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And in the words of St. Pius X again, ‘‘Whereas the Sacraments of the New Law, though they take effect ex opere operate, nevertheless produce a greater effect in proportion as the dispositions of the recipient are better; therefore, care is to he taken that Holy Communion he preceded by serious prepara tion and followed by a suitable thanksgiving.” (Ex ooere ope- rato signifies that the sacra ments always produce grace by the very fact they are conferred independently of the worthiness of the minister — provided; of course, that no obstacle is plac ed by the recipient.) BY WHAT DISPOSITIONS can we strengthen our union with Christ and thus augment the fruits of the Eucharist in our souls? THE PRINCIPAL GENERAL disposition requisite is habitual love for and submission to our Divine Lord,—the complete gift of oneself to Christ by an act frequently renewed. Such a dis position demands voluntary de tachment not only from sin, but from all habitual attachment to creatures and to one’s own self- will. Christ will not identify Himself with us unless we our selves are willing to work hard to put aside our habitual faults and imperfections. This is especially true, ex plains Abbot Marmion, “of de- HAPEVILLE JEWELRY COMPANY 583-B S. Central Ave. HAPEVILLE, GA. East- Point- Ford Co. 1230 N. MAIN PL. 3-2121 LAST POINT, GA. PARAKEETS GUARANTEED TALKERS ANY TYPE PET WHISPERING PINES BIRD FARM POplar 1-2261 V/ 2 Mile S. of Ford Plan! HWY. 85 OFF 41 S. emu Simply Wonderful Sportsweo 281 E. Paces Ferry Rd. (Buckhead) 133 Sycamore Si. (Decaiur) liberate faults against charity toward our neighbor . . . That is why the least coldness, the least resentment harboured in the soul towards our neighbor form a great obstacle to the perfec tion of that union which Our Lord wishes to have with us in the Eucharist.” IN THE SAVIOUR'S own words: “If thou art bringing thy gift, then, before the altar, and rememberest there that thy bro ther has some ground of com plaint against thee, leave thy gift lying there before the altar, and go home; be reconciled with thy brother first, and then come back to offer thy gift.” (St. Mat thew V:23) IN ADDITION to the general disposition of self-immolation in charity, there are several spe cific ones we can cultivate for the greater fruits of the Eu charist in our souls. Thus, one could direct every action of his day to the reception of Holy Communion, making the Eu charist the center of his life. Among the proximate acts of preparation should be explicit acts of faith, hope and love. And always after the reception of Communion, thanksgiving. These rules having been ob served, holiness of life is sure to follow. The purpose of this column is to assist the laity to a fuller un derstanding of their religion. It does not seek to promote contro versy. Questions concerning per sonal marriage problems should he referred to one’s parish priest. Theology for The Layman (Continued From Page Four) is not in space; so “before” is a word of time -— and God is not in time either. What is time? St. Augustine gave the superb answer “I know what time is — provided you don’t ask me.” But he went on from there, and so must we. Time is the measurement of change. Things go on changing, and time measures the changes. A watch whose hands do not move will not tell the time — because time measures change! Where nothing changes, there is nothing for time to measure, so there is no time. Our material universe is continuously chang ing, and time belongs to it. God is changeless, so time has no meaning in relation to Him. We are in time, God is in eternity. If this sort of thing is new to you, it may be difficult at first. Keep thinking it over. God is changeless because He is infinite. He has all perfections. He can not lose any of them, so there is no past into which they can flow away. Nor is there any future from which new perfections can flow to Him. He has all perfec tions, in the present, a present which does not change and does not cease. That is eternity. The universe He created is not like that. Things come and go. Change is continuous. Time and the universe started together. We must concentrate upon the concept of eternity; it brings us deep into the meaning of God. You and I and ail men are in time: which means that we are never at anv moment the whole of ourself. What we were last year, what we will be next vear, all belongs to our total being; but last year has gone and next year has not arrived. There never is a moment when we are all there. We possess our being, the philosophers say, successive ly. Not so God. All that He is, He possesses in one single act of being. Eternity does not mean everlasting time, time open at both ends, so that however far you go back into the past there is no beginning, however far you go forward into the future, there is no end. Eternity is not time at all. It is God’s total possession of Himself. Tnfinitv. omnipresorwe, eter nity — these are rich and re warding concepts, but we should not stay with them too long at a time without returning to the Gospels to meet the living God. Christ is there for us, “whom,” as St. John says at the opening of his first Epistle, “we have seen with our eyes, whom we have looked upon, whom our hands have handled.” The Infinite we are studying is the same Infinite whom we meet in the Gospels, the same Infinite whom we receive in the Blessed Eucharist. RAY GOOLSBY BARBER SHOP Opposite Georgia Power Building 53-A Fairlie, N. W. JA. 3-9143 — Atlanta JAckson 4-8322 12 Edgewood Ave., N. E. WING'S Atlanta, Ga. Kodaks, Photo Finishing and Supplies “CLIFF HUMPHRIES” WILSON APPLIANCE CO. ELECTRICAL and GAS APPLIANCES RADIO and TELEVISION AUTHORISED GENERAL-ELECTRIC DEALER 3051 Peachtree Rd., N. E. Phone CE. 3-1196 - - Atlanta, Ga. Charles F. Templeman, Manager BOOK~REVIEWS EDITED BY EILEEN HALL 3087 Old Jonesboro Road, Hapeville, Georgia Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces, with the hope that every read- is confided to the patronage of Each issue of this Book Page er and every contributor may be specially favored by her and her Divine Son. PERE GAUTIER A PRIEST AND HIS DOG, by Jean Gautier (Kenedy, $3.00). (Reviewed by Cecilia L. Hines) A true and enchanting account of a French Abbe and his dog. plus some insights into the psy chology of animals (including small boys) are the subject of this