Wednesday, December 5, 2012
"To Hell With It" - Dorothy Day | National Catholic Reporter
"To Hell With It" - Dorothy Day | National Catholic Reporter MSW misunderstands what the Catholic Left is all about. We are not trying to conform the Church to our ideas. Rather, we are trying to conform the Church to its own ideas and its promise. We are trying to conform the Church to what we believe God would want. We speak with the Spirit of Prophesy and we cannot be silent. Dorothy knew that and she certainly did not wait for permission to call her movement Catholic Worker. The commitment to social justice, both in society and in the Church, is part of that role.
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And no, we are not Protestants and have no wish to become such. The key feature of Protestantism is not disagreement, it is exit. We are not going anywhere, it is our Church as much as it is Benedict's. The Catholic Left is as much "the Church" as the Bishops are.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, without the spirit of prophesy, or the Left as you call it, then there is no reason to have a Church - as you say, to Hell with it. Sadly, that has been the experience of many who have been demonized by the hierarchy and are later canonized.