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GEORGIA PINES
Pity Poor Proof Reeder
Saints in Black and White
ST. GILES 48
I
BY REV. R. DONALD KIERNAN
The late Dick Reid, an early pioneer in the
field of Catholic Journalism, is probobly rem
embered for his apolige.ics of our faith. How
ever, Mr. Reid on many ocasions would write
in a humorous vein and his defense of the "poor
proof reader" published years ago was undoub
tedly his most humorous stor ..
Newspapers are born, live and die today. There
is nothing as old as yeterday’s paper. Speed is
as necessary to keep a newspaper going as to
keep a plane in the air. There are thirty six
letters to a line, ten lines to an
inch, and 168 inches to a solid
page of type. There are in such
a page 60,480 chances for an
error. Multiply this by the num
ber of pages in the average
issue of your favorite paper,
making allowances for head
lines, advertisements, car—
toons and pictures, and you w ill
find that the opportunities for
erorr afforded the newspaper staff from galley
boy to chief editorial writer quickly mount into
the millions.
NOT ERROR but the lack of them should ex
cite the wonder of those of us who cannot write
or type a letter without starting it with the wrong
date and then proceding to prove that, "well begun
is half done."
Since newspapers do not completely ignore the
opportunity of error, those connected with them
see the silver lining in the humor that frequent
ly creeps into these mistakes. In his article
Editor Reid pointed out that there are numerous
illustrations of the difference one letter maymak
such as the man by the name of Frank Clark
who was astonished to read in the local bugle
that he was Krank Clark; and the member of
an*’old local family" who was elected to office
suddenly realized that his ancestry dated from an
"odd local family."
THE MOST humorous though was the chair
man of the judge of a flower show who decided
to wear one of the prize winning gorgeous red
roses in his lapel. The following morning he casu
ally glanced through the paper to see what it
might say about his participation in the program.
This is what he read; "As Mr. Smith mounted
the stage, all eyes were fixed on the large red
rose he displayed. Only years of patient culti
vation could have prodeuced an object of such
brilliance."
If a single letter can work such havoc, a dropped
or added letter can do much worse. One paper
announcing the coming of Lent and it’s fasting
and praying started that: "Catholics feast and prav
during Lent."
Then there was the editor who found out that
his lead story which dealt with the local clergy
men who united to protest lawlessness came off
the press with the headline reading, "Local
Clergymen Unite to Protect Lawlessness."
IN HIS article Mr. Reid pointed out the manny
snares which lie in wait to embarrass news
papermen. Often when writing captions undere
pictures presents a difficulty too, such as the
man who drove his car off a bridge into a riever.
The same editon carried a story of the account
o: a funeral of a parominent and wealthy man in
the comunity. The captions were misplaced and
out sedate funeral rites were described by a
picture of the last hilarious experience of our
inebriated friend.
# 1* there are readers under the impresion that
newspapers never make mistakes, they should
know better now. Trifling and patent errors in
the newspapers are best ignored; when news
papermen are the victims they "grin and bear
it". The public is not always so indulgent. Mr.
Reid concluded with an illustration of the account
of a marriage in which the flowers desdribed
related that "the roses were punk". An apology
and correction demanded; the apology came,
followed by the attempted correction, "We should
have said the noses were pink". It would have been
better to leave well enough alone.
So, friends, read this page with the knowledge
that there is a possibility of 60,480 errors on
this page alone.
QUESTION BOX
The Mystical Body
BY MONSIGNOR J. O. CONWAY
Q. LAST SUNDAY, I HEARD A PRIEST WHO
was saying mass at a side altar in the
SHRINE OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION,
IN WASHINGTON, SAY THE LAST GOSPEL IN
ENGLISH. IN ALL MY 44 YEARS I HAVE NEVER
heard that before, but would certain
ly LIKE TO HEAR IT MORE OFTEN.
HOW IS SUCH AN IRREGULARITY IN THE
CELEBRATION OF MASS ACCOUNTED FOR?
A. My only way for accounting for it would
be personal eccentricity. I have never heard
it in all my 44 years either; and I know of no
privilege which would permit it. But I agree
with you that I would like to hear it more often,
and I am confident that we will, long before
our next 44 years are finished. (Lord help us,
I will be a centenarian by then!)
Q. I AM SLIGHTLY CONFUSED ABOUT THE
MYSTICAL BODY OF CHRIST. CAN IT BE POS-
SIBLETHATWR of THE MYSTICAL BODY CAN
OFFER MASS BECAUSE SINCE WE ARE
MEMBERS OF THE MYSTICAL BODY WE ARE
CONSIDERED AS CHRIST, HIMSELF?
