Dorothy Day In The Film Entertaining Angels

The film “Entertaining Angels” is a depiction of the life of Dorothy Day. Moira Kelly plays the role of Dorothy Day to portray her as a passionate leftist newspaper writer after World War I. In the beginning, Dorothy is living through hardships. She has an abortion after a toxic love affair. She moves away from New York, and the movie transitions to focus on her devotion to helping the poor and vulnerable when she sees the homeless and poor being fed. This inspires her to start her own soup kitchen and start a homeless shelter. In addition, she also starter her newspaper with Peter Maurin called “The Catholic Worker.” Her dedication to help those in need was the beginning of her faith journey that sparked her entire life of service to the homeless and needy. To Dorothy’s dismay, a Cardinal came to her and asked her to remove the “Catholic” aspect of her newspaper. He believed that the movement was causing disputes and issues among many people,
She was willing to give up so much and prioritize the lives of others while remaining faithful. Although at times throughout the movie she did have her doubts in God, she persevered to show that her faith was larger than her circumstances, and she could go through anything that God put in front of her. Personally, I take away that I can also apply this to my life. After I feel defeated, I need to take into account where I see God in my life. Often times I am so busy that I lose track and tend to think that God is not with me. Her example shows me that God is forever present with us in our struggles, no matter how we feel. He walks with us on our journey back to him, giving us opportunities to help his creation and care for eachother. The hardships and obstacles that we face are there to give us a challenge to overcome, and, in the end, strengthen our love in God and the friendship that we