Dorothy Day: In My Own Words Book

This book was recommended to me by my uncle, who was a priest for nearly 30 years. There is so much "good stuff" in this book, I often found myself putting it down after only reading a couple paragraphs so that I could really digest what Fr. Himes was saying. A few points that really hit home for me:

God is found in our relationship to others - If "God is love" (1 John 4:8), then "one could say that 'God' is closer to being a verb than a noun. 'God is what is done, not the one who does it, nor the one to whom it is done." (pg. 18)

"We are called to work with God in creating order out of chaos. When we confront the enormous problem of pain in our world, we must recognize that God has created us as co-creators who are supposed to be working with God to relieve suffering and grief." (p. 74)

Jesus gave himself away and we should too - "If you give your life away, you will see it become everlasting life - is is precisely what we claim about the death and resurrection of the Lord: having given himself away perfectly, he lives absolutely. He lives now to die no more." (p.78)

There's much more to take away from this book, but I'll let you discover it for yourself.