In these postings I have often mentioned how an article or quote sent to me by a friend has been timely, a message I need to hear at the time. It seems to happen frequently recently.

The other day I was driving to the Post Office, feeling kind of low, when a friend from Chicago called me with about the book “The Kingdom of God is within You” by Leo Tolstoy. She told me how the book can be found on line at http://www.kingdomnow.org/withinyou.html and how true it is to our time and struggles. A quote from the book: “There is one thing, and only one thing, in which it is granted to you to be free in life, all else being beyond your power: that is to recognize and profess the truth.” She was right and I spread the good news of this book onto friends.

Today a friend from the east wrote me. He is someone I knew from our common struggle to end ROTC, training for the military and teaching war, on Catholic campuses. He referred me to an article from the Washington Post by Colman MaCarthy titled: ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ has been repealed. ROTC still shouldn’t be on campus.. The article was a response to a question I have been asking of what Ivy League and other major universities will do when the excuse of discrimination is eliminated for not allowing ROTC on campus. The article also gave me a view of Father Hesburg, the past president of Notre Dame, who is a main player in my research article: What is the Story behind Dorothy Day Accepting the Laetare Medal from Notre Dame.

All this reminds me of the sayings, “You find what you looking for.” I would add to this saying look to friends to find what you are looking for.

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