Prayer

admin • July 7, 2022

“I was surprised that I found myself beginning to pray daily. I could not get down on my knees, but I could pray while I was walking.”
- Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness

The Dorothy Day Guild invites all our FB friends and followers to join with us in becoming a community of prayer for the needs of the people of the world. Let us raise our voices together to help heal – through her intercession — the world’s wounds and our own brokenness.

One of the Guild’s primary charges, now that the written and oral evidence of Day’s “heroic virtue” has been gathered and her case formally submitted, is to document the “favors and graces” attributed to her holiness. A further sign of God’s blessing.
We would be deeply grateful for your generously sharing with us the nature and impact of your prayer request (no matter how seemingly big or small) by emailing us: gracesandfavors@gmail.com.
Pace e Bene! Peace and All Goodness!

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