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Need for Holy Spirit
Stressed by Pope Paul
VATICAN CITY (NC) - The
Church’s first and most important need
is the presence of the Holy Spirit in it
and in all its individual members, Pope
Paul VI told a general audience Nov. 29.
At the same time the Pope challenged
those who, invoking the Holy Spirit,
“have become apostles of controversy,
laicization and secularization.”
Pope Paul began his talk by saying
that he had been asked frequently what
the greatest needs of the Church are
today.
“The Church needs to be animated
by the Holy Spirit,” he declared. “By
the grace of the infusion of this new life
which comes from heaven, not born of
earth, which the Lord gave to His
Church on the day of Pentecost.
“This wind, this fire, this energy, this
word, this richness, this interior power
which is the Holy Spirit, the miracle of
Pentecost, this, above all, is what the
Church has need of today.”
Almost in a liturgy form, the Pope
listed the various aspects of the Holy
Spirit in the guidance of the Church in
the world.
“The Church needs the Holy Spirit,
which is the animator, the sanctifier of
the Church,” he said.
“The Holy Spirit is the divine breath,
the wind behind its sails, its unifying
principle, its interior source of light and
power, its support and consoler, its font
of charisms and hymns, its peace and its
joy, its pledge and prelude to blessed
and eternal life.”
Modern man, particularly, has need
of the Holy Spirit, the Pope said,
because he is caught by the
“enchantment of an outward, beguiling
and fascinating life, unfortunately often
corrupted by the flattery of false
happiness.
“Modern man needs to feel anew a
welling up from within his most inward
depths of personality, almost like a sigh,
a poem, prayer and a hymn, the praying
voice of the spirit.”
Pope Paul called out dramatically:
“Living men, you young people, and
you consecrated souls, you brothers in
the priesthood, are you listening to us?
This is what the Church needs. The
Church needs the Holy Spirit. It needs
the Holy Spirit within us, in each of us,
and in all of us together, in us the
Church.”
Then the Pope began asking questions
about the present state of unrest and
strife within the Church.
“How is it that this interior fullness
has been weakened in so many spirits
who say they are part of the Church?”
he asked. “How is it that so many
groups of militant faithful in the name
of and under the guidance of the
Church have become lazy and thinned
out?
“How is it that many have become
apostles of controversy, laicization and
secularization, as if thinking to find a
freer means of expression for the spirit,
or even placing more trust in the spirit
of the world, than in that of Christ?”
The pope went on with his questions,
asking: “How is it that some have drawn
away from, and even denounced as
harmful chains, the bonds of ecclesial
obedience and the jealous adherence to
the community of the Church’s
ministry, on the pretext of living
according to the Spirit, freed from the
proper norms and forms of canonical
institutions of which the visible body of
the pilgrim, historical and human
Church, even if it is mystic, must be
made up?”
The Pope exclaimed: “If this were
the true Spirit, we certainly would not
extinguish it!”
Acknowledging that the “Spirit
moves as it wishes,” as St. Paul wrote
Pope Paul declared. “But we still wish
once again to avail ourself of the
authority of tradition, expressed by St.
Augustine . . .“He is not of the spirit of
Christ, if he is not of the body of
Christ.”
The Pope concluded: “The humble
and faithful adherence to the Church
not only deos not deprive us of the
Holy Spirit, but rather puts us in a
better -- and under a certain aspect,
indispensable -- condition to enjoy
personally and collectively the vivifying
movement of the Holy Spirit.”
Cuban Refugees Express
Gratitude to Archbishop
MIAMI, Fla. (NC) -- Archbishop
Coleman F. Carroll of Miami was
honored by Cuban refugees here as a
man who made America’s promise “of
equal opportunity for all” come true.
Jose M. Anguerira, dean of social
studies at Dade College, said Archbishop
Caroroll “with great foresight, fostered
development programs” which helped
the large number or Cubans who came
to Miami after Castro’s takeover of their
homeland.
He singled out the Catholic Spanish
Center, Catholic Charities aid to the
Spanish-speaking, homes for children
and the elderly, health programs and the
Santa Isabel housing project.
