Texas Gulf Coast Catholic (Corpus Christi, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, February 1, 1974 Page: 4 of 6
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TEXAS GULF COAST CATHOLIC
Friday, February 1. 1974
Pope Stresses Need For Personal Prayer
VATICAN CITY (NC) —
Modern man needs to culti-
vate the habit of personal
prayer to God, Pope Paul VI
told his weekly general
audience Jan. 23.
"We must enable ourselves
to talk with Christ, and
through Him with God,’’ the
Pope said. Praising those who
daily say the Our Father or a
Hail Mary or other traditional
Christian prayers, the Pope
also stressed the need to
supplement these “brief,
conventional prayers,’’ be-
cause they can become
"easily a purely exterior act.”
One Mother's View
love Those Kids
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IN MEMORY OF DR. KING
ATLANTA — Members of the family of Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr., clergy, and political leaders gather at the grave of
the slain civil rights leader in Atlanta to mark the 45th an-
niversary of his birth. At center is Dr. King s widow, Coretta
Scott King. To her right Is United Farm Workers President
Cesar Chaves, who had received the Martin Luther King, Jr.,
Nonviolent Peace Prize from the. King Center for Social
Change, and to her left is the Rev. Andrew Young, an Atlanta
Congressman and former aideof Dr. King’s who received the
peace prize last year. Between Mrs. King and Mr. Young,
partially obscurred, is Atlanta's first black mayor, Maynard
Jackson, Jr. (RNS Photo)
A Column of Questions and Answers
V
Taxpayers Ask IRS
Ibis column of questions
and answers on Federal tax
matters is provided by the
Internal Revenue Service and
is published as a public
service to taxpayers. The
column answers questions
most frequently asked by
taxpayers.
Q — If I file my Federal
income tax return hi January,
will I get my refund any
sooner?
A — Yes. If you file in January
and there are no mistakes on
your return that might delay
processing, you should get
your refund in four to five
weeks. If you file later, it may
take up to eight weeks.
Q—When does your employer
have to give you your’ W-2
form?
A —Form W-2, which shows
total wages paid and income
and social security tax
withheld during 1973, should
be given to you by your
employer on or before Jan. 31,
1974.
However, many employers
distribute W-2 forms to their
employees well in advance of
this deadline for the conven-
ience of those employees who
are expecting a refund and
want to file eariy.
Q— How can I tell if I have to
file a Federal income tax
return?
A — The filing requirement
for Federal income tax
returns depends upon the
taxpayer’s income, age and
marital status.
IRS Offers Help to Taxpayers
A single individual must file
a return if he had $2,050 or
more gross income for the
year. If he was 65 or older at
year end, the requirement is
$2,800. Any individual who
may be claimed as the
dependent of another taxpay-
er must file a return if he had ,
gross income of $750 or more ;
and received any unearned
income during the year.
In general, if you itemize,
medical expenses are deduc-
tible to the extent they exceed
three percent of your adjusted
gross income. However, one
half of the medical insurance
premiums you paid in 1973 up
to $150 is deductible without
regard to the three percent . _ „
limitation . The balance is^waht to talk to you about in the
deductible as a medical morning.”
Several times in the past I
have written about some
things my teen-agers do that
drive n^e wild. But every once
in a while, they do something I
find very touching.
My husband has his office at
home. Yesterday afternoon
work piled up which had to be
taken care of before he could
quit for the day. I was helping
him finish, but it ws getting
closer and closer to supper-
time.
The kids were hungry. I hac
planned on having hot dogs
that night, and asked one of
the girls to start heating them.
The frankfurters were
ready... but my husband and
I were not finished working. I
told the kids to go ahead and
eat without us. We’d get a bite
later.
TTien, our 18 year old son
stopped into the office. “When
will you and Dad be finished?”
“I don’t know . . . another
hour or so. Didn’t you kids
eat?”
“Sure, we ate... I was just
wondering about cleaning
up?”
' That puzzled me. It wasn’t
his night for dishes.
Twenty minutes later, he
was back again. “When will
you be ready for supper?”
