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WORKS OF MERCYWORKS OF MERCY
DOROTHY DAYDOROTHY DAY
Dorothy Day
"
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