19. I understand the staff's viewpoint and I also think it is a rational one. Had I been in the same situation, I can imagine feeling the same way. Working toward an almost unachievable goal with little resources can feel impossible and would make anyone want to give up and some point. And focusing on solely the paper would have placated the land lord, in addition to relieving some difficulties of taking care of the poor guests. I don't think they were able to accept their role as fools for Christ. They want to give up doing the work of God to make their lives easier, even though they know the right thing to do would have been to continue helping the poor. The Church becomes a place of refuge for Dorothy. She feels like God is ignoring her strife and turns to the Church for comfort. It is there that she lets out all her frustrations and then becomes even more resolute in her cause to continue her work.
I think there are people that are hard to love, but not impossible. Yes some people may stink, or are homeless, but that does not make them less worth of love. If anything it makes them more worthy. People that are alone like the ones Dorothy helped are in need of a person who will show them that they are worth something; that they mean something to someone. I don't really like the term "undeserved love" because it implies that people aren't worthy of being loved. Everyone is worthy, it just takes extra effort to show love for some. As far as how we can obtain grace, I think we can only receive it from God. As humans, we all make mistakes and sin, but God will never stop loving or forgiving us. This is how we can obtain grace, but we can also grant our own level of grace to others by accepting people and loving them even when it is a struggle.
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