1998
The Message -- for Catholics of Southwestern Indiana
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What bible is best for Catholics?
By FATHER JOHN DIETZEN
Catholic News Service
:Question: I have been reading your columns in
paper for about a year and just attended
the first time in 30 years. I didn't even cry
my father died, but I cried now.
to know you reach all the way to
(Ohio) Correctional Institution, and
helped me put things into perspective.
my 14th year in prison, and I read my
Version Bible faithfully. Is this a
Bible to use? Or is there a Catholic Bible that
(Ohio)
you for your thoughtful letter.
Version of the Bible is an
translation.
and most authentic English translation
auspices, in my opinion, is the St.
of the New American Bible, with the
New Testament and Psalms.
with the approval of the bishops of the
this edition contains much explanatory
material -- church documents, Catholic approaches
to interpretation and so on -- that helps make the
Scriptures much more spiritually fruitful for most of
us average readers.
I will make sure you or your library receives a cop):
Question: I am a 79-year-old who has been trou-
bled for years with a nagging fear that I turned away
from a call to the religious life.
One of my senior-year teachers, a nun, asked me
"What are you going to do next year?"
I said I was going to work. Our conversation was
brief, but I knew what she was asking.
I have never married, but have followed a fulfill-
ing career and have helped a lot of people.
But I wonder if I had a vocation, even though I
never desired it. As I approach the end, I worry what
God will say about this.
I've never discussed it with a priest, but I'd like
to know your advice or consolation, if any. (Texas)
Answer: God's call to us, the "vocation" he
offers, is almost always in the context of the talents
we were given, the abilities of body, mind and heart
with which we have been blessed.
Very rarely can one say, without some special
insight or inspiration, I don't want or fit this kind of
life, but I think that's my vocation.
A genuine vocation is to something we want to
do, a life that attracts us, a way of giving ourselves
happily and joyfully to other people. In a sense we
can't see ourselves living without it.
Regardless of what the sister said, the religious
life obviously was not something you felt called to
then or now. The fact that we might have had other
worthwhile lives does not diminish the value of the
one we have.
If I had another three or four lives, I could see
myself doing several other careers happily and, I
think, well. Given one life, however, I wouldn't trade
with anyone, and I'm grateful for it.
If I have any advice it is be grateful for the life that
has been yours through the years; you have done the
best you can, which is all we are asked. I am certain
God accepts this as the vocation he wished for you.
A free brochure, in English or Spanish, answering ques-
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available by sending a stamped, self-addressed envelope to
Father John Dietzen, Box 325, Peoria, I11 61651.
Questions for this column should be sent to Father Diet-
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Scouts head to Philmont
Scouts in the Diocese of Evansville have been chosen to backpack in New Mexico this
on the St. George Trek. They will be joined by Bishop Gerald A. Gettelfinger. They are:
Troy Schneider of Holy Redeemer Church, Evansville. He is the son of Tony and Mary (Baehl)
JaSon McCord of Corpus Christi Church, Evansville. He is the son of Michael and Joan
Matthew Brittain of St. Henry Church, St. Henry. He is the son of David and Becky Brittain.
trip begins with a retreat in Albuquerque. The St. George Trek at Philmont Scout Ranch
, N.M., will be held from Aug. 2 to 16.
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