Divinity and Sacrifice
Godlove Yo'u By Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheep, D.D• . Saint Peter was willing to admit a Divine Christ, but wi's unwilling to admit' a 'Suffering Christ. "Thou .:a~t:, the' Son of the Living God", he told Our Lord 'at Cesarea Philippi. But when Our Lord s.aid that He must die for the sins of the world Peter rebuked Him. A year and a half later or within a week of Our &avior's Death. when Our Lord told the Greeks that like a seed He must first fall to the ground and then rise again, there was the s-ame misunderstanding on the part of the crowd. They argued that the Christ Who was to come was to be eternal? Why then did He say that He would die?
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Neither Peter, at that early moment. nor
the people could reconcile Divinity and a Suf
fering Humanity, al,though th!! prophe.ts Isaias.
Daniel and Zacharias had clearly prophesied
that Our Divine Lord would be the Suffering
Redeemer. Sometimes we Catholics are like
, Peter' and the crowd, finding it difficult to
reconcile adding g,acrifice. self-denial and a
. cross to our faith in the Divinity of the Church. Is it not enough to believe without, "taking up a cross daily"; is it not enough to receive C0111munion without having it obligate us "to announce the death of the Lord until He come"?' Why if Christ sacrificed His life"for our' sins. do we have to ad'd our sacrifices? Because 'that is one way we apply the merits of His Death to our souls; only by conforming to the like ness of His Death will we ever conform to the glory of His Resur rection. See! We are not begging to extend the faith to pagan lands without being interest'ed in sanctifying your souL We want YOU' to'make daily sacrifices for the Holy Father and his' Pontifical Mission Organizations; but we want you to be helped too. It is not the gift alone that interests us; it is the giver.. It would be wrong· to take the sacrifice without Divinity. as it was wrong for Peter to take the Divinity without the Sacrifice. Frankly, we are, as Interested In Improving the' moral·and spiritual. tone of the United States as we are in bringing the pagan world to Christ. Hence when, you cut into your luxuries do it in Christ's name by sending the sacrifices to the Holy Father, through his Society for the Propagation 'of the Faith. GOD LOVE YOU to T:L.T. "I used to invest about $250 a year in securities but have decided it will be as secure with the HOly F·ath er's Missions." ... to RB."This,$4 was going to buy some extra little luxuries for me, instead let it buy some little necessities for the poor' of the world." ... to M.G. "I am a Senior in high school' and I fig ured that if I cr,n s\::end '$1201' $13 for a sweater and skirt I can send at le,:\st this $10,for God's beloved missioners."" Just a little a[lv:mce notice-Sunda,y, October 20th is Mission SundaJ'. R'cmemher to make a, few extra sacrifices for those who 'have s:::cl:ificed all for th~ love of God and souls-the Hob'Father and his missionaries all over the world; Cut cut this column, pin your sacrifice to it and mail it to the Missions, The ~,ddress is The Society for the Propagation of the Faith, 366 Fifth Avenue, New York I, N. Y., or your DIOCESAN DI RECTOR REV, RAYMOND T, CONSIDINE, 368 North Main Street, Irall River, Ma~s.
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PLAN STONEHILL FASHION LUNCHEON: Working on invitations fol" the an nual affair to be held at Blue Hill Country Club, Canton, on Saturday, Oct. 26 for th~ benefit of the college building fund are members of -the College 'Guild. Left, to I'ight: Mrs. Paul J. Fountain, Raynham Center, and Miss Frances A. Dineen, North Easton, co-chairmen, and Mrs. Leo Welch, Whitman, Guild president.
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Continued from Page One the parish, A cafeteria will be es tablished close to the aUditoriuni. Another feature will be a wide display of Biblical themes 'on glazed ceramic tile covering the walls of the corridors. Father Branco expects the building, which will front on Earle Street next to the patish rectory, wfll be ready foi' occu pancy next September for kin aergarten. first and second grade pupils, with two rooms for each grade. The house on Davis Street cur-' rently being used as a kinder garten for 33 children will be converted to serve as the Sisters' cOlwent.
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SACRAMENTO (NC) - The quick growth of the retreat move ment among Amcrican lay Cath olics "tolls the deathknell" of passive Catho~icism, Bishop Rob ert J. Dwyer of Reno has said here. He spoke at the eighth western regional conference of the Na tional Lay\\'omcn's ~etreat As .~.':
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Bishop Dwyer said the lay movement has spread with unexampled rapidity to cvery part of the nation. exercises its influence over countless thou sands of persons, and is a clear indication of an awakening sen sitivity among American Catho lics t,o the broader implications of the spiritual life. Deep Catholicism "It tolls the deathknell," he stated, "of that type of Catholi cism which is 'merely passive, content with fulfilling the mini mum requirements which the Church lays down as essential for participation'in the Mystical Body of Christ, For it is through m e d ita t ion and prayer and through the apparatus o'f'the i'e treat that the ability to appre ciate. Catholicism in depth, is achieved." Although he praised the sig nificance of the retreat move ment, Bishop, Dwyer cautioned the delegates against the pitfall of emotionalism in religion. "Surface religion is the bane of Americtt,", he declared. "It is fataJly easy, in' the Church or ,out of it, to allow emotionalism to' serve as a substitute for the r~treat
real thing, We are sometimts astonished to see religion treated as a sort of phenomenon of mass hysteria, and, vast throngs swept off their feet by the personal magnetism of the'revivalist. Two Fold Purpose "There is, actuallY, something very sad in this-the evidence of a great spiritual hunger which 'is' not' assuaged by' any adequate spiritual food, We say this not critically, but with the clear realization that. genuine religion cannot be measured by purely sentimental response. It must' be built up in the soul by long training in the solid truths of the Faith," , The Bishop said a retreat has a twofold function, namely, per-, sonal and social. ,"The individual Catholic makes a retreat," he stated. "primarily for the sake of his own soul'..• The retreat is his withdrawal, his recoiling within himself to be alone with God ... to understand religion in depth. It is only after ' this withdrawal ... that he feels
inspired to return to the world
. in strength, prepared 'to live more
fully and more completely the
Catholic fife." 'But it is of equal importance, he continued, "that no Catholic lives. for himself alone." It is fOl' this 'reason, the, Bishop added. "that the withdrawal of "the re treat shOUld, logically,be followed by 'the return to' the ,world with a heightened .sense of the aposto late and a fresh,vigOr in carrying out the command of "Christ to teach all ltatioll3.i '
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lLlKE ARCHANGEL RAPHAEL ' Poor SISTER RAPHAEL in Lebanon will be a messenger from God to her, people if we' can support her is] 50 a year) during tW(J) years training. Can you help her with this yearly sl.\m' in any 'pay. ments? Then. there are also Sister Hyacinth In Iraq. and in India• .Sisters Achamma. Annamma, Thomas Peter and Mary Lima., JlfOOK~, ILINES. rACKLE. BAIT'
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AGAIN RAPHAEL This sterling lad in Iraq begins his six years seminary course with firm trust In God that a kind friend will give him what his poor parents cannot-$100 needed yearly to keep him the while. So do George and Joseph in India. Grateful prayers will bless you.
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