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! CHRISTMAS EDIT I Os?, 1956 And, Lo, The Angel Os The Lord Came Upon Them A STUCCO CRjB Efforts to portray the Nativity scene date from, the earliest days r.f the Church and have been expressed in every form of ait This 1 stucco crib by Francesco da Pietrasanta is one of the treasures of the Basilica of St. Mary Major, Rome. (Illustration from the book. 7f>( Christmas Crib, by Nest* de Robed'.) <.NC Features) "Ballad of Herod The King” "What brock* •rsoth.et king to me 5 Thus He tod. proudly from his throne. Proclaim* Its royal destiny Scoffs «? tfn churls who cannot see Tb* »rown is fitted for his brow alone. /;?sd smiles to think they do not even know Great Caesar's might no kings ran overt hp •Vos. Lord, but these come from the east—. Magi. and bearng gifts untold, With retinues of man and beast. Their slaves in silks th< very least, W:th myrrh and frankincense and gems ;■■■' Fome say from coromandei coasts afai By Right they travel following a star.' Kmg, Herod yawns "Well, we shall see Who puts such upstart kings to scorn T’H solve this petty mystery. Greet them and bid them come to m c Say vou they seek another king new-born? Command my prophets hither one and all. Say I shall meet them in my private hall.” So come the doctors of the law. Soothsayers, wizards, knaves and wise. Os these alone he holds in awe The high priest Annas. In those eyes He notes a cunning glint. “Speak out," he cries, "What say the scrolls? Have you consulted them?” “Yea, Lord. The star shall rise in Bethlehem.” Now Herod meets with unctuous grace These eastern kings No churl is hr With welcome hand and warm embrace With artful questing, fare to face, He seeks to penetrate their secrecy. He win? Seek out this king, and when you do, Return that I may come and worship too " But having knelt before the Child The Magi went another way By God decreed Herod, beguiled. In fury bids his minions slay The holy innocents. But ere that dm The faithful Joseph, warned ai midnight, fled And led them safely to an alien bed I Boy’s Christmas Wish j I wish that 1 had been a shepherd boy In Bethlehem. I would have ‘felr so giod To see Our Lord and Mary and enjoy The angels' songs I never after that could have been bad —DAVID ANDERSON The Christmas Tree “Christmas comes but once a year “ Such a hackneyed phrase! Why not take the Christmas theme Through the other days? Little deeds of love can smooth Rocky land or road, Kindness in the heart of man Lightens another’s load I ruths which Jesus came to teach Saved the world from fear When Christ's love is in our hearts Christmas lasts all year, I —DAWN FLANNERY PARKER Gift To The Christ Child | BY FRANCES GASS Not frankincense nor myrrh, nor gold Was the most precious gift they brought. Those wise men from the east of old; No gerrs or jewel finely wrought. No other gft at all could have The value of the best they gave. For at the Christ Child's feet they laid Themselves their hearts, their full faith down In dedication, worship-paid, To God’s love manifest No crowtj Or earthly wisdom could express Their spirit wise in humbleness. The Christmas Story ! Editors, Note: The Carolinian takes particular pleasure] in reprinting from the Holy Bible the story of Jesus’ birth and ! early growth. (As taken from the Authorized or King James Ver- j sion, 2nd Chapter of Sr. Luke). (And this taxing was first made when Cy-re'ni us was governor j decree from Cas’sar Au-gus'tus, that the. world should be taxed, | (And this taxing was first made whn Cy-re’ni-us was governor | of Syria). And all went to he taxed, every one. into his own city, j Ana Joseph also went up from - GaJif s\ out of the city of Nazan !h. , into .Tula, unto the city of David. I which is called BethMe-hetn. (be- j cause hr was of the house and ! lineage of David). To l.v taxed with Ma'ry hie j espoused v iff, being great with t chiid And so n was. that, while the.v ! were there, the days were acconv i piishsd that she would be