carka88's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this glimpse into Dorothy Day's musings about women and family over the course of a year. I had to keep reminding myself that she was writing in the late 1940s, because much of what she commented on is applicable to today's climate.
conordugan's review
5.0
This book, a journal of one year in Dorothy Day's life (1948), is so incredibly beautiful and powerful. Day's spirituality, her deep sense of the sacred in all that she touched, her understanding of the lay apostolate, and of the dignity of marriage comes shining through in these pages. As I read this book, I thought, "If only more people had internalized what Day was saying here, the post-Vatican II crisis would have been much smaller in scope." It is amazing how Day anticipated and lived out so much of what the Second Vatican Council called for. Her profound sense of marriage and how the marriage relationship was an image for the Church and Christ, her understanding of divine friendship, and so many other things were before their time.
In these pages it becomes clear that this woman was a saint. She loved the poor, really loved the poor. She lived with them. She clothed the naked, fed the hungry, helped the lame, visited the prisoner. She and her work were an embodiment of Matthew 25. An incredible book, by an incredible woman.
Also, Mark and Louise Zwick, who run the Houston Catholic Worker House, give a thorough and good introduction to the journal.
In these pages it becomes clear that this woman was a saint. She loved the poor, really loved the poor. She lived with them. She clothed the naked, fed the hungry, helped the lame, visited the prisoner. She and her work were an embodiment of Matthew 25. An incredible book, by an incredible woman.
Also, Mark and Louise Zwick, who run the Houston Catholic Worker House, give a thorough and good introduction to the journal.
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