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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. l. 5. 9. 13. 14. 15. 17. 18. 20. 22. 25. 20. 2~\ 28. 20. 30. 31. 32. 34. .3 5. 39. 41. 42. 44. 48. 51. 52. 5 5. 55. ACROSS 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, 50. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 66. <>8. 60. 71. uuuiiriuion or all 75. Goddess of Vengeance 76. Diving bird "8. Vend go. ... Sullivan 81. Relative 82 Without; comb, form 83.' forefront Terbium; abbr. Manservant Arnez 1. Remain Sent on He founded this 2. order; abbr. 3. Bark 4. He had a reputation 5. for great 6. 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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 NS. He vs as born in.... 60. N eon 63. Railroad; abbr. 64. Resecier 65. Cloak; arc. 6". Pertaining to an odt 69. Babylonian Cod _0. Cruel I mperor “3. Science: abbr. If - P<*r roof apex 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 Thank'youT C ° UnC,1 -" d " 1U - •*» ■ again return? Safred He^rf fIJM, for "To thank the c f0r helpln S me {ind employment I shall “to SEE'S, T* 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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