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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1963
EAST AND WEST
Jerusalem Holy Week
Points To Divisions
A shepherd leading his sheep,
not driving them, was one of
the first sights 1 saw on my
way into Jerusalem from the
airport.
Now 1 was truly in the land
where God became man and
lived and spoke as man. Here
something He used as an ex
ample in His teaching—some
thing the Psalmist had used,
longer ago—was still to be seen.
He likened Himself to the shep
herd who "calls his own sheep
by name and leads them forth...
He goes before them and the
sheep follow him."
Rounding the great grey walls
of Jerusalem City, we came
close to the place where the
Good Shepherd chose to "lay
down His life for His sheep."
"THERE'S Gethsemani,"
said a young Arab fellow-
passenger, pointing down to the
left, where a grove of olive trees
stood beside a porticoed church.
Behind it rose the broad, gra
dual slope of the Mount of
Olives. On our right, above the
uneven, crowded roofs of Jer
usalem, was the dark dome of
the basilica that covers both
Calvary and the tomb of Our
Lord.
In Jordan and Israel today,
places in which Our Lord lived,
taught and suffered are identi
fiable with a precision that
quickens the pulse. Bethle
hem and Nazareth, Bethany, the
site of the temple, Gethsemani
and Calvary...these are still
local realities under the same
blue sky that was over them 19
centuries ago. From them you
can look out and see the same
undulating hills on the horizon
that Our Lord, His mother, St.
Joseph and the disciples saw.
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OF COURSE the buildings,
the surface levels, the roads
and other superficial aspects
are not the same as they were
then. Sometimes the present-
day town or village is 500 or
1,000 yards from the site of
the old one, as uncovered by
the archaeologists.
One of the Passionists, taking
me through the olive-planted
field beside their monastery
near Bethphage, pointed out
fragments of pottery in the
earth. Dwelling-houses where
people kept their food and
cooked and ate it, had stood
there. This was part of the
Bethany of Our Lord's day.
Just beyond it is the present
village, which bears the Arabic
name of El-Azarieh, which be
gan as El-Lazarle, from die
name of Lazarus, whom Our
Lord raised from the dead.
The tomb of Lazarus would have
been outside the village of his
day.
BETHANY is on the way from
Jerusalem to Jericho. The
modern Jericho, a pleasant town
set among palm trees, is a short
distance from the site of the
old. The road from Jerusalem
still goes through some for
bidding, barren territory.
For His story of the Good
Samaritan and the man who
"fell in with robbers," Our
Lord chose the road to Jericho
as the location. One can still
picture that road as a grim
gauntlet for any lonely trave
ler to run.
hi some places more than
the locality can be identified.
One can touch the very flag
stones and walls that were there
in Our Lord's lifetime.
Massive stone blocks that
were part of the walls around
the pool "having five porti
coes...by the Sheepgate'* in Jer
usalem, masonry that met Our
Lord’s eyes, can be seen to
day.
ABOUT 40 miles north of
Jerusalem, Jacob's well is still
beside the road. There Christ
sat on the low parapet, "wearied
from the journey," and "there
came a Samaritan woman to
draw water." There are still
some 200 Samaritans, a dwind
ling sect, in the nearby town
of Nablus.
The woman, puzzled by Our
Lord's words about "living
water," said "The well is
deep ." It still is—about 100
feet deep. I drank some of the
cool, clear water from its
depths.
On the way through the
countryside to Samaria and Ja
cob's well, 1 thought I saw
corn—maize—growing in a
field. I asked what It was.
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WIDE, reddish flagstones,
furrowed and dented, from the
floor of a crypt chapel under
the convent of Our Lady of
Sion In Jerusalem. These are
part of the pavement of the
Antonia Fortress built by Herod
and garrisoned by Roman sold
iers at the time of Our Lord’s
Crucifixion. Scratched on the
atones are crude drawings of
the soldiers’ games, including
the "Game of the King," in
which a condemned criminal
was mocked.
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The tomb in which Our Lord’s
body was laid was "in the place
where He was crucified." What
remains of it, now much adorn
ed but still in the proportions
of a burial chamber, is only
about 30 paces from Calvary.
Both are within the sombre
Basilica of the Holy Sepulchre,
which is inside the present
walled city.
OUTSIDE Jerusalem one can
still see the great round stones
that were wheeled into place
to cover the entrances to such
tombs. No wonder Mary Mag
dalene and the other two women,
going to the tomb on Easter
morning, asked themselves:
"Who will roll the stone back
for us 7"
Places of primary import
ance and long-standing tradition
in the Holy Land are easily
distinguishable from secondary
shrines, supported by com
paratively late or vague evi
dence. The long-standing trad
itions are guides for archa
eologists. Jerusalem and Pale
stine as a whole have indeed
been fought over and ravaged
again and again, but they have
never been forgotten by either
the followers or the foes of
Christ. Inside the country or
outside it, there could have been
no collective amnesia regarding
the places most closely con
nected with the life and death
of Our Lord.
Above the ground and in it
the Holy Land offers confir
mation of the Gospel record of
the life of Christ. The stones
cry out in testimony that the
Divine Redeemer lived, taught,
suffered, died and rose from the
dead.
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PUBLIC VIEWING
Seminarians Observe
Seder Demonstation
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (RNS)—
Christians must understand the
Jewish Seder or Passover
supper to comprehend the
meaning of the Eucharist, a Ro
man Catholic priest said here.
