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\nALTARANDHOME  \nDecember 1957,volune 25 number I  \n# I Just a Line or Two...3 Let's Keep Advent\n\nSr.Magdaler Maric C.PP..8 Everybody,On Stage!Irwin St.John Tucker16 Waiting for the LordNiles.Wesch,O.S.B.20 Liturgy and Living RoomTherese Mueller  \n24 Thy Kingdom Come(Psalm 2)27 Locusts and HoneyMsgr.T.L.Mercier31 Soul-Hunger(Poem)Anne Tanse?32 Books for You  \nALTAR AND HOME,a family magazine devoted to Christian life and prayer,ispublished monthly except during June and August by the monks of ConceptionAbbey with ecclesiastical approbation.Editor,Maur Burbach;Assistant Editor,Hugh Tasch;Art Director,Norbert Schappler;Business Manager,AugustineStock,all of the Order of Saint Benedict.  \nSUBSCRIPTION PRICES—Domestic $2.00 annually;a two-years'subscription or two subscrip-tions,$3.50;a three-years'subscription,or three subscriptions,$5.00.Foreisn:$2.50 annually.Re-application for second class mail privileges is pending at Conception,Missouri.Printedin U.S.A.Contents copyrighted.  \nnewS....comments....news....  comments  \nAdvent in August???  \nShoppers in downtown Cincin-nati this month are getting to seesomething they most likely neversaw before.There in the busy com-mercial center is a Christmas tree(nothing unusual about this)andan Advent wreath(very unusual).In previous years December hasbeen a matter of all trees and nowreath.It is just one more indica-tion of how religious groups——andin this instance it is a Protestantgroup—are having a wider influ-ence upon the old pre-christmascelebrating.  \nthe things that make people happy.  \nAdvent,nevertheless,is reallycoming into its own.More andmore,thoughtful citizens are see-ing their way to providing th'sholy season with its proper setting.Everyhwere we can see how theauthentic spirit is once more tak-ing over.The secular press is fol-lowing the example of the dio“cesan paper.Advent is again beingcelebrated as the Waiting for theLord.  \nChristmas crib  \nBut in Chicago last August itwas the same problem all overagain.One of the main depart-ment stores there carefully dis-played a complete Toyland,withtinsel,trains,Santa(sweating itout in the summer sun)and all  \nAs for Christmas customs them-selves,these too continue to sharein a marked renewal among thepeople.The more human themeswill of course remain—Santa,thegift-giving and all the wonderfulrest—but above them all we are  \ncould pay to religion that theymade every effort to enjoy it.  \nbeginning again to want more.Thecrib scene is still the favorite.Andthe blessing of a crib.Concerningthis blessing,by the way,weshould mention the leaflet put outby the Regina Laudis community,Bethlehem,Connecticut.It is alittle compilation of the Magnifi-cat,a reading of the Christmasgospel and an oration.DamasusWinzen,O.S.B.,published it espe-cially for family use in the home.  \nWe mention the Hunter Collegeproject by way of warm encour-agement.Such a sign as this isenough for us to hazard a predic..tion:the modern community is notaltogether satisfied with puritanistculture.It feels the need for amore fully human religious experi-ence.It wants to handle song andmovement,color and light,to tellwhat is on its mind.Worship anddrama are once again to become  \nNew York drama  \nQuite another sort of seasonalgood friends.celebration is to take place during  \nChristmas week at New York Friar TuckCity's Hunter College.ProbablyAnd speaking of religiousfor the first time since the 15thdramas,we should say a specialcentury,audiences there will wit-word about one of our contribu-ness three Liturgical Dramas,pro-tors.Irwin St.John Tucker,authorduced in their authentic medievalof our new series on The Drama ofsettings.In our day such news isWorship,was for forty-two yearsdownright strange.In past ages ita member of the ministry of thewas as common as a TV schedule.American Episcopal Church.Dur-The medieval church,place ofing that time he was also 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