deliver- 1 cri. And she brought forth her first- j Iv-rn son, and wrapped him ;n j swadfhng clothes, and laid him in j a manger: because there was no i I’bciv, for Ibem in the inn. And there were in thr vm;e j country shepherds abiding in me : f,r>!d. keepiriF watch over their j flock by night. And. in. the unset «>f the Lord earn*, upon them, and the j;lor\ nf the Lord shone round j about them, and. ihev were sott afraid. Ann the angel said unto j JTar not: for. behold, i brins | them, Fear not: for, behold, 1 hriiu you good tidings of great jnv which shall he to all pen- I pie. |, For unto you is horn this day, in the rite of David, T Saiior. which i* Christ the . l.oi n, I Ana this shall'he a sign untv : | you: Vfc shall find the babe wrap- j ; pod in swaddling clothes, lying in ; ; -s t>-anger And suddenly there was with | the angel a multitude of the heat- • I : only host, praising God. and sa.v-1 > ins. Glory to God. in the hirin':-'. { and on earth peace, good will to- | ward men, ; And .’ came lo pass as the an- j ' gels were gone away from them j : into Heaven, the shepherds said j om to another. Let ns now go even j uni.j Bi-’h'le-hein and see this ; thine which is come to pass, j which : iLord hath made know n • :in l o ns Ann they came w-t.h hast--. -:r.J found ■; i'rv and Josrpb and th» i babe lying in a manger And when they had seen i! they ; ; mad? known abroad ’he saytr. t ’ which ■■ as told them concern ins j | this ch Id And thei that heard it won- ! . devrd n’ these things which were I ‘elrl them o.y the shepherds 1 But Mary kept all these thing: : and pondered them in her heart. • '\r,d the shepherd* returned. 1 ■ glorifying and praising God for al' : Not ‘Just Another Day' But Christmas! BY PR IN CINE M. CALITRI John was aware of $ tenseness in the air as he sat down to breakfast. Not another morning like this! His thoughts were dis mal as he attacked the sausage with pretended relish. Are you packed?” he asked with feigned cheerfulness. Helen nodded and silently toyed with her food. “Do we have ! to go, John?” she finally asked, her eyes fixed on her plate, un -1 able to meet his gaze. Her husband looked at her with, | annoyance. “Mother looks for- j ; ward to it. She'd be terribly hurt: si wt weren't there for Christmas.'’j 1 it’s going to be a treacherous j drive." Helen protested weakly, j “The snow flurries are getting | heavier Surely she. would under-i . stand.” “She knows I’ve driven in worse j | weather than this,” John said! : tersely. What was she thinking?) I What is it, she wants? Why does-! : n't she come out and say it : "Mother wants the family under j lone roof." he said aloud. "And! •Christmas is the only time that ; ! takes place, You should under- j | stand by now Helen. It seems we: | go over this every year." "1 knew,’’ she bit her lip. ' every year Bat the din with the kids running around. The noire, the confusion. I don't like it. It’s not as if we had kids, too, to get Info things, ft isn't really Christmas. It's i just another day.” "And if we stayed home?” "We'd be alone ... or else go to Edna’s.” "On Christmas?” he ashed shocked Edna liked chartreuse j feather trees with pink roses. "Not lor me. Not on Christmas Day." | It. was the children. That's what,j was bothering her. He should j | have known it all along. Not be-, | cause she disliked them . . . be- i ! cause she liked them so much. Too bad they had no chil- j drcn . Just one of those tilings. Helen had wanted to i adopt a child . . . had beets obsessed with the idea . . . hut he had scotched it. No matter what the medical hooks said about environment and heredity if he couldn't have one of his own. he just. . wasn't having any. That's the Way ft wars, the way it was I going to be. He had reconcil ed himself, whv couldn't Hel en? Ho sot up impatiently. "I really j j don't see. any way out. of going. We must think of Mother. I have i to make hospital rounds this eve ning. You can meet, me there if we leave by nine, we')) arrive by three 01 four