model for us all - The Washington Post

Michael Gerson: Dorothy Day, a model for us all - The Washington Post:

Dorothy Day, a radical Catholic

"Above all, Saint Dorothy would be a reminder of the radical, shocking demands of human dignity. Day was gobsmacked by the notion. “The mystery of the poor,” she said, “is this: That they are Jesus, and what you do for them you do for him.” It may be pious overstatement. If true, however, we yawn at duties that should cause us to tremble. And those who take those duties literally and seriously are already saints."