Today I went without fanfare to a nonviolent book study group on Dorothy Day that I was banned from two weeks ago. The person who said I was banned and the security guards enforcing his banning were not there. Also today’s gathering was in the library at Marquette not the Peace Center where I was blocked at the doors. The fact is that I was not technically banned and the person who said I was had no valid reason for doing so.
A new employee at the Peace Center after the study group asked me why I was there. As we were talking it was obvious he had been told all about me but did not know me at all. I found it awkward to meet people who think they know you based on hearsay but know nothing about you. We had a good conversation and I think we both left our discussion knowing more about each other.
Another dialog breakthrough came today when two persons responded to my letter to a church person who again was saying she know about all about our proposals like the Cry of the Poor Petition but had refused any kind of dialog. Hopefully the dialog started today by email will continue with person to person and public dialog on this important issue of preferential option for the poor and vulnerable. I was motivated to work on the ‘parable’ on the issue that a few of us are writing. It seems like talking about certain issues like Marquette Teaching Killing or using money from Church sales to aid the poor are controversial and are best said by store, pictures and actions. Emails are the worst form of dialog I have discovered.
My illness lingers on but it feels better when I learn once again that persistently seeking the truth does pay off.
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