Sarah’s Reviews > The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist – A Greenwich Village Journalist's Conversion and Commitment to Peace and Justice > Status Update

"The only answer to this life, to the loneliness we are all bound to feel, is community. The living together, working together, sharing together, loving God and loving our brother, and living close to him in community so we can show our love for Him."

One must live with them, share with them their suffering too. Give up one's privacy, and mental and spiritual comforts as well as physical.

you love God if you want to love Him. God takes you at your word. Sooner or later one is given a chance to prove his love. diligo the Latin word used for love means I prefer. What if they were compelled to come in by the law of the Church, which said they were guilty of mortal sin if they did not go to Mass every Sunday? They obeyed that law. They were given a chance to show their preference.

Profound statement:: I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.