“I really don’t know. We
have to finish first ... but
what’s the problem?”
“Oh, nothing. You’ll find
out.”
An answer like that gives
me about as much peace of
mind as, “Get a good night’s
sleep ... I have something I
CORPUS CHRIST1, Texas
— Help with individual income
tax returns will be offered
again this year at Internal
Revenue Service offices, ac-
cording to Richard J. STaken,
Jr., district director for the
Internal Revenue Service in
southern Texas.
Stakem said the Corpus
Christ! offi-e, which is located
in the Smith Building, 425
Sdiatzel Street, is staffed for
taxpayer assistance on week-
days from 7:45 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
The tax official pointed out
that improvements in the
wording and format of tax
return forms for 1973 should
make the annual task con-
siderably easier.
Blessed Sacrament Chapel
God With Us
He suggests that taxpayers
read the instructions before
attempting to seek help. “In
most cases,” he explained,
“the taxpayer will find that a
>hone call will get the
answer.”
Stakem referred to the new
toll free telephone service
introduced this year in
southern Texas. You can now
call IRS for Federal tax
information without a long
distance charge by dialing
900-252-1000.
expense subject to the three
percent limitation. Your ex-
penditures for medicines and
drugs may be included in
medical expenses only to the
extent they exceed one
percent of your adjusted gross
income.
Q —Can I call the IRS toll free
for answers to my tax
questions?
A — Yes. To call IRS toll free
for answers to your Federal
tax questions, use the num-
bers listed in your Form 1040
or Form 1040A instructions.
This is the great reality of
Christian history: Jeans, the
sacred host, the Bread of life,
in the midst of His Church.
This is that brightest Uar
which enables us to look
forward with great confidence
to the future kingdom of
Christ. And as we bless and
adore Jesus in the most holy
Eucharist we wish to raise our
hearts in trustful prayer to
Mary, His sweet Mother, and
our Mother too.
So let us turn to her as our
own dear Mother. It is she who
bore and presented to the
world Jesus, our Redeemer
r and Saviour. It is she who
leads innocent souls, and
penitent souls, to Jesus. It was
at her request at the wedding
in Cana that cur Saviour
worked His first great
miracle, to the joy and delight
of all believers.
In her sanctuary of Lourdes,
and in so many other
sanctuaries all over the world,
she continues her motherly
and pious task of leading to
her Divine Son’s arms all who
pray to her, for the safety,
peace and joy of the holy
Universal Church. Is this not
the literal accompli unent of
our fervent resolve: “to Jesus
through Mary”?
Let us then understand one
another, beloved children, as
we worship Jesus in the Hedy
Eucharist: God with us! God
with us!
The Sacrament of Jesus
remains with us as our divine
inheritance, for our salvation
and for the joy of the Catholic
and Apostolic Church.
. When we pray before the
Blessed Sacrament may the
Mother of Jesus, who is our
Mother too, continually be
remembered, as our interces-
sor and protectress, the joy
and gladness of our hearts.
Pope John XXIII
Roncallo Calls for Hearings
On Abortion Amendments
WASHINGTON (NC) — The
chairman of the House
Judiciary Committee has been
urged by Rep. Angelo Roncal-
lo (D-N.Y.| to expedite
hearings on a constitutional
amendment outlawing abor-
tions.
In remarks prepared for
delivery on the floor of the
House on Jan. 22, Roncallo
said, “It is time that the voice
of the people be heard on this
vital issue.”
Thousands of persons
demonstrated on the steps of
the Capitol in support of
constitutional protection for
the unborn while Roncallo
made his r emarks.
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renew our commitment to life
“It is time that the voice of
the people be heard on this
vital issue,” the Long Island
congressman declared. “We
can no longer afford the
luxury of time or politics.”
In July Roncallo signed a
discharge petition seeking to
have the House of Representa-
tives take up a pro-life
am eminent without having to
wait on committee action The
petition, however, still does
not have the necessary 218
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The oldest boy.^and the
oldest girl were in on it
together ....
