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new life.It means new life for the wholeman and for the whole world.  \nWith the promise of a most fruitful Lent this year byreason of the restored Holy Week,this new life should bemanifest in greater abundance.  \nThe April issue of ALTAR G HOME will treat of the whole-ness of man in Christ.  \n\n| Altar and Home  \u003Cbr>Liturgical Review for the Laity   |\n| --- |\n| March,1956  \u003Cbr>Volume XXIII,Number 4   |\n| Altar and Home is published monthly except during June,  \u003Cbr>July,and August by the monks of Conception Abbey.With  \u003Cbr>ecclesiastical approbation.Contents copyrighted.  \u003Cbr>STAFF  \u003Cbr>Rev.Maur Burbach,0.S.B...  \u003Cbr>....  ...Editor  \u003Cbr>Rev.Norbert Schappler,0.S.B.  \u003Cbr>...Art Director  \u003Cbr>..Book Reviews  \u003Cbr>Rev.Ralph Sturm,0.S.B....  \u003Cbr>Business Manager  \u003Cbr>Rev.Daniel Schuster,0.S.B....  \u003Cbr>SUBSCRIPTION PRICES  \u003Cbr>Single:$1.00 annually.  \u003Cbr>Bulk:twenty-five or more,six cents per copy.  \u003Cbr>Foreign:$1.50 annually;or seven cents a copy for twenty-five or more.  \u003Cbr>CORRESPONDENCE  \u003Cbr>Two weeks should be allowed for all change of address notices.The  \u003Cbr>notice should include both the NEW and the OLD address--both clear-  \u003Cbr>ly marked.  \u003Cbr>Address all business communications  \u003Cbr>to Conception Abbey Press,  \u003Cbr>Conception,Missouri.  \u003Cbr>Address manuscripts and editorial communications to:Rev.Maur  \u003Cbr>Burbach,0.S.B.,Conception,Missouri.  \u003Cbr>Entered as second class matter,August 27,1935,at the Post Office  \u003Cbr>at Conception,Missouri,under act of March 3.1897.Printed in U.S.A.   |\n\nCALL OF CHRIST  \nCONTENTS  \n●Editorial ..  \n2  \n·………………·  \n●The Priestliness of God's People  \nRev. Clifford Howell, S.J. 3  \n●Everything for God..Rev. Ralph Sturm, 0.S.B.10  \n● Call to the Altar……Rev.RaphaelWalsh,O.S.B.17  \nThe Family and Vocations  \nRev. Leo Gales, O.S.B.21  \n…………………28  \n●Book Reviews  \n………32  \n● Contributors  \nEvery Christian mother and father, whatever their  \nsocial status, must pray to God to make them worthy to  \nhave at least one of their children called to His service.  \nFinally,all Christians must deem it their duty to encour-  \nage and to aid those who feel called to the priesthood.  \n-Pope Pius XII in Menti Nostrae.  \nThe word“vocation”is nolonger identified with “priest,”\"monk”and“Sister.\"A voca-tion is God's will for an indi-vidual,and the individual's re-sponse.Obviously,God’s willincludes all men.It is not lim-ited to two percent  \nTo discover God's will is themost important duty for all ofus.To make our will coincide  \nwith His is perfection.Both require prayer,study andaction.  \nOf some things we are certain.It is God's will that webe baptized.It is God’s will that we keep His command-ments and use His sacraments.This is the basic voca-tion.This is the all-important vocation.It can be statedin other terms.This is the vocation to reproduce Christin ourselves.It is the vocation to become perfect in loveof God,neighbor and self.  \nBut the particular framework in which each of us willpursue identification with Christ and perfect love varies.Some will be monks,some priests,some Sisters,some so-cial workers.Some will pursue perfection in marriage,some in the single state.Some will be doctors,othersteachers,businessmen,nurses or farmers.Again,it isGod’s will that is important.  \nAil of us can make this Lent a time of special prayerfor vocations,a time to find or pursue our vocations,atime to help others find theirs.Vocation has a socialmeaning.We are bound together in one Body of Christ.To help others in their vocation is part of our duty,partof our vocation.  \nTHE PRIESTLINESS OF GOD'S PEOPLE  \nBy Clifford Howell,S.J.  \nEditor's Note:“Acknowledge,O Christian,your dig-nity;and having been made a partaker of the divine na-ture,do not by degenerate conduct return to your oldbaseness.Remember of what head and what body you area member.\"Thus did St.Leo exhort the l","cbCaiumFyuQPJftv","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiumFyuQPJftv","pdf",1029110,36,"English","# Call of Christ\n## Editorial\n## The Priestliness of God's People\n## Everything for God\n## Call to the Altar\n## The Family and Vocations\n## Book Reviews\n## Contributors","[{\"question\":\"What does Easter signify in this issue of Altar \\u0026 Home?\",\"answer\":\"Easter means new life for the whole man and for the whole world, and it calls for greater abundance connected to a fruitful Lent and the restored Holy Week.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the issue describe a Christian’s vocation?\",\"answer\":\"A vocation is God’s will for an individual and the person’s response, extending beyond identifying vocation only with priesthood, monastic life, or sisters.\"},{\"question\":\"What is emphasized as the basic vocation and source of the apostolate?\",\"answer\":\"Divine worship is presented as the basic vocation, with the Eucharist at the center, because it both gives man’s life to God and receives God’s life into the Christian.\"}]","ALTAR & HOME - Liturgical Review for the Laity - March 1956 - Volume XXIII, Number 4 | PDF",1789967802,91]