The Lord is my light and my salvation – why should I be afraid? The Lord is my fortress, protecting me from danger – why should I tremble? Psalm 27:1 NLT
Dorothy Day has come into several conversations over the past few weeks.** She definitely fits the mold of “Move Toward the Light” from the last CP post (HenriNouwen.org contributions)
Looking for examples of those willing to Trust God, Dorothy Day seems a model. CP can’t do justice to her in one post so a follow-up will be forthcoming.
Church scholar David J. O’Brien has called Dorothy Day “the most significant, interesting, and influential person in the history of American Catholicism.” One of Dorothy’s major contributions was founding the Catholic Worker Movement which resulted in millions of meals being served, among many other good works.
Today’s CP focus is on Dorothy and the Personalism approach. According to the webpage HERE
Personalists believe you can change the world by changing yourself, but also that we are morally responsible for one another. People ought to be self-governing, sincere, determined to harmonize means and ends, and bent not just on personal conversion but on shaping law, policy, and institutions, all of which in turn shape people.
Dorothy’s focus was on individual “guests.” Getting to know them, their issues, what they thought about topics and more. She ACTED, and with such action made it possible for millions to be positive affected and effected by altruistic egoism efforts of personalism.
As we continue Moving Towards the Light, it’s nice to have beacons like Dorothy Day to follow!
Enjoy this day, perhaps with a personalism perspective, loosening life’s self-focus and allowing more strengthening and spurring of the Spirit in the process!
** thanks to CP participant Chris for sharing about Dorothy and for some source materials!
POTENTIAL ACTIONS: This season will likely find increasing numbers of folks looking for food, presenting opportunities to
- share financial and/or food offerings with a local** food pantry
- check with your faith community about upcoming opportunities to feed community members
- volunteer to help with a local mobile food pantry, community dinner
- find a Little Pantry in your area and help stock it with shelf-stable food items
** for those in the Cinci region, some food organizations are listed HERE
Lectionary Texts for Sunday, March 19, 2023:
POTENTIAL LENTEN PRAYER ACTIONS: Perhaps one of these will stir an opportunity for prayer enhancement during Lent 2023?
- With all that’s going on with refugees in our world, “40 Prayers in 40 Days” HERE **
- Lenten Prayer by Rev. Dr. LP Jones HERE
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