Topic > Dorothy Day: The Greatest Connection with God - 1212
After returning from prison and moving back to Washington, she turned to the church again, because she felt the need to connect with God again. need to go to church, to kneel, to bow my head in prayer... I put myself in the atmosphere of prayer: it was an act of will" (85). Gradually he began to realize that his mind, body and soul can be harmonized through the peace he gets from practicing his faith. When Dorothy decided to become a nurse and help war victims, she began to question her lifestyle and her thoughts about religion began to change. “I felt it was necessary for man to worship, to be truly himself when engaged in the act” (93). It was almost as if she found her true self when she went to visit him
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