Dorothy Day, November 8, 1897 – November 29, 1980

I found myself, a barren woman, the joyful mother of children.  It is not easy always to be joyful, to keep in mind the duty of delight. 

     The most significant thing about The Catholic Worker is poverty, some say.

     The most significant thing is community, others say.  We are not alone anymore.

     But the final word is love.  At times it has been, in the words of Father Zossima, a harsh and dreadful thing, and our very faith in love has been tried through fire.

     We cannot love God unless we love each other, and to love we must know each other.  We know Him in the breaking of bread, and we know each other in the breaking of bread, and we are not alone anymore.  Heaven is a banquet and life is a banquet, too, even with a crust, where there is companionship.

                                                                        --Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness