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PAGE 2 GEORGIA BULLETIN THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964
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Vatican Art Gallery.
JUST PUBLISHED
Private Diary Of John XXIII
VATICAN CITY (NC) -The late
Pope John XXIII has revealed
in his private writings that
when he first expressed his
idea to summon an ecumenical
council "the first person to be
surprised by this proposal of
mine was myself."
Excerpts from the recently
published "Diary of a Soul,"
made up of spiritual notes the
Pontiff kept throughout his life,
have been reprinted in Os-
servatore Romano, the semi
official Vatican newspaper, and
other Italian journals.
AFTER HIS election as Pope
in 1958, the former Angelo
Cardinal Roncalli put down his
thoughts on the event and listed
two great graces granted to one
"who has little esteem for him
self, but who receives good in
spirations and implements them
with humility and trust."
"First—to accept with sim
plicity the honor and burden
of the pontificate, with the joy
of being able to say that nothing,
really nothing, was done to bring
it about; on the contrary, with
grieving and conscious concern
on my part not to attract attent
ion to my person. . .
"SECOND grace — to make
certain ideas which are not
complex, but rather most
simple, yet of great importance
and responsibility in the face of
the future, to make these ideas
appear to me as simple, easily
implemented and with im
mediate success."
Such an idea was summon
ing the Vatican council. The
Pope wrote: 'The first to be
surprised by this proposal of
mine was myself, without any
one having suggested it to me.
And to think that everything
afterward seemed to me so
natural. .
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The late Pope’s desire for
Christian unity was forming be
fore he came to the throne of
Peter. The diary proves this in
one entry written in 1903 when
King Edward VII of England
visited Pope Leo XIII in the
Vatican.
YOUNG RONCALLI, then a
seminarian in Rome, noted that
APRIL 12
the King,
testant, has
rising above
ous desires
"though a Pro-
done something
certain tendenti-
of Italian and
foreign anticlericalism, he, at
the height of his greatness^as
not ashamed—on the contrary
he considered it an honor—to
visit and to bow before another
man, a poor persecuted old
man, but whom he recognized
greater than himself, before the
Prayer Day Set
For Vocations
VATICAN CITY (NC) — Re
sponse to a world day of prayer
for vocations has been "en
thusiastic and widespread," ac
cording to Father Godfrey
Poage, C. P., director of the
Pontifical Office for Religious
Vocations.
Father Poage, who is re
sponsible for the organization
of the project, said it was the
decision of Pope Paul VI to in
stitute a world prayer day for
vocations. The event be annual
and will be held on the feast
of the Good Shepherd, the
second Sunday after Easter, in
every diocese throughout the
world. This year the date is
April 12.
"ON JAN. 23rd of this year,"
Father Poage said, "the Pope
sent a directive to the vocation
offices of the Sacred Congrega
tions of Seminaries and Univer
sities and of the Religious es
tablishing the new observance.
'The directive said the day
was to be called a universal
day of prayer for vocations,
without any distinction between
diocesan or rel.gious vocations
or between vocations to the
priesthood, brotherhood or
sisterhood."
The Passionist priest, who
was a well-known vocations di
rector in the United States uo-
til he was chosen to head the
vocations office In Rome, said
the papal directive stressed
the importance of vocations in
general, rather than types or
varieties of vocations.
"WHEN A youth responds to
a vocation, he is responding to
the prompting of the Holy
Spirit," Father Poage said. "He
is imitating Christ and gives
glory to God the Father. What
ever type of service he chooses,
he contributes to the growth
eol the. Church.
"Accordingly, there should
be no competition among re
cruiters, nor any form of
guidance prejudicial to the
youth's liberty."
Since the papal directive, a
number of meetings have been
held by officials concerned with
vocational problems. In addi
tion to the two congregations
mentioned earlier, the project
has been given the support and
cooperatpon of the Sacred Con
gregations of the Oriental
Church and for the Propagation
of the Faith.
'This means that every dio
cese of the world is involved,"
Father Poage said, ’ not only
Europe and North America, but
all the dioceses in the mission
countries and all those of the
Oriental or Eastern Catholics."
