Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1938-1940

power of God," the devastating ravages of sin, the utter desolation of cringing away from God, contrasted sharply with the white- robed army of martyrs strengthened by the soul of Christ eager to fight under the banner of the Cross. During the last week of this Retreat, the J ubilarian studied Christ risen from the dead; the crown and glory of life; the objective, the measure of time and eter- nity, the immortal soul reunited to a glorified body, and the resolution: "Grande opus facio, non possum descendere." The years pass swiftly and after an inten- sive review of the liberal arts in the Juniorate, David McAstocker, Jesuit scholastic, assumes the role of educator. Thousands of students pass under the tuition of this warm-hearted and understanding professor - pupils who later became outstanding lawyers, doctors, priests, successful businessmen. Verily "they who do and teach, shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven." The major course of theology crowns the years of study and climaxes in the glorious morn of ordination, the beautiful anniversary which we are privi- 9

ter shop - the untumg self-forgetfulness of Christ - exalts a life of patient toil, working for the good of our fellow men. Christ subject to Mary and Joseph - Christ at the Marriage Feast of Cana - Christ taking the lowest place at the Pharisee's table - Christ driving buyers and sellers from the temple - Christ, single- handed, challenging and vanquishing the mob of seducers who would stone to death the woman caught in adultery - Christ mak- ing a saint of Magdalen, the sinner - Christ teaching His disciples - Christ before the high priest. "If the world hate you, know you that it hath hated Me before you; if you had been of the world, the world would love its own, but because I have chosen you out of the world, therefore, the world hateth you." the heights of Calvary - Jesus Christ crucified for our sins. The novice reflects: "the Word of the Cross to them that perish is foolish- ness, but to them that are saved ... it is the 8 POWER OF GOD Up another story and there looms