in the morning. Ail right?” "Anything you say.” Helen smd listlessly. "Oct to get moving,” He kissed her cheek. You can have dinner with me at the hospital. I’ll call you M the things that, they had heard and \ seen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days were i accomplished for the rirouni cising nf the rhild, his name I whs called JESTS. which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. And when the days of her puri fication, according to the lav. of ! Most >. were accomplished, they I brought him to Je-ru'sa-lem, to j present Him to the Lord: (As it is written in the law of i the Lmd, Every male that opened-. j tile womb shall be called holy to ! the Lord; > And to offei a sacrifice accord i i ine lo that which is said'in the law o* the Lord, a Pair of turtle- ; doves, or two young pigeons. | And. behold, there was a man j ; in Jeru’sa-iem. whose name eva,-, j I Stm’e-on; and the same man was ; I just arc devout, waiting for the j I consolation of IsTa-el: and the | ; Holy Ghost was upon him : And it was revealed unto him . | by the Holy Ghost, that he should i not s,--c (loath, before he had seen j nthe Loro s Christ. And he came by the Spirit Into ; 'he temple, and when the parents 1 : brought in the child Je'sits. to do j lor h.n after the custom of In law. 1 Then he took him up in hr i arm.-, and blessed God and satd. Loru. nov U-ttcst thou thy ser- , 1 vant depart, in peace according to : i thy word. Foi mine eyes have seen thy : | salvation. : Which thou hast prepared be j fore (he face of ail people: A iight to lighten the Gen tiles. | and ihe glory of thy people I I Is'ra-eS j Anri Joseph and hi? mother mar j veiled at those things which were j !spoken of him i And Sim e-on blessed them*, and! 1 said unto Ma’ry His mother. Be- j i hold, this chiid is set for the fall j j and rising of many in Is'ra-ol: an”, for .< . ien which shall be spoken ’ against. (Yea a sword shall pierce j : through thy own soul also.) the. j the thoughts of many hearts ma>’ 1 I be re vealed. And there was one An na a pro j . photo,p the daughter of Pha-nu el. ' j of the tribe of A'scr; she wa< of a ! great age. and had lived «’j(h »n i iCONTINUED ON PAGE 1«> i John went into the childrens i ward where Tommy Logan, his i appendectomy, waited i "Hi, fellow.” he said as he sat ion the bed easily, careful not to disturb the small patient, i "Brought you something " Tommy | looked at him bleakly. "Aren't you ! going to ask me what it, is, Tom i my? . . . Here. I brought you a i basebali." He placed the ball In the thin j hand and was gratified to see the j fingers curl tightly around it. He ! patted the child’s hand. “I'll see you in a few minutes. Tommy. | The nurse will get you ready. Now, I've told you everything ' that's going to happen. I .just want 1 you to be sure I'm going to take good care of you. All right, Tom my?" Tire dark head nodded ‘Tin going to see to it per sonally that you knock a hom er when baseball starts this ! spring." the doctor promised. I "and we'rp going to get you in good shape for it. See yon in a moment. Tommy," With another swift pat of the hoy's ; head, he walked briskly from the room. Poor little tyke, he thought, i Has nobody. When Sister had j called him to the Children's Home, ■he had been impressed with the efficiency and the kindliness that lie observed. But still, no orphan j age could warm a child's heart j like a home with parents, "Hello, Tommy," John said to 1 the still, sheeted figure lying on j the table. “Everything's going to | be fine. Just do everything we say, l voung fellow. Imagine we're space i men and you're part, of the team. Don't, we look like space men with these gowns and masks?” As soon as the boy was under, lie worked swiftly and expertly. Later, back in the ward, he pa tiently watched Tommy come out of the ether, “You're fine." Tommy awoke to see the doctor grinning confidently at him. "Now just go to sleep and get some rest.” Going to the desk out, in the hall. John said to the nursp, "Put a special on this case. I want, to be sure rm complications set in ; and that there's no post-operative ; shock." Funny about that little tyke, he thought tenderly. He wraps those eyes around me and I feel like I j (CONTINUED ON PAGE IS) ! THE CAROLINIAN [ANGELO’S TWO-FACED ANGEL | 1 """"" This recently acquired Mth-cenfury masterpiece by Tintoretto is one of thr treasure?: of «.h.