“In the last days it will be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams” (Acts 2:17).

I read every day. In my room, there are several books from which I read reflections from St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the ancient church fathers and mothers, Thomas Merton, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Francis, the saint of the day, and others. Today, one of those books is Rosalie G. Riegle’s Dorothy Day: Portraits by Those Who Knew Her (Orbis Books).

In Riegle’s book, Tom Cornell speaks of the first Catholic Worker Friday night meeting he attended: “In the question-and-answer period, somebody got up and talked about people having a natural right to basic security. But Dorothy said, ‘Security. Why talk about security? The young people here tonight don’t need to hear about security. Great things need to be done and who’s going to do them but young people? And how are they going to do them if all they’re thinking about is their own security? Laying aside treasure for the morrow? Let the morrow take care of itself. Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow.’ ” Cornell describes himself as “breathless” as Day spoke.

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