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Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton and the Greatest Commandment
by
Julie Leininger Pycior
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Publication date: 2020-08-01
ISBN: 9780809155156
ISBN: 9780809155156
Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton together
made history with their radical
witness to love of God and neighbor.
Even so, this evocative saga has not
come center stage—until now. The firstever
pairing of their personal journals
reveals that Merton drew great inspiration
from Dorothy Day’s devotion to
prayer, peace, and privileging “the least,”
while she wrote, “I must pray to him,”
after the death of this famous monk
whose meditations on injustice often
appeared in her Catholic Worker newspaper.
Their moving correspondence
with each other, as well as their voluminous
personal papers—many mined
for the first time—also yield revelations
both timely and timeless. Deeply researched
and vividly written, this compelling
account of the two spiritual
figures that Pope Francis showcased to
Congress offers valuable insights on
living with integrity despite the odds.
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