A. It is easy to be confused about the Mystical
Body because it is a mystery; not merely some
thing which exceeds our understanding, not mere
ly something revealed, but a mysterious-sac
ramental-activity of Christ with us and in us.
All of us who have been baptized in Christ
and have faith in Him, are one with His risen
body. And that body, while it is glorified in
heaven, still continues its effective presence
and its sacramental activities here on earth.
Since we are all one with Christ we share
s mysteries; His Sonship, His redemptive
sacrifice, the glory of His resurrection. His
graces, His constant worship of the Father-
and His priesthood.
All baptized people share the priesthood of
Christ because of their unity with Him, because
they have part with Him in all that He is, all
that He did on earth, and all that He does now
in heaven-and on earth. This share of the
baptized person in the priesthood does not mean
that he has the power to consecrate bread and
wine and thus offer sacrifice as the minister
of Christ. These powers come through another
sacrament: Holy Orders.
However, die Mass is an activity of the Church
of Christ, which is His Body, and in which all
?! US * S T mberS ° f * e Bod y J' oin with Him.
The Mass is, more specifically, an activity of
DerctnHhT y r0Und ** altar : a united,
perceptible portion of the Body joined almost
tangibly with Christ and most intimately with
Christ and most intimately with each other;
if r b h y * e Priest at the a ^r as the minister
of Christ and joined in the great sacrament
of unity, the Eucharist.
We might call the Church the basic sacrament
of Christ: the primary realm of His mysterious
presence with us and of His sanctifying activity
within us. The assembly of the faithful at Mass
is a visible sign of the Church: so there is some
thing truly sacramental about it: a sign and a
means of our close union with Christ, a sign and
an instrument of His divine activity in our souls.
This is why we should all be joined together
in a united group, engaged in common action,
each performing the function proper to his role
in the Mystical Body, and all participating in
the common act of love and worship, faith and
thanksgiving. And all sharing in the same di
vine activity which surges through our midst.
Now are you more than slightly confused?
q. THE CHURCH SAYS IT IS A VENIAL SIN
TO TELL EVEN A WHITE LIE. WHAT EXACTLY
DOES THE CHURCH HAVE TO SAYABOUTTHE
SANTA CLAUS LIE?
A. Virginia, watch your language: you will scan
dalize the children. If there were no Santa Clause
we would have to invent one; everybody wants
one.
PRACTICES £ ? CHR1STIAN CHARITY AND WHO
A? Christian Charity is the love of God and
neighbor in imitation of the love of Jesus for
nar ^ F r aU ? er u a . nd for us * Ic must be generous,
patient, humble, constant, kind, tolerant, consi-
derate, for giving, and sacrificing. It is pract
iced by the saints in heaven, the souls in purag-
t ory and by an occasional Christian on earth,
notably in recent months by nonviolent agitators
bv ra< ;! a H StlCe - Occasionally it is practiced
b> you and me, and by some of best friends.
LITURGICAL week
‘King And Child’
(Continued from page 4)
the Exodus, of Israel, which makes it impossible
to understand Christian worship and the sacra
ments without familiarity with these antecedents
"He has revealed his justice in 1 sl gM of t^e
nations" (Gradual Hymn). This is the great mis
sion, the great destiny of Israel; t0 proclaim in
its worship the one true God and to manifest
His Word in time and before the nations the
Gentiles. ’
FRIDAY, JAN. 3 MASS AS ON JAN. 1. | t is
the same God speaking now through His Son who
once spoke through the prophets (Alleluia). T he
implications of universaity in the sacrament of Is
rael are, however, made articulate and clear
in the sacrament of Christ. Gradual, Offertory
and Communion Humns acclaim the message as
non-discriminatory; "the whole wide world",
"from pole to pole."
JAN. 4, MASS OF ST. MARY ON SATURDAY.
This Mass (No. 2, from Christmas to the Puri
fication) is in its entirety a hymn to Mary. A
Christian hymn, for everything turns on her mot
herhood, on her nurture of the Divine Word. Th
ere is no confusion of roles, no mistaking where
salvation lies. Christ is the sole redeemer, only
source of reconciliation with the Father. Mary's
preeminent place in the devotion of the Christ
ian people is exclusively in her maternal rela
tion to the Word of God.