- Rorion Museum of Fine Arts. <NO Features)! Stop! Look! What’s Ahead? Bs Chaplain ffolonell CONSTANTINE F ZIELINSKI Editor's Note: The advice g rn in this sermon bv Father Zielinski. Catholic Chaplain, I S Vis Force Academy. Denver. Colorado, at (he beginning of 1056, merits repetition, and wi der circulation now that wc are approaching another New Year. Read and “soberiv reflect «n the nature of time ’ befor* engaging in the customarx Nrti Yrar's Eve diversion of making resolutions. According to custom of 10r,..’ Standing. New Year'.; Day in so . ! mysterious way' is supposed 1 knife thiough turn like a sum-on ■ 1 scalpel and split our lives ur, j two very well defined segments of , the ola and new! It's all n f:gmcr’ : of the imagination since the or.:y real division of 1i.r.0 consist? | the second thai just passed -1,- 1 secor.a that is , igh* no-' . and ; • ! second fhal v ill folow, if God I gives l: to live if 1 People on NV-.v Year's D m don ! j ' want to think of time in -uch ! big chunks Mid all the hilarity ! and gay abandon of bidding fnro j well .c, the Old Year and extending -a raucous welcome to the New A'- ■ I they love to think that they no losing automatically a w hoi' : year and gaimrif; automatically a ' ful! year. ■\ year consists of SI, 536,000 seconds. You neither lose nor gain that much time at the stroke of mirtniht on The&e Okinawan children had never seen a crib nor heard the Christman story until they visited ’he Mawashi-shi dispensary of the Daughters of Mary, Health of the Sick The fact that our Lord w,-'-. born poor and in a stable made a special appeal to them because of their own poverty, fKC Features) i|| CHRISTMfISTSKSS DELUXE”" BY JOHN JAY DALY . | In the window of a London stationery shop in Di comber, 5954. a neat little sign read; “No Christmas Cards—Religious: i Cards Only." ( Previously there had bu.t in this shop window sample- of! 1 ' those ornate greetings, numbered one to ten, showing children , on their knees in front of the fireplace, looking up !h> himney , . trying to see Santa Claus. Or. an old servitor down in the wine cellar selecting the master’s favorite ingredients for the making of eggnog. Or, Santa Claus driving his pack of reindeer down a snow-decked mountain. Then the inevitable card with the on> , word, NOEL! 1 1 Such stuff as that . . . People got tiled of those greet ing cards The London stationery shop with it* “religious only" prospered A movement, was start ed Last year men like Joseph Hauser, prominent Washington stationer, had replicas of the sign made—-“No Christmas Cards Religious Cards Only —and put i them in their windows, j CHRIST IN YOUR HEART This is in line with » national movement of getting the Infant, Jesus back into Christmas, His I day. New Year s Eve. \l! >uu re! ~ m actual, present sccnnd of Site. The second that preceded ii immediately tumbles into (he abyss of rternit? —irrovo.Mbi? The second that is to follow is entirely dependent upon God is far as our Jiving through it is -uneerned. This is true rev only at the stroke of midnight on New Year's I ve. U is trite <d eicrv second through which wc live rverv hour of every day •>; each year. !' u > whn think c,» - .arcaf bie chunks ai-- simply t'- ■ ■ Cfiivi ig themselves. Time isn't me-i ; ted cut lo us God in th.-’t t -.on- j ntT. *Vp r\ve Th' : i onlv hi* nf time which vvr can ; * actually claim os our own is it..- • : presc-nl second through hvhteh w- ! : actually live The past doctor be-' ’ long to us anymnn.’. Once it hr,: : been lived through !h> only t,<. 1 ; sessr.jf- we retain from it. is of; • aceoii«iabih*.y before God f,..