We finished our work. “You
can’t come out yet. Give us
another five minutes.”
Five minutes later we had
the answer. We found candle-
light , and the table set with the
good china and silver. They
had marinated a steak and
broiled it, baked potatoes . . .
and the piece de resistance . . .
he had called his girl friend’s
mother to get her recipe for
spinach souffle, something I
had never made.
I don’t think I had all the
ingredients in the house. He
must have gone out and
shopped. They even had a
celery and olive tray . . . and
hot coffee cake for dessert.
They had taken care of every
detail.
As soon as we were settled,
they said to call them when we
were through. They’d come
clean up the kitchen again.
And the two of them went
upstairs with the other
children, leaving us with a
most delicious candlelight
dinner ... all to ourselves.
They had eaten hot dogs
themselves, cleaned up the
kitchen, then cooked dinner
for us.
They’re great kids!
From the time they were
safe around the stove, I had
bee:, letting them cook
whenever they wanted to.
There were some disasters,
and it had been a mess at
times. But there were enough
successes to keep them trying,
and to build their confidence.
The dividends are now
returning.
They’re good cooks. But the
thoughtfulness, to have done
all that on their own is one of
the great joys of my marriage.
Insisting on the need for
personal prayer. Pope Paul
said:
"A simple investigation into .
the religious habits of the
people of our time would
document sadly for us the
total, or almost toal, absence
of personal prayer by most
people, who are averse to and
estranged now by every
expression of interior reli- ^
giousness.”
The Pope told his visitors
that there are those “who
maintain that modern man is
thus, and that thus he must be,
without personal prayer."
But, he said, those who
maintain this are confusing
the terms “modern man and
authentic man."
The Pope continued: "The
authentic man, the true man,
and we add, man if he is truly
modern, that is, a man who is
aware of the value of his
progressive cultural, social
and functioning experience,
remains basically religious 9
and essentially oriented to a
search for and a relationship
with God and therefore is
eager for and capable of
personal prayer.”
Pope Paul noted that great
efforts must be made by
pastors and others working in
spiritual areas to re-instill
belief in and the practice of
personal prayer in the souls
"of profane, areligious ard
even atheistic people.”
I headed for the kitchen.
He stopped me. "Don’t go
out there. If you need
anything, I’ll get it for you.”
Another ten minutes, and he
was back again. "Can you
work for another 40 or 45
jninutes?”
That seemed to about match
our work... but didn’t answer
’ what was going on.
Then I heard my fifteen-
year - old daughter telling the
rest of the family, “You kids
go on upstairs now. Just let the
.two of us finish.”
signatures needed to bring the
proposed amendment to the
House floor.
“The time has come,”
Roncallo said, “to get this
abortion amendment before
the Judiciary Committee or
onto the floor of the House
itself — not buried on some
political agenda.”
Roncallo was an honorary
chairman of the National
March for Life Committee,
which sponsored the demon-
stration at the Capitol. He was
also sponsor of legislation
which forbids the National
Science to appropriate money
for fetal experiments. The bill
is now law.
CROWD HEARS CALLS FOR PRO-LIFE AMENDMENT
PHILADELPHIA—A crowd of * '.most 15,000 throngs Philadelphia’s Independence Mall to
hear an Episcopalian priest, a Lutheran woman leader and a Catholic cardinal plead of a
constitutional amendment to protect the right to life of the unborn. Cardinal John Krol of
Philadelphia, the Rev. Charles Carroll, a priest of the Episcopal Diocese of California, and
Mrs. Jean Garton of Pennsauken, N.J., the leader of the national pro-life efforts of the
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, issued their calls on the first anniversary of the U.S.
Supreme Court decision of Jan. 22, 1973, which struck down state laws prohibiting abortion.
At top. Cardinal Krol addresses the crowd. The prelate, who is president of the National
Conference of Catholic Bishops, said “an awesome challenge faces everyone of us, to
reverse the infamous decision of our Supreme Court and to restore once and for all the God-
given right to life.” (RNS photo)_
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