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Court
Suture
Philippine fennel
Damage
Jesus of Nazareth,
Ivins of the Jews
Turkish title
City in North
Western Algeria
Crime
His extraordinary
• • • drew the
admiration of all
56,
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Goddess of Vengeance 76.
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Relative 82
Without; comb, form 83.'
forefront
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Manservant
Arnez 1.
Remain
Sent on
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order; abbr. 3.
Bark 4.
He had a reputation 5.
for great 6.
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with ... from a
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the forest
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Restrain
"The Peach State":
abbr.
Make edging
Danish money
Reign; India
College in
Rhode Island; abbr.
Resound
Prefix: two
Munitions warehouse
Tares
Moslem title
Comb, form; thin
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Egyptian month
Journey
Scilicet (Latin); abbr.
Covers
Gone by
DOWN
He chose a hermitage
near the mouth of
this river
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Trolley
Pardon
Musical tone
Closes
Biblical lion
He performed man>
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W:nk
Cow-headed Goddess
Pulley block
Mythical Giant
Guardian
21. American song bird
23. Term of address
24. Exists
29. Par- of a plant
33. Roger Brooke
Chief Justice. L'.S.
(1836-1864)
34. Insecticide
35. Distress signal
36. L sed in cooking: abbr.
3 . Camel hair cloth
38. Electric measure
40i Interstate Commerce
Commission
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4.5. Pitiful
4 5. Head of Benjamin’s
clan
4 6. Sesame
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49. Resist'd Standard
Version (of the bible)
50. Judas is related in
the gospel
54. Slain
5 5. Sovereign power
56. Worry
5". Edge's
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60. N eon
63. Railroad; abbr.
64. Resecier
65. Cloak; arc.
6". Pertaining to an odt
69. Babylonian Cod
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Kilolitt-r; abbr.
78. Psalm; abbr.
ANSWER TO LAST WEEK'S PUZZLE ON PAGE 7
Love Yon
Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen
What did I see at the Council? This is the first of
a series on that subject. I saw poverty. I never before
saw poverty in the Church. I have seen the poor
c *f in S t0 tbe MHsides of Rio de Janiero; I have seen
no clothes oth er than paper tom from
billboards; I have seen the poverty on Chinese trains,
•s refugees pushed down from the North to escape Com-
munist persecution with no
other wordly goods than a black
sack containing a little black
bread; I have seen lepers in
Uganda dragging their stumps
to a Catholic asylum, where
white habits and whiter souls
greeted them with the love of
Christ.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 26, 1963 GEORGIA BULL.l TIN P A G*L
But at dw Council I saw the poverty behind this po
verty. 1 saw the bishops on whose shoulders rest this
terrible want and hunger and suffering. Often they lined
up before my Council seat, begging a few Mass stipends
to keep their priests alive. I saw the poverty of bishops
from behind the Iron Curtain, who slept three in a room
because they could not afford separate quarters* I saw
one prelate without a pectoral cross-he sold it to pay
his way to the Council; I saw the poverty of another
bishop who had to leave the Council because a cyclone
and typhoon wiped out most of the churches in his mis
sions; I saw the poverty of one bishop who gave up
the best diocese in a country to accept the poorest,
after three had refused the impoverished area.
Does not a mother suffer more for the hunger of her
child than the child himself? These bishops have also
sufferedmore for the poverty of their priest sand people
than the priests and people themselves. Never before
did I see the poverty of Christas I saw it at the Council.
I saw the Christ hungry at the Mount, thirsty at the
well and without a cup, sleeping under the stars, for the
birds had their nests but the Son of Man had nowhere to
lay His head.
' t . r !* d ‘° them. I told them I was doing my best,
but I felt so Inadequate. The Holy Father has appointed
of “ s Pontifical Mission Society In the
-Is to eXM Vet a “ 1 C ‘ n d °~ and Hits is so little
is to collect an average per capita contribution of 27
cents from United States Catholics each year for his
Missions. Will you not in Christ's Name, Who though
rich became poor and in Mary's name, who could a S f-
Ihe Temnl^ 0 ^ ^ Sh ® ° ffered the God-Child in
'r- make an offerin 6 each month for the poor
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want to hein ° r , m y return t0 the Sacraments, I
to C I p ( Falth in the Missions." ...
to C.J. and Friends for $2.60 "We earned this by Putt-
fir ^ r 0,8 -to Anonymous
for $io My New Year's resolution was to send an
offering to the Missions each month, and this is the
first installment.
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