Tuesday, October 11, 2011

With the heart of anyone in need

Artist: László Mednyánszky
Image from Wikimedia Commons

Dorothy Day has been one of my personal heroes for many, many years now. Here's something she said that is so very pertinent today:

Christ is always with us, always asking for room in our hearts. But now it is with the voice of our contemporaries that he speaks, with the eyes of store clerks, factory workers, and children that he gazes; with the hands of office workers, slum dwellers, and suburban housewives that he gives. It is with the feet of soldiers and tramps that he walks, and with the heart of anyone in need that he longs for shelter. And giving shelter or food to anyone who asks for it, or needs it, is giving it to Christ.

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2 comments:

  1. Find someone to whom you can give of yourself.
    If you connot find someone, pray that they may find you.
    Kindness matters. Every day. Every situation. No exceptions - ever.
    Joe

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  2. That's very beautiful, Joe. Thank you.

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