“We are not expecting utopia here on this earth. But
God meant things to be much easier than we have made them. A man has a natural
right to food, clothing, and shelter. A certain amount of goods is necessary to
lead a good life. A family needs work as well as bread. Property is proper to
man. We must keep repeating these things. Eternal life begins now. ‘All the way
to heaven is heaven, because He said, “I am the Way.” The cross is there, of
course, but ‘in the cross is joy of spirit.’ And love makes all things easy. If
we are putting off the old man and putting on Christ, then we are walking in
love, and love is what we all want. But it is hard to love, from the human
standpoint and from the divine standpoint, in a two-room apartment. We are
eminently practical, realistic.”—Dorothy Day, On Pilgrimage (1948)
(Thanks to
Keara O’Dempsey for bringing this quote to my attention.)
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