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POPE DISCUSSES VIRTUES
NEEDED BY PRIESTS WHO
WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE
THE BULLETIN, August 8, 1955—PAGE 7
Each issue of this Book Page
is confided to the patronage of
Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces,
with the hope that every read
er and every contributor may
be specially favored by her
and her Divine Son.
THE LORD OF HISTORY, by
Jean Danielou, S. J., Regnery,
$5.00.
(Reviewed By Elizabeth Hester)
In our time one of the dragons
the St. Georges of theology
must be forever ramming a
sword into is the so-calltd
cyclical theory of history. Ar
nold Toynbee is a parent of one
such dragon. The cyclical theory,
to employ a rough generaliza
tion of all its variations, pro
poses that the events of history
repeat themselves in an endless
and usually meaningless tread
mill. This argument can be pre
sented with infinite cleverness
in crushing columes ...and
has been. It has provoked such
monumental responses as Eric
Vogelin’s scholarly six-volume
Order and Hisiory, in which it
is demonstrated that history,
far from being a meaningless
cycle of endlessly recurring
events, is an unfolding of reve
lation, culminating in the unique
historical event of the Incar
nation. From the Christian’s
view, the Incarnation is the
climax of all history, and since
that time ‘the end is now!.
From that time to the Judge
ment, the meaning of history
is all in preparation for the
second coming.
The Lord of History is a col
lection of essays and lectures in
what is Father Danielou’s one-
volume dragon killer. It should
be said that the temper of Fa
ther Danielou’s steel is of such
qualitv that he can kill more
dragons with one volume than
most men can do with twenty.
This hook is not a history,
emphasizing, rather, the mean
ing of history. It is divided into
three sections. The first refutes
several sophisticated contempor
ary arguments against the capa
city of Christianity to function
vitally in the world of today
and tomorrow. The second brief
ly describes the high points of
history, past and present, strict
ly from a theological view. The
third is a definition of the
Christian in his historical func
tion. It is all excellent reading.
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THE IMAGE INDUSTRIES,
by William Lynch, S.J., Sheed
& Ward, $3.50.
(Reviewed by Flamery
O’Connor)
Father Lynch’s thesis in this
fine book is that the trash put
out by the mass media indus
tries is causing the American
imagination to rot and that this
is as dangerous for the life of
the nation as any of the exter
nal threats to our security. Fed
continuously on a diet of fan
tasy which is not recognized as
such, the American will even
tually find his life ordered on a
basis of unreality that can de
stroy the moral fiber of the na
tion.
It is Father Lynch’s conten
tion that in trying to halt this
condition we must have the co
operation of artist and theolo
gian, that these two are natural
allies. In the last few decades,
particularly from Catholic cir
cles, the moral theologian, act
ing as censor, has been heard
from and usually to the detri
ment of future cooperation with
the artist. Fr. Lynch feels that
action from the censor will be
called for only occasionally, that
he must concern himself with
what is good workmanship and
that he must provide a theolo
gy of creativity. “The matter of
style is a great theological ques
tion, but the theologian, the
moralist, and the censor will
recognize that it is not their
competence, hut the competence
of art, to destroy the phony, to
laugh it out of court, and to cre
ate the true. Our task is to en
courage them, to raise them up
among us, and on our knees
beg them to accomplish this
task:, the task of reality against
fantasy.”
THE GOSPEL STORY, by
Ronald Knox and Ronald Cox,
Sheed & Ward. $4.50.
(Reviewed by Elizabeth Hester)
Father Ronald Cox has taken
Monsignor Knox’s translation of
the four Gospels and woven it
into one chronologically con
tinuous narrative. Running on
the ,right pages of the. hook are
Father Cox’s parallel explana
tions of the Gospel texts, all of
which are run on the left pages.
This is an interesting experi
ment which, as a whole, I take
Weekly Calendar Of Feast Days
(N.C.W.C. News Service)
SUNDAY, August 9 — Or
dinarily the feast of St. John
Mary Viannev, Confessor, is ob
served on this day. However,
this year, the centenary of his
death, his feast was moved to
August 8 by snecial direction of
His Holiness Pope John XXIII.
Popularly known as the Cure of
Ars. St. John Viannev was born
at Dardilly. near Lyons, France,
in 1789 and was a 19-year-old
farmhand when he began studies
for the nriesthood. He comnleted
his studies with much difficulty
and was assigned to Ars as nar-
ish priest. There he worked the
rest of his life. His confessional
was thronged with all classes of
persons, who came from far and
wide. During the last 10 years
of his life he spent 16 to 18 hours
a day hearing confessions. He
died in 1859, was canonized in
1926
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1925; and was declared patron
of parish priests in 1929.