slender book. With Gallic charm the author traces the pat tern of their adventures, writ ing in the Franciscan vein on such matters as the animals’ place in the scheme of Creation, the intelligence and suffering of animals and what happens to them after death. Pere Gautier tells of the poodle he got from a shelter for stray animals in order to add to the gayiety of a small boy who spent, his vacation with the priest. Loving care transformed Yuni (short for Junipero) into a sleek and well-fed house doe. In the course of his life Yuni brought warmth and comfort, amazing complications and, with his death, tragedy into his de voted master’s life. Spontineity and charming humor fill the pflrrpc from tb.o ip fort 1 in a to ad- venture of the Canon’s shoe laces to the saving, of the poor waif Bancroche from drowning and the account of Yuni’s death is quite touching. Edward Carswell’s illustra tions are very clever and en liven the book. The translator is able to capture much of the lively and sympathetic style of Pere Gautier who has so much love in his heart. THE HERMIT OF CAT ISLAND, bv Peter F. Anson (Kenedv, $4.75). (Reviewed by John Schroder, S.J.) This is the life of an unusual man, John C. Hawes, who was first an architect of renown in England, then an Anglican min ister. After becoming a Roman Catholic and being ordained priest, he was known as Fra Jerome. He worked first in a primitive diocese of Australia, and eventually in the Bahamas. There, as pastor of Cat Island, he lived the life of a hermit, al though a very busy hermit. He died in Miami Beach in July 1956. SPIRITUAL LIFE The same spiritual principles found in a monastery applied to the Christian lay community would soon destroy it. Yet that is what many Catholic people think lay spirituality is, says Catholic writer and editor Ed Willock who feels that some of the strong voices in the lay apostolat.e have been emphasiz ing the wrong things. “The lay community is al most the opposite to the mon astic communit y,” Willock writes in the May issue of Spiritual Life, a quarterly of spiritual direction for religious and lay people who wish to intensify their spiritual lives. “The monastic life begins with a withdrawal from the world whereas family (and commun ity) life begin with the act of taking a mate. Just as the monk must deal with the ever present poverty, celibacy, and obedience, the married people must deal with property, family and town government. Just as one could ruin a monastery by injecting private property, wives and chil dren, and democratic self- government so also one could ruin a lay community by intro ducing monastic practices. I have seen families ruined by one spouse or the other making the mistake of presuming that the ideal Christian is either a monk or nun. The virtue of a married person is always in timately related to his (or her) being tightly bound up with per sons and things,” he writes. Willock takes exception to a writer who says that “lay com munity efforts have failed by setting up heroics too difficult to live with.” He contends that “the heroics proposed in too many instances are redundancies added to the normal heroics of family life. It’s tough enough to raise five kids .without arbitrari ly adding to that the necessity of community prayer.” He sees no reason why “cloister of the home” or “back to the land” movements are proper or necessary to family life or community living. On the contrary he asks “How in heaveri ban a Christian com munity come into being if one fosters the notion of the home being a cloister? Community must represent a desireable holy good before it can possibly be come a Christian community.” Speaking of the failures in attempts at “community,” Wil lock believes that no such move ment could mature within a single generation. “As long as people are self-conscious about their being in community, the community does not exist. Com munity, of its nature, is not self- conscious. Passing through the planning and organizational stage is bound to take a long time. . . . Are we not destroying the whole program of Catholic Action by insisting upon seeing an accomplished fact possibly a century before any harvest can be expected?” COMMON SENSE, by Joseph McSoriey, C. S. P. (Bruce, $3.00). (Reviewed by Cecilia L. Hines) In this book the Rev. Joseph McSoriey of the Paulist Fathers has used the accumulated wis dom of more than fifty years as a background for a number of striking commentories on vari ous aspects of the soul’s devel opment. At eighty-two he brings to his writing the experience of age combined with the penetra ting sharpness of perennial youth. Because, as priest and counsellor he has come to know the problems of many people and dealt with them so success fully he recognizes the great value of the Church’s teachings imparted to the faithful by her ministers—particularly when the instructor is not too long- winded. These illuminating essays are contained in short chapters (some only a page or so in length) and are expressed with stimulating clarity and a certain grace of style all his own. MORE THAN MANY SPAR- ROWS, by Leo J. Trese (Fides, $2.95). Father Trese’s latest book takes its title from Holy Scrip ture, recalling the homily of Our Lord, in which He points out that God Who sustains the sparrow in the air will certainly not forget us who are of more value than many sparrows. The author stresses, throughout the book, the important fact that each person is truly precious to God and will never be forgotten by Him. More Than Many Sparrows is a guidance book for Christian living, giving the principles for a personal relationship to God and mankind. Father Trese pre sents a fresh and hopeful view of the tensions and anxieties facing all Christians today, and he extends the understanding of providence to many new areas in suggesting ways to solve the problems of modern Christian living. Father Trese is author of the popular “This We Believe” column which appears in THE BULLETIN and many other diocesan newspapers. In addi tion to writing his weekly column and numerous discus sion dub texts for the Confra ternity of Christian Doctrine, his duties as chaplain at the Vista Maria School in Detroit, and his frequent lecture appear ances, he has found time to write several popular books on Cath olic doctrine, including Many Are One and Wisdom Shall Enter. 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