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1 p e r ne On Earth Heaven offering of my being. Though their toil is not enough in Your sight, permit them to trace Your holv desires. I give my eyes You alone beholding on the cross of atonement. I give my lips whisper ing and sharing Your Eternal Love. I give my arms limitless en folding of my fellow- men, for I see You in them. I am Yours strength ened and protected through the Mass. Nour ished through the Ro sary of Your Mother, I am a daughter placed in Your hands. Receive me as Your Own, though tunworthy. Bid me to come unto You, and re fresh my simple soul. si sies among us there would be more ' i those who, in this sense, fear being ys ictually withdrawing from the peo- th of the year. rsc fe has been altered by just one in- ortmide. The detachment of a retreat t r wi't miss yours , i confinement one of the most severe sr- )ut retreat-time is not one of con- rar time of refraining from idle talk jar 'oice of one real Friend. William :all it: stti my retreat / tude is sweet. 11 (il we gt;f 1 lisle 1 th 1 ', Mundelein has just settled down few days of quiet. : on the streets the daily clatter con- unobserved and undisturbed. In- despite the orderly agenda, each life ed.s on a different pattern, a lasting le to God's omnipotent variation. *-hy F. MEANINGFUL FACIAL EX- gt; - lt; SSIONS SUDDENLY STRIKE A ing want chord and a shrug or a raised xt ) v becomes a forceful communication, mge rence posture is a ready indication g ai careful observer, emp tlessness is a key to non-interest or p ries of tjie night before. A resting S means deep contemplation or deep , ,nt er. Erectness indicates good pos- t . laliits, surprise, new insight, or high resolutions. or her audi three day pageantry of peace and .. e is aptly caught in the Benediction and the rising fragrance of in- and held at its peak as enriched and n th souls kneel for the Papal blessing. CnS -Y COME UP THE STAIRS IN up * K USUAL CROWDS AND START i gt;f th - sa ar' to tne DUS ana L- The s are silent, the aisles empty, and U.I. irror reflects only the inanimate TH1 'fter evicted humanity. But in the sary and social gatherings all over the ir op ere is partial peace, because a thing e L cious is not easily discarded and ocal iein has found if Sound'off. To Ail Officers And Men One sage wit in a discussion on moral courage remarked amused ly, I can resist everything except temptation. That ignoble truth bears consideration during the few days left before retreat. Getting away from it all is an antique phrase which is hard to ac tualize today in a restless city, a normally functioning home, and among several hundred gregarious women. The persevering retreatant re turns from the battlefield scarred by the multiple wounds of tempta tion engineered by Satan's five-star general, Society. There is no such thing as avoiding the war, since the devil has long since adopted the modern tactics of a cold war. But for security's sake we can at least determine our strategy and plug our defenses. An examination of the facilities of the College might be as good a place as any to start. 1. Empty classrooms or the east rooms of the library make excel lent foxholes especially good defense against directed conversation and beckoning fingers. 2. Pamphlets and meditation books act as strategic tracer fire and have been known to force the enemy under cover for long periods at a time. Be sure to maintain sma'l quantities of this equipment at all times, even in transit. 3. A scouting mission in the fresh air is always a good offensive move, provided the objective is in keeping with the over-all plan. 4. A visit to Chapel headquarters is advisable each day* since communications and strategy always seem a bit clearer there. 5. A fight for the stability of your defenses is advisable at meal time. Eat at a time and a table which seem the least vulnerable to con versational shelling. A sandwich and a Coke in your foxhole might be the best solution. 6. The front line Social Room should always be approached with caution. It is subject to dive-bombing at the post-luncheon periods. 7. The Orders for The Day in your Missal should not be ignored. They will automatically set the regularity of obligation for the day, which should include Communion and its military advantages. 8. When the excitement starts, the best policy is to lie low. Stay where you are If you are prepared for the charge home, then join the skirmish unhesitatingly; but, if your defenses are down, gather up the missing pieces in the confessional, in the calm of the post-3 o'clock period, or in the dim late afternoon peace of the auditorium. 9. After each briefing be sure to note the points which apply to your position. Those memoranda will be helpful in your preparation and determination each day. Apparent concentration on your notes will be effective in discouraging unnecessary conversationalists. 10. The mass movements to transportation targets are danger- our. Remember that large groups standing or sitting together are sit ting ducks for even the worst riflemen. * Troops on other battle fronts at home and in the evening may ap ply many of the preceding proce dures to varying conditions. Please note greatest variances in climate, terrain, and enemy positions, and form your defenses and strategy ac cordingly. 1/ At First You Don't Succeed Try What ever we are, we are not what we could be. Under- the impulse of our own desires and other individuals' urgings, and the devil's temptations, we are in a con stant struggle with ourselves; and no one of us can ever feel that her own retreat is completely self-satisfying. But we must not forget God's side. He smiles if only we try. . God's will is the reason for our exis tence; if we are mistaken about that, there remains nothing real for us to be right about. The difficuly is, of course, that grace works in a nature that fell with Adam. Order inverts, and in truth we do not want to use our minds in retreat, we would use only our emotions. Often during meditations something hap pens which we dislike, and the balance is upset. But to do away with the over-em phasis of self, we accept what we dislike, uniting our wills more firmly with His. Pride, Envy, Avarice, Anger, Sloth. Gluttony, and Lust are all in the will, and they are the sins from which all other sins flow. In the realization of this, we con centrate on what we intend, not on how we feel at the moment. Immediate joy is al most invariably incompatible with the soul's purification. We are not made more God-like without suffering, nor are re treats beneficial without toil. 470iv Page Three Will Posterity View Mankind Through Atheist Eyes? Dear Student View-ers, Under the chairmanship of Dr. Ralph E. Turner, who is recorded by the NCWC press release as, emphatically and vigor ously- atheistic, a UNESCO-sponsored project, THE HISTORY OF MAN KIND, is soon to be compiled. The recognized purpose of any complete history of mankind is to show man's re lationship to himself, to his fellowmen, and to God. Libraries are stocked with volumes, however, recording the story of the emergence of mankind free of the prov idence of God and the influence of relig ion. The New Year of 1952 will augment these volumes with Turner's History of Mankind. Assisting Dr. Turner in the production of this 600,000 five-year project will be: Professor Julian S. Huxley who is re puted to be explicit in his denials of the existence of God. or any human need for God. Earl Bertrand Russell whose writings are filled with attacks on Christianity. Dr. A. L. Kroeber whose works are held to be anti-Bible and anti-Christian. It is unfortunate that this unbiased work will follow the trends of Gibbons and H. G. Wells rather than heed the truth of the Book of Genesis. Christianity stands as the last dike against the tides of immorality, atheism, and anti-religion. Such a volume as the History of Mankind edited by Turner and his staff would severely strain the endur ance of this dike. We alone cannot, but you can and must, change this Student View into a National View. Our suggestion: a few minutes de voted to a letter of opposition to the ap pointment of Dr. Turner and such athe ists. Fathered by such sponsors, the pro jected work will undoubtedly exclude the tenets of men who have adhered to the standards of Christianity for nearly 2000 years. If you would write a 25 word letter of protest to UNESCO, perhaps the preven tion of a three million word volume of man without God can be achieved. To God the joy of my youth
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1952-01-21 (3)
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