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The idea that when the health of one member suffers, the health of the whole body is lowered is a teaching of St Paul which is timeless.

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Dorothy Day
Age: 83 †
Born: 1897
Born: November 8
Died: 1980
Died: November 29
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I believe that we must reach our brother, never toning down our fundamental oppositions, but meeting him when he asks to be met, with a reason for the faith that is in us, as well as with a loving sympathy for them as brothers.
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You see I'm such a fool that I'm never afraid of appearing foolish.
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We should live in such a way that our lives wouldn't make much sense if the gospel were not true.
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The work is more important than the talking and the writing about the work.
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The Gospel takes away our right forever, to discriminate between the deserving and the undeserving poor.
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