tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933746125516994241.post8894463327525734562..comments2024-01-27T21:46:39.398-08:00Comments on Utah Phillips: March 30, Benefit ConcertDuncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01097726705563639118noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933746125516994241.post-49042515231157094252008-03-08T18:47:00.000-08:002008-03-08T18:47:00.000-08:00Hi Utah & Joanna,I know a priest in SLC (Fr. James...Hi Utah & Joanna,<BR/>I know a priest in SLC (Fr. James Janda)that worked with Dorothy Day for seven years in NYC. He writes poetry and I thought you might like to read the one for her.<BR/><BR/>"For Dorothy Day-The Water Strider"<BR/>To whom would<BR/>they go<BR/>she wondered<BR/>then questioned<BR/>herself<BR/>and yet she<BR/>would not <BR/>condemn pope<BR/>bishop nor priest<BR/>for they also<BR/>are the christ<BR/>though they<BR/>do not carry<BR/>shopping bags<BR/>nor sleep on<BR/>park benches - <BR/>"Do what you<BR/>would wish<BR/>them to do<BR/>unto you"<BR/>a voice whispered<BR/>and she responded<BR/>with hospitality<BR/>with soup and<BR/>benches<BR/>and bags of<BR/>clothing<BR/>yes - clothing<BR/>and feeding<BR/>and housing<BR/>the homeless<BR/>the rejected<BR/>the unwanted<BR/>the absurd christs<BR/>who fit not<BR/>in churches<BR/>nor prisons<BR/>nor hospitals<BR/>the absurd christs<BR/>who slip through<BR/>every mental grid<BR/>and <BR/>rational sieve<BR/>those to whom<BR/>no law or structure<BR/>can apply<BR/>the christs walking<BR/>on water<BR/>instead of using<BR/>boats or bridges<BR/>the christs reaching<BR/>their purpose to live<BR/>to love<BR/>and embracing it.<BR/><BR/>Hazel R.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7933746125516994241.post-75851544953943728442008-03-06T16:20:00.000-08:002008-03-06T16:20:00.000-08:00Thanks for all the updates and photos Duncan.My da...Thanks for all the updates and photos Duncan.<BR/><BR/>My daughter and I will be at the Seattle fund raiser on Sunday. Just wish your Dad could be there, too, but we'll all be singing his praises.<BR/><BR/>Good health and good spirits to you, Utah!Diane Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12069357880704486937noreply@blogger.com