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WORDS TO THE WHYS

The truth will make you odd. Flannery O’Connor

Servant of God Dorothy Day: "What is the connection between liturgy and sociology?"

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Servant of God Dorothy Day The Church has an obligation to feed the poor, and we cannot spend all our money on buildings. However, there are many kinds of hunger. There is a hunger for bread, and we must give people food. But there is also a hunger for beauty – and there are very few beautiful places that the poor can get into. (The Cathedral in San Francisco) is a place of transcendent beauty, and it is as accessible to the homeless in the Tenderloin as it is to the mayor of San Francisco. The Cathedral in San Francisco is one of the few places where the poor can go and sit down and be with God in beauty… .— Dorothy Day, in response to Cesar Chavez . Those who describe themselves as Progressive Catholics—a term which most often refers to Catholics who, whether they realize it or not, are more socialist  and more pelagian than they are Catholic, and who more often than not fail to consider the necessity of liturgical prayer to living faithfully as a Catholic Christi...

POPE LEO XIV Magnifica Humanitas

Even in the darkest nights, the Lord raises up men and women who refuse to give up, who persevere in doing good, who protect the vulnerable and open pathways to reconciliation. The memory of the saints, righteous people and the oft-forgotten peacemakers, show us that grace does not magically eliminate conflict, but instead it inspires active resistance to evil and an astonishing creativity in doing good” (paragraph 211).

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

I doubt not then but innocence shall make false accusation blush, and tyranny tremble at patience.