The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-03-29

March first day spring But 1t Is yet
for the with their pleasing aaver about verdan fields and
and lies ambush under the shelter of hedges and fences Here
and there dconsoae robin suspendng his building opera
ton for the day looks though he regretted rushing north
with the earliest task force
But winter is doing mere r-guard business It's lost
cause for ice Even while look brown
and fields they to glow gently with the coming green
the tips all the make delicate haze of the same
sona color before their buds have formed the nes of leaves
calendar right despite the and thermometer Spring
is here; at least its beachhead is established
March 2i Feast of St. Benedict the Father of Western
ascsm 1t unlikely any this somewhat acid
atmosphere either his holy retreat in Subco
his journey to set up his undyng establishment
But he aboed in sprngtime grace by the
ro alien opposition ne gathered his monks about hm ana
common
March 81 But four days remain greet Blessed
Mother the Annuncaon Surely part of her
joy nce the whole of heavens essential joy
in the Beac Vision Isel the clear remembrance OF that
far off when the Ange of the Lord stood by her. That day.
and not Christmas Day. is the true feast of the incarna
nation. For it just after the Annunciation the an
that she be the Mother of God that the
Word made flesh and dwet among us" The Archange
Gabriel God with the wondrous that is the
Christian belief this is the that God
now also Man that Jesus ons % Se Tou o. Vs a
doctrine the Divinity of Christ And many many who still
the Christian have lost that doctrine Even Catholic
appeared recently Commute Tv show and spoke Of
Christ in association with Socrates Buddha and beeVe it or nob
Abraham Lincoln!
Well it Annuneaon Day that the great Fact of the
holy wonderment the angelic messenger said to
him. Behold handmade of the Lord be done to accord
thy word the Eternal Son. Second Person of the Und
vided Trinity, became man In her vrgmal womb.
Here is deep mystery indeed but unmistakbe God
ceasing The Second Person of the
Blessed Trinity not separating Himself (Which is mpossibe
the and the Holy Ghost takes human soul and
human body and becomes child of Adam like to us in all
things saving m The human nature of Christ that the human
substantially united with the Godhead in the Person OF the Eternal
Son.
Now that reality which nature working essence
with its essential unity as true source of operations is what is
called hypoStass the equipped for thinking
willing hypoStasS called In Christ the hypos
s or person is the Second Divine Person Trinity
hypostass or person are united and the
that why this union called the Hyposatc Union
is not union in nature for the fused
merged into one naure hypostass person. for
united in the Person of the Son OF God
These not merged they merely set side
by sde operation is the Second Person
the Trinity Eternal God and undivided in
His nature with the Father and the Holy Ghost
Therefore Christ true man. human person,
Yet He has two natures and operate in
suffer indeed only His human nature Therefore.
He couged and crucifed and killed in His human nature
Godhead lives always in Our Lord living dead on the
Tomb The Crucixon the execution of Our
truly God Body the and the Soul in Limbo
still united with the Godhead and revered with divine
alteration
Here again unfahomsbe mystery but unmistaksbe fact
God does, for Our Lord Cod But all
Our Lord undergoes suffers undegoes His human nature
His divine nature For the divine nature is not pdssao
the term is which means that tne nature Oh 200 spc
suffering all that Christ does in suffering tas for
example actively accepting suffering by HIS wild is divine
value And therefore the Suffering and
full adequate recruitment OF divine
justice and constitute mans true Redemption
BY that Redemption is rehabilaed. Man is set
again given back his opportunity of WIN
ming And heaven itself opened to Him by the Risen
Ascending needfu helps to win heaven supplied
Lords merits through Church and Sac
dved automatically assured OF heaven
without his cooperation with the means of grace
and for
nercession of Mary and all the great March
Saints make "think these things
there is an unyrten agree Church provided