The characteristic place to find Christians is among their enemies. The first place to look for Christ is in Hell.

The Fall is where the nation is. The Fall is the locus of America.

The practice of the Christian life consists of the discernment of (the seeing and hearing), and the reliance upon (the reckless and uncalculating dependence), and the celebration (the ready and spontaneous enjoyment) of the presence of the Word of God in the common life of the world.

The characteristic place to find Christians is among their enemies. The first place to look for Christ is in Hell.

Where money is an idol, to be poor is a sin.

Dorothy Day, of blessed memory, did not like to be called (as she often was, for good reason) a saint, because it usually meant that she was not being taken seriously. She heard it as an accusation — a device ostensibly distinguishing her from ordinary people so as to simultaneously discount her words and deeds while exempting others from moral responsibility to speak and act.

Biocides, for example, are designed to kill bacteria—it's not a benign material.