Scholarships for Cuban refugee youths
in Catholic schools also helped, he said.
Since 1961 the Catholic population
of Miami rose from 300,000 to 557,000
with the increase coming mostly from
the Cuban immigration.
Angueira told several hundred Cubans
at a banquet honoring the archbishop
that it was their duty to support his
effort for human development and
respect for life.
Archbishop Carroll said the story of
the Cuban exiles here “will become a
chatper of Christian love, for God and
for brothers, in the history of Cuba and
of the United States.”
He advocated a more liberal policy of
U.S. immigration officials toward the
thousands of Cubans in Spain seeking
•entry visas to theUnited States.
“Cuban refugees coming from a third
country should receive the same
treatment accorded to those coming
directly from Cuba,” the archbishop
said. Some estimates place their
migrants at 20,000. Many have relatives
in Miami.
Archbishop Carroll said the city of
Miami and Dade County are now
reaping the benefit^ of such large
migration in the cultural, religious,
social and economic fields.
Archdiocesan sources said businesses
run by Cuban exiles have a total income
of over $900 million yearly.
“Archbishop Carroll, a native of
Pittsburgh, knew how important groups
-- he comes from an Irish family - pay
back many times any help granted for
their initial entry into American
society,” Angueira said.
Campaign for Human Development
Awards $859,000 in New Grants
WASHINGTON (NC) -- The Campaign for Human Development, the U.S.
Catholic Church’s antipoverty effort, has awarded 34 grants totalling $859,400.
The grants, the fourth group of grants announced this year, went to such
diverse enterprises as the Kentucky Mountain Feeder Pig Cooperative in Jackson,
Ky. and an Institute for Social Action on the Pacific island on Guam.
The largest grant, $108,000, went to Arriba Loiza, a multi-action, self-help
project in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and the smallest award, $5,000 will aid the
Lancaster Spanish Center in Lancaster, Pa.
CHD also gave a $100,000 interest-free loan to Sisseton-Waphpeton Oyate
Tokatava Ptewanuyanpi Ecahyapte (Future Ranchers of the Sisseton-Waphpeton
Sioux) in South Dakota. The loan will insure that 20 more Indian families can be
added to the Sioux’s livestock-producing enterprise.
LIFT FOR AN ANGEL -- Workmen at Om Lady of the Snows shrine in
Belleville, Ill., give a lift to the Bethlehem angel which is part of the
Shrine’s “Way of Lights” Christmas display. More than 125,000 tiny bulbs
illuminate a 1 Vi mile route leading to a creche with shepherds and magi
The display is open until Epiphany Sunday, January 7. (NC Photo)
BY user, OFFICIAL
Jesus Movement Denounced
WASHINGTON (NC) - The head of
the U.S. bishops’ higher education
office has called the Jesus movement
“simplistic,” “frequently antirational,”
“frequently very manipulative,” and
“often utterly naive and occasionally so
wrapped in fantasy as to be unreal.”
Father Laurence T. Murphy, director
of the U.S. Catholic Conference Higher
Education Division, said persons in the
Movement generally were
anti-establishment and directed toward
“participatory activities.”
He stated that some were former drug
addicts, some regarded the movement as
a fad, and some actually may have had
religious experiences following the
Movement.
The education official said Church
leaders can influence the young, who
form the largest element in the Jesus
Movement by coming across to them
“as ‘real,’ not remote.”
Father Murphy made his comments
in a memorandum to Bishop Joseph
Bernardin, USCC General Secretary.
The document, requested by Bishop
Bernardin, was dated July 7, 1972 and
was made available at the recent fall
meeting of U.S. bishops.
At the beginning of his
memorandum, Father Murphy said the
Jesus Movement “is one expression of a
coalescence of values found within the
so-called youth culture.”
He said persons usually involved in
the movement were youth-oriented and
anti-establishment; oriented toward
“paricipatory activities”; “Have a highly
personalized relationship with the
historical figure of Jesus”; and “have
personal and strongly liberal
interpretations of the Bible.”
In addition, the priest said Jesus
Movement followers seem to be
motivated by “an unrecognized need for
a strong father-figure” and “a reduction
in personal psycho-social tensions by
turning to external authority.”