FATHER Poage said the
second Sunday after Lent was
chosen because it normally
comes at a time when youth
all over the world are in schools
rather than on vacation, as they
are in parts of Africa or
Oceania earlier or later in the
year. The date also accom
modates the customs of the
Eastern churches, he said.
Letters of instruction on the
observance of the world prayer
day have been sent by the vo
cations offices in Rome to all
nuncios and apostolic delegates.
They will be transmitted, in
turn, to all bishops and major
superiors of religious institutes
in their area.
THE ESSENTIAL features of
the day are three: a Mass for
vocations in all parish
churches, religious houses and
institutes; sermons on the
theme of vocations at all such
Masses, and a holy hour in the
afternoon, wherever possible,
to pray for vocations.
Specific details are left to the
bishops in charge, Father Poage
said. So far, he said, the re
sponse has been "very good,
even enthusiastic and wide
spread, from the letters we
received here in the office."
By instituting this day of
prayer, Father Poage con
tinued, "it is hoped it will be
come the principal celebration
for vocations throughout the
world, so it can be truly said
that the universal Church, East
and West, celebrates together
on a specific date and prays
together for a specific object—
vocations."
Horses Wear
Neckties
CHOLCHOL, Chile (NC) —
Horses wear neckties in this
Chilean community.
The neckties were dreamed
up by Maryknoll Brother Har
vey Easy of Akron, Ohio, who
grew weary of continually sort
ing the horses of his Catholic
catechists from the rest of the
village herd. Now, when a cate
chist arrives, he removes his
tie with his name painted on it
and puts it on his horse.
The horses, which at first
tried to shake off the ties, have
become quite proud of them.
Pope, the Vicar of Christ."
Roncalli called the visit "a
sign of the times that after a
stormy night there should be a
new light rising from the Vati
can, a slow but vital and real
return of the nations to
the arms of the common
Father. . .who has been wait
ing for them a long time. . ."
Pope John’s diary, which will
appear soon in many languages,
traces his spiritual life from
his years in the seminary until
one year before his death in
1963. It was assembled and
edited by Msgr. Loris Capovil-
la, his former secretary.
ON JULY 9, 1961, the Pope
told Msgr. Capovilla that he
could publish the diary, but
only after his death.
* My soul is in these pages,"
he said.
Msgr. Capovilla recalls in
the preface to the book that
the Pope, leafing through the
pages of the diary, said:
"l was a good boy, innocent,
a little timid. 1 wanted to love
God at all costs and 1 didn’t
think of anything but being a
priest. . . And in meanwhile 1
struggled against an enemy in
myself, the love of myself. . .
I took everything seriously and
the examinations of conscience
were detailed and severe."
AT THE AGE of 14, in 1895,
when he was in the seminary in
Bergamo in northern Italy, he
summed up himself with this
note:
"It is well for man that he
wear the yoke of adolescence."
Three years later, following
a week in which he complained
of "continuous distraction in
prayer," the future Pope wrote:
"I would like to think of myself
as a saint already, and instead
I am nothing but a miserable
creature as before. Up until
now I have always played with
God, but God is not to be played
with."
After being ordained, Father
Roncalli was drafted into the
army where he served in the
medical corps. Noting the con
dition of the army barracks, he
wrote: "How ugly the world is,
what dirt, what filth!"
SPEAKING with rare bitter
ness about his experiences in
the military, he said, "I had
to submit myself to military
service which is an unjust and
barbarous imposition on the
ministers of God."
But later he looked back and
drew this lesson from his army
years: "I do not live for other
than to obey the signs of God
like a little soldier at attent
ion before his superior. . .1
am a servant. . . .and the Lord
has shown me His orders."
Going to Rome after his time
in the service, Father Roncalli.
then 21, wrote that God "has
led me to Rome for some special
purpose."
Yet he added: "Even if I
were Pope when I appear before
the Divine Judge and my name
were proferred and venerated
on all lips, chipped into marble
everywhere, what would I be?
Such a great thing!"
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