- .p, acts ot comnv -sior. nr mr i.- • ■ The fulure doesn'* belong re u? any proper sense. We actually pos sess the future only when God p- , ■ mils us to live through s see unci -.e TIME-POOR DiL Is ali very KOherinc- '.e fie. lion on the nature of time rod our possession of it re vr.ils us to he ttme-poor—■. i very poor indeed. Our posses-- ion of time is a fragile thin:., for its thread may be snipped in an Instant by the timeless Goti of our creation. I”' ——————— —— i A movement now underway in Washington Is called "Put Christ;] ;in Your Heart at Christmas.” I Like every effort, it, will take!' a little time- -perhaps a few more i ; years—to see the full fruition of this truly Christian idea. It’s like! the Army Engineers say, “The dif ficult we do immediately, the im- 1 ’ possible takes a little longer!’’ j In a few more years, though, I America will have a much finer (concept of what the story 01, | Bethlehem means at Christmas, time. In the old days this eotm* | 1 try did much better by the feast, i Ncly.d.v C.ejcbl’a’ef: -’S’ith 1 ii'.oi't ; - can exubet-ancr. tb-sa peo ple nt r.ur see-! Nobody km«vs 1t... • , about what tune is and lo vvfeai ' riegi«v 'hey possess it nobod* , •"ar.’-s b:.ss- about it. ’ban people ot ! out It's hist like whooping .. up about bavins three Ca.diUifcs tm - the gu'-A«e. a mansion full of pri.Nj- j , tc-sx , .rioting c.od furniture and a : bank \nuit full of money, -vlt- n ' . you rtall.y don't own ? thing ir, ; • »hc world. C'.od. a? an Ft.-nvil Er-inc knot* s ! no tu a- Existence - Hi? f-sot ivr. He cr.'ilK-t n“‘ be. Thvrot'ore, IT?: : existenc is iit-.-.ttWc live .n tiiii.- God exists in infinite dura-i ■ turn v- lb no b -ginnin;; no end, • ; ini.-”.- ne.ji .it; phase? The.t's why ; God o-'ir.es himself in the Scrip • ttir- s a . *'t A>rt Who Am V No was. : or- will be .Just am—cndU--.. pre : repl duration. 1 All bnmori botoe. arc f'liilt’ e-'C.r --• t.jros e’» hav-' a bpctnnintr tn lit- Life -. one dov b\ ‘h- ir.- . 1 r -cai)rth:< rfi'. ot death B> - fivt’C'D * 1 ■ i*’ 1 "’’'• **il'lD 0 nf t ccyf’- cepUou ana the cessation of Ilfs or. ■ oarlii ..pun death we r.o through , a per. -o of time called the span of , hir. h consists of second? of Urn; which ve artifjeally comprc.*s in to houi-.s. days, weeks, months and i i yet-.r: That span of time bettveen ‘ 1 conrept 011 and death is totally cir - - | i.virlc >t on motion. I-i f c i.- ; ; i-.5.-iuidily motion. If all motion -ri ; the universe wore to ceaso, lift would cease and time v.-ith it : The only way you can have a H OM'IM F.l) ON Fib 1 IS. The true devotions exl ended all the way from Vigil to Twelfth | Night.—from Christmas Eve to ! the eve of the twelfth dry after j Christmas BACK TO NORMAL LIVING Such a simple reminder as "No I Christmas Cards This Year-Re- | ligious Cards Only” can help di- ! icct attention to what, the sacred j •season really is and how long it should la ;t In an era of terrible tension, fiantic frustrations, fin gernail-chewing and the like, psy chiatrists say it would be rather fine if the race got back to nor mal livinu. This is one way to do it—ln observe the twelve days af ter Christmas as an easing-off period. In (he Catholic world, the Mass of Christ has always been celebrated with great joy In lhis most joyous of all sen wns, H comes naturally, (hen, that men and women set aside the eares of the world ami enter into a period that brings Irue peace of mind. Such is tranquility—a release ‘CONTINUED ON PAGE Ik) PAGE SEVENTEEN BY ETTA W. SCHIJCHTEB, There was the prettiest spruce tree in the schoolroom. "Christ mas tree. Christmas tree'" cried the children as they came troop ing in The tree was fresh and green and beautiful, but it had not a single thing on it. It's not a Christmas tree till it's al! full of lovely things," said Sophie, '■'Why isn’t h all full of balls and ’lector. baths. Sister-' ask ed Jimmy. ■ Now. children,” said Sister Alicia when I her were all seated, "tomorrow we are go ing to trim the tree. 1 won der how many of you can bring something to put on if, su.si a. lot of tinsel or ». hall from your last year’s tree, or -* string of cranberries or pop corn—anything to help make our tree look pretty.’’ Mother will let me bring something off our tree," said Do rothea Little hands were lifted one af ter another. • I'll bring -omer-hing. I’ll bring something Sister.” I 1 ' ,l . 111 ur j ~ii. l tcr said, Nov, don't forget" Angelo hadn't said anything. ,tu~i* sat and thought and thought But when he was start ing for home after school ire whispered, • i’ll bring my Christ mas <n a 1 for the tree. Sister." * 'Thai, will be lo'ely. Angelo,” said Sistri. Next rooming all she children • came with something gay and Pie tty to put on the tree of course. a->• w.-.uUi not put the thing* on 'he tree till after school when r.’nrv were cone, they knew - thnl Sin w ml• d the trimmed ' i' •' to b- ■< -urprise for them no v oay when each child would receive a gift Angelo was the very last to eoniy to school that morning. He brought a box which he opened very carefully. In it la.v the Christmas angel. It was made of very stiff paper, -md h,ui wing- and lotjg flowing clothes and a golden born. All the children looked at it in wonder "Is the -nee! a lad;-- or man. Siss.-T Alicia ■" asked IHt-le Shelia. II ' an angel,” c-atd An gelo calmly. "Thm rhf ‘ --rid Sister Ali en imifuh-. --he lifted the anm! from the box The hack'd! ur-t plain white except is Sister nofk-ri when she held ! nn. Amdo had drawn a face on the back of the bead and col ored j very nicely with crayons "Oh. .‘.wo faces!” cried the chil dren laughing "The angel has ' two faces.” “Why did you pur a face or (CONTINUED ON PAGE ISM 1 —a-WM-NMn—— MMMMMM—MmJ Thirty Calls To Midnight BY MICHAEL ZENS Edith Brown looked glumly al the telegram The survey people wan? a re port. for tonight at eleven.” sh< said to her daughter Clare. Eleven! Wouldn't, you know That, s right, when «e should hi going.” Mrs Brown nodded She seem-I crl close to tears. j Clare canie back quickly: I “Now, mother, I insist that 1 you let me do it for you. Just I this once." And she contin ued, with simulated gayety, affecting her mother’s tone of voice: "Hello, Mr. Smith, this is Edith Brown calling for Telefax surveys- I just want to ask you three questions ahout your television listen ing. 1 am not selling any thing at all , Mr? Brown smiled. But it wa clear that .-he would not accep the offer She was too spunky so that It. was this quality aboul her, indeed, that had led her t| take the survey lob several month ago Clare had urged he! no! to work, bur, she felt tftal the money she could give frorl her pension for apartment exl ponses was not enough. 1 i "No. Clare, I won't have it. Yo| i want to go to Midnight- Mass al much a: I do. But it is a shamJ | I've made that Mass every veal since the Christmas after yol were born. That's thirty-six yeail in a row. and now 1o break it fcl . this crazy, crazy job. I shoull have known there.’d be nights likl tills It was too easy, when yoJ friend told me about it: 'The! want, your kind of people. M | Brown, whom they can trust. isfl j .selling, no rushing around n| j nothing. Just sit at your owl j phone and call up a few' people! I Clare, there’s a catch in evera | thing." Clare’s expostulation* got n<fl where. When eleven o'clock can! she picked up her coat, and mla sal. Hci mother sat down at til telephone table with the survw forms and phone book beside hel “I'll take up lots of room in Erl pew so you can slip in later.” I Her mother waved her off will a pencil. The survey company formula tonight called for tl 44th name on the third page ui der each letter. She found "Abe ton, George A.” and began tl dial-and-voice exercise which *>' knew would take at least an v Her report had to fill r city’s "survey .sample" of listeners That meant from 20 to 30 calls, dep' how many adults were i.. of each set J (CONTINUED ON PACT Ij.V
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