He said “some are drug users seeking
alternative and substitute experiences,”
that “for some this is simply another
fad,” and that “for some it may well be
a genuine religious experience prompted
and guided by the Holy Spirit.”
After evaluating the Movement,
Father Murphy turned to his criticisms
of the religious trend. He asserted:
“The most basic criticism I offer is
the evidence of a very simplistic
mentality found throughout much of
the movement. It is too easy to be
saved: if you love Jesus, clap your hands
or honk your horn! The question of
what follows on Bible readings,
evangelistic concerts and pep rallies
receives scant attention.”
“Another criticism,” Father Murphy
said, “is the extreme concentration on
feelings, emotions, ‘experiences.’ The
movement is not only simplistic, it is
frequently anti-rational. People get high
on drugs, or alcohol or sex.”
The education official also stated:
“Third,” he said, “the movement is
frequently very manipulative. Some
‘charismatic” leaders use techniques to
persuade and even to coerce young
people. They manipulate their
emotional needs, especially for love,
acceptance, and (for many) submission,
and at times quite knowingly use the
Bible dishonestly. The danger is that
many young people may be so scarred
by their experience that they will be
‘burnt out’ as far as their future
religious experience goes.”
MOTHER TERESA:
NEW DELHI, India (NC) - “This
award is not given to me but to
thousands and thousands of people who
Finally, Father Murphy declared, that
“the movement is often utterly naive
and occasionally so wrapped in fantasy
as to be unreal . . .Some in the
movement are totally extreme in
rejecting the ‘world,’ by which they
mean anyone who does not agree with
their interpretations of the Bible.”
At the conclusion of his
memorandum, Father Murphy asserted
that young people “feel rootless,
disoriented” and are trying “to create
meaning for themselves in causes, civil
rights, politics and liberation.” He said
the young also perceive leadership - in
government, unions, schools and
churches - as “remote and impersonal.”
long for love. Thank you for choosing
me to carry this message of your
concern and love for them,” said
To reach these people, Father
Murphy said, Church officials must
“show that the Church can wear a
human face. This calls for emphasis on
personal encounters, real dialogue, old
fashioned ‘spiritual direction,’ and the
best of pastoral action.”
“Images are more important than
ever for a generation brought up on
television,” Father Murphy said.
“Bishops and priests must come across
to young people as ‘real,’ not
remote . . .Such leadership has a chance
to enlist them in the continuing work of
Christ in creation, in which He works in
us and through us.”
Mother Teresa on receiving the
Jawaharlal Nehru Award for
International Understanding from
President V.V. Giri Nov. 15.
“We will be judged not on how much
we have done but how much we have
loved,” Mother Teresa said. “Love, to
be true, has to be shown to one’s
neighbor. It has to be built on sacrifice.
One has to love until it really hurts.”
This is what her Missionaries of
Charity are trying to do, she said.
“The poor are wonderful people,
great people; if you know them, you
love them,” she said. The greatest
reward she has received has come in the
form of love that the poor has given her,
she said.
President Giri said that Mother Teresa
symbolizes the best traditions of
Christian love, “and is among those
emancipated souls who have
transcended all barriers of race, religion,
creed and nation.” For her the human
race had become one and indivisible, he
said.
“In the troubled world of today
embittered by numerous conflicts and
hatred, the life and work of people like
Mother Teresa bring new hope for the
future of mankind.” Commenting on
the work of the Missionaries of Charity
which has already “become a legend”
and has spread to all the other
continents, the president said that
“there could be no better contribution
to international understanding and good
will than the solid but unostentatious
work done by them.”
Prime minister Indira Gandhi said:
“In honoring Mother Teresa we have
honored the spirit of mercy, we have
honored the spirit of dedication.”
SISTER TO DONATE KIDNEY - Sister Ines Ybarra (left) has come
from Spain to Los Angeles to give one of her kidneys to her brother,
Father Pedro Luis Ybarra (seated). They are with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Asparran, who have cared for Father Ybarra since his body rejected an
earlier transplant. (NC Photo)
‘Poor Are Wonderful People’