Father James F. Drane of
St. John's Home Missions Semi
nary here made this remark
while presenting a public de
monstration in the seminary
gymnasium of the Seder and
the Last Supper. He was assi
sted in the project by students
at the seminary.
FATHER Drane explained
that he wished to show Christ
ians and Jews the connection
between the Bible’s Old and New
Testaments.
"When we talk about the New
Testament or the New Covenant,
this is not entirely new but
a fulfillment of the Old Test
ament and the Old Covenant,"
he declared.
Following a reenactment of a
Seder supper, Sherry Cardwell,
a seminarian, explained theolo-
Praises College
WASH1NTON (NC) — Sen.
Leverett Saltonstall of Massa
chusetts praised Boston Col
lege, In a Senate speech mark
ing its current centennial year.
He said the Jesuit school has
made "a substantial contri
bution" to the community and
the nation.
gical aspects of the Jewish
meal and the Last Supper.
Father Drane commented that
the connection between the
Seder and the Last Supper was
in the spirit of ecumenism.
"THE ecumenical movement
is primarily concerned with
better understanding among all
those of Christian faith, re
gardless of their denomi
nations," he said. "But we
must extend this also to our
Jewish friends and seek a bet
ter understanding between us
and them."
Christians in general "and we
Catholics specifically" have
been guilty in the past of dis
seminating mistaken notions
about the Jews and of contri
buting to anti-Semitic pre
judices, Father Drane said.
"Pope John XXIII has elimi
nated some of the distasteful
phrasing of some of the litur
gical prayers," he said. "This
exposition of the Seder Supper
and the Last Supper is meant
to be our effort...to make a
positive move toward showing
there are two Covenants that
cannot be separated spirit
ually."
Father Drane has been active
in small ecumenical gatherings
in the Little Rock area during
the past year. He has led New
man Club discussions at Little
Rock University with Protestant
ministers.
This marble Crucifixion scene, perched atop a small knoll of
shrubbery and framed by evergreen trees, is located near
the Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs, Auriesville, N.Y. Now
a national shrine of the Jesuit martyrs of North America,
the site of the Crucifixion scene is a former Mohawk Indian
village where St. Isaac Jogues said his companions were
martyred.
SENATOR SAYS:
Farmers Shift Attitude
On U.S, Migrant Worker
ELIZABETH, N.J. (NC)—At
titudes toward the migrant
worker are beginning to change,
U. S. Sen. Harrison A. Williams
of New Jersey believes.
Williams has chapioned the
rights of the migrants in the
Senate, where he has sponsored
a legislative program to alle
viate their plight. Recently he
was given the Father Raymond
A. McGowan Award of the Nat
ional Council for the Spanish-
Speaking.
OF WILLIAMS’ legislative
package, one bill providing he
alth care for migrants has al
ready been passed. His other
proposals cover such points as
minimum wages, restrictions
on child labor, workforce stab
ilization, education, day care
for children and creation of
a national advisory council.
Last year die Senate pass
ed four of the bills but they
failed to win passage in the
House.
One of the big stumbling
blocks is the task of convert
ing farmbelt legislators to his
views. But, Williams said in
an interview, "they’re be
ginning to come around.They're
beginning to realize that im
proving the plight of these
people is going to work for the
benefit of everybody."
ADVANCES in agriculture,
Williams said, have contributed
to the problems of the migrants.
The economic advantages of
large farming operations have
led to the near-disappearance
of the family farm with its
stable, year-round work force.
Crop specialization has re
sulted in short harvest periods
which require a large work
force for only a brief period.
Migrant laborers who fill
these needs, he said, live in
a marginal world of sub-stan
dard housing, health and ed
ucation. Living conditions pro
vide an open invitation to sick
ness and immorality. Family
earnings might come to $2,000
a year with all hands at work.
"MOST people aren’t aware
of how serious the situation is,"
the New Jersey Senator said.
"These' people have the lowest
standard of living in the coun
try."
WORLD PROTEST
PARIS (NC)— A protest ag
ainst the current anti-Christian
campaign of the government of
Sudan has been made by the
International Union of the Cat
holic Press at a meeting here.
The journalists from eight
countries stated their op
position to restrictions against
freedom of information and ob
jected to racial and religious
discrimination. They then sing
led out the acts of the Sudan
government in Khartoum ag-
Armenian
ROME (NC)— Bishop Lorenz
Kogy, 68, who served an Armen
ian parish in the United States
for ten years before being
named to an episcopal position
in Lebanon, died at the Armen
ian College here.
Williams, who is chairman
of the Senate subcommittee on
migratory labor, said "we’ve
been working patiently to over
come the opposition” to bills
to aid the migrants. Everyone—
growers included—he said, has
a responsibility to eliminate the
problem.
"It’s a matter of awaken
ing community responsibility.
We’ve been tremendously en
couraged by the changing at
titudes of some people. In a
few cases, those who started
out as critics have become our
strongest backers."
ainst the Christian minorities
in South Sudan,
(LATEST reports on the Sud
anese situation are that two
more priests and three more
nuns are being expelled. This
information, received in Kam
pala, Uganda, brings the total
of Catholic mission expulsions
to 44 priests, 19 Brothers and
45 Sisters, in addition, about
50 Protestant missionaries
have been expelled from the
Sudan.)
The Catholic press group ur
ged its members in all countries
to promote celebrations in De
cember noting the 15th anniver
sary of the adoption of the Un
iversal Declaration of the
Rights of Man. The union also
applauded the work of Catholic
publications in all countries
in the struggle to end hunger
in the world.
Catholic Press Hits
Sudan Persecution
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