MONDAY, August 10—St.
Laurence of Rome, Martyr. He
was born at Huesca Aragon,
Spain, and with his family came
to Rome, where he joined the
clergy and became one of the
seven deacons of the city under
Pope St. Sixtus II. In 258, three
days after the martyrdom of
Pope St. Sixtus, he was put to
death by being roasted alive on
a gridiron.
TUESDAY, August U—SS.
Tiburtius and Susanna, Martyrs.
St. Tiburtius was the son of a
high official of the Rome Im
perial Court and was beheaded
for the Faith in 288. St. Susanna,
said to have been a niece of
Pope St. Caius, was martyred
during the reign of Emperor
Diocletian in 295 for refusing to
marry the emperor’s son, a
pagan.
WEDNESDAY, August 12—
St. Clare Virgin. She was born
at Assisi in 1193. At the age of
18, drawn by the preachings of
St. Francis of Assisi, she ran
away from home and took the
veil of sisterhood from St. Fran
c’s, She founded the Poor
Clares, governed the community
for 40 year, and was consulted
bv nones, cardinals and bishops.
She d ; ed in 1253 and was canon
ized two vears later.
THURSDAY, August 13—SS.
Hinnolytus and Companions,
Martyrs. St. Hippolvtus Was put
to death for the F n ’th bv being
torn to nieces hv wild horses in
the third centurv. After his
death, his purse Concordia, and
19 o+her Christians were be
headed.
FRTD/VY. August 14—St.
Eusebius, Confessor. He was a
Roman priest sometimes hon
ored as a martvr. During the
Ar ; an troubles. about 257. at the
order of Emperor Constantius,
he was imprisoned by being shut
up in a room in his own house.
He died after spending seven
months in constant prayer in the
room-prison.
SATURDAY. August 15—The
Assumption of the Blessed Vir
gin Mary. This feast, a holv day
of obligation in the United
States, commemorates the tak
ing up, soul and body, of the
Blessed Virgin into heaven after
her death
VATICAN CITY, (NC)—Pur
ity, modesty, manners, courtesy,
kindness and humility are the
virtues which His Holiness
Pope John XXIII has listed as
necessary for priests who work
with youth.
The Pope told an audience of
priest assistants of Italian Cath
olic Action’s young women’s
groups that they must draw
their inspiration from Christ. In
the light of Christ, the priest
stands out clearly and his most
characteristic virtues are re
vealed, he said.
“Purity above all, then mod
esty, manners, courtesy, kind
ness and humility which is in
dispensable to overcome every
form of intolerance and pride
surrounding him,” are the great
virtues needed by priests work
ing in the field of the aposto-
late, the Pope said.
He said the priest assistant
is esteemed in terms of his
“evangelistic life.” and he is
judged by the way he over
comes the possible harshness of
his character and according to
his capability or remaining al
ways calm and collected in ex
ercising his duties.
The Pope said it is not the
priest’s “specific duty to occu
py himself with or waste his ef
forts on the pettiness and inter
ests of material life.” However,
the Pope noted that by the na
ture of his job the priest must
be aware of differences in the
social classes and the problems
to he a success. Sheed & Ward
is to be commended for the
format of this hook, and most
particularly for the unusual
and highly effective jacket. This
is one of the rare instances
where the appearance of the
book itself nicely conditions the
eye to the content.
Monsignor Knox was a man of
his time, or that is to say, a
humanist. His suave urbane
translation of the Bible reflects
this. Beyond the accident of his
humanism, it is also generally
known that his phrasing was
slanted to allow for the realities
of English; thus, when a literal
translation of the original re
sulted in an awkward peculiari
ty of English, Monsignor Knox
made allowable adjustments.
The result is a highly readable
text, though some, as I do, may
miss the sterner stiffer quality
of the Douay version.
Father Cox’s explanations are
useful, interesting, and appear
to be backed by sound scholar
ship. His text was originally
prepared for a group of New
Zealand youngsters, and occa
sionally a bit of phrasing pops
up that smacks of the kind of
cuteness adults sometimes in
dulge in to charm children. Ex
cept for these small and rare
instances, Father Cox’s text is
a pleasure to read.
facing many in the daily task of
living.
It is obvious that for priestly
assistants “such circumstances
represent an invitation and a
duty to give these matters his
special attention,” the Pope
said.
‘Censored’
Bishop Carlos Borge, (above)
of Managua, Nicaragua, was
the victim of government cen
sors, when he wrote an article
for the editorial page of La
Prensa, independent daily pa
per. The bishop had criticized
persons who use the word
“communism” for everything
contrary to their interests.
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