Bishop Buddy Scrapbook 1938-1940

leged to commemorate. On that solemn day of days when for the first time the chasuble fell over his trembling shoulders, and cloth- ing him with the dignity of the eternal priest- hood, he received sublime powers to offer the Adorable Sacrifice both for the living and the dead. The anticipation of this day of conse- cration - the thought of a gleaming chalice elevated - carries the levite over many a rough place along the journey. AD DEUM QUI LAETIFICAT Many joys and sorrows, smiles and tears, have attended the life of our Jubilarian, but the sorrows were forgotten in the joy of the Altar, and in the consolation that comes in healing the contrite of heart. Today, indeed, Father McAstocker may say to his Beloved Friend across the way, "Lord, Thou hast proved me, Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off, my path and my line Thou hast searched out. Behold, 0 Lord, Thou hast known all things, the last and those of old. Thou hast formed me and hast laid Thy hand upon me.... I will extol Thee, 10

0 Lord, for Thou hast upheld me. I will stand upon my watch and fix my foot upon the tower." Adorned with the achievements of a quar- ter century, today, life's noontide, our gifted Jubilarian stands at the Altar - for twenty- five years his "trysting place with the Divine" - and solemnly celebrates from the depth of a heart chastened by suffering, the Sacrifice of Thanksgiving. His stola immortalitatis has lost none of its luster - his manner of wear- ing it rejoices the Church of God. Dear Father Dave, we join with you in thanking the Di- vine Benefactor for the thousands of Masses you have been privileged to offer, for the countless confessions heard, the waters of re- generation in which so many souls were born again to Christ, the visits to the afflicted, the whisper of sweet hope to the dying, the many vocations discovered, encouraged, and pru- dently led to the Altar, the brides of Christ whose virgin hearts sing joyously with us - Te Deum Laudamus. Vl/e priests of San Diego go even further, we thank God for the physical ailment that II