Dorothy Day passed away on this day in 1980. I remember hearing about her for the first time when I was a college student at Wake Forest. She was born in 1897 in Brooklyn. After living a very secular life, and supporting herself as a writer for different socialist publications in New York City, she had a conversion of faith and became Catholic. With Peter Maurin, she founded the Catholic Worker movement in New York City in 1933, reaching out to those in need in Catholic charity in the depths of the depression. Day was famous for her social activism as a part of her Catholic faith, opposing war and supporting the rights of workers. Her cause for sainthood has been opened in the Catholic Church and she has been named as a Servant of God. In his visit to the United States in 2015, Pope Francis mentioned Dorothy Day in his address to Congress, stating: "Her social activism, her passion for justice and for the cause of the oppressed, were inspired by the Gospel, her faith, and the example of the saints.”
Our psalm states today: “Here God lives among his people.” God lives amongst his people in the reality of our lives. He lives with us we celebrate with him at Mass. He lives with us as we go out to the world. Dorothy Day saw God alive in the poor and the marginalized of the world. May we recognize the many ways God lives amongst us.
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