WORKS OF MERCYWORKS OF MERCY

DOROTHY DAYDOROTHY DAY

Dorothy Day

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The greatest challenge of the day is: how to bring about a revolution of

the heart, a revolution which has to start with each one of us?"

Prayer For The Canonizationof Servant of God

Dorothy DayMerciful God, you called your servant Dorothy Day to show us the face of

Jesus in the poor and forsaken.By constant practice

of the works of mercy,she embraced poverty and witnessed

steadfastly to justice and peace. Count her among your saints

and lead us all to become friends ofthe poor ones of the earth,

and to recognize you in them.We ask this through your Son

Jesus Christ, bringer of good newsto the poor. Amen

Peter Maurin

Maurin saw Dorothy Day as a new St. Catherine of Siena, the medieval reformer and peace

negotiator. Maurin believed Day could "move mountains, and have influence on governments,

temporal and spiritual

The Staten Island YearsThe Staten Island Years

CORPORAL WORKS OF CORPORAL WORKS OF MERCYMERCY

• FEED THE HUNGRYFEED THE HUNGRY

• GIVE DRINK TO THE THIRSTYGIVE DRINK TO THE THIRSTY

• CLOTHE THE NAKEDCLOTHE THE NAKED

• SHELTER THE HOMELESSSHELTER THE HOMELESS

• VISIT THE SICKVISIT THE SICK

• VISIT THE IMPRISONEDVISIT THE IMPRISONED

• BURY THE DEADBURY THE DEAD

SPIRITUAL WORKS OF SPIRITUAL WORKS OF MERCYMERCY

• Admonish the sinnerAdmonish the sinner

• Instruct the ignorantInstruct the ignorant

• Counsel the doubtfulCounsel the doubtful

• Comfort the sorrowfulComfort the sorrowful

• Bear wrongs patientlyBear wrongs patiently

• Forgive all injuries Forgive all injuries

• Pray for the living and the deadPray for the living and the dead