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Dorothy Day and the Downward Path to Blessing - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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Dorothy Day and the Downward Path to Blessing

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In 1933, Dorothy Day stood in a breadline on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, ladling soup alongside the very people most of New York...

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Luke 6:17-26

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Dorothy Day and the Downward Path to Blessing

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