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lhc custo[ra r,r'gifts in us c dt r r ing t hc :
(lhristna s ftrstivity. "Cht is t r nisi. st hc
lcastofg ifis-- affmr c c l t hr r [ ) t lpc * - - br r t
t hc gitis rcln ind trs t ll- 1lr r :gif i r , r i' , ' r
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ir r r l llis l r , r , l r \ \ r . \ \ ( ) ; l ( l n o t t : r tl l i e
br er r t lo l l l r e l l l r r . . "
lllc l 'c f i r c , t h e r e i s n o r ] t ( , r c d e t i r i
\ \ , ir , v o l . u r i d c r s t a n d i g u p r l l r i i r r g
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Most Hclly Elchrri:;l rrrrtl r t r. \crst.
bc c aus c J e s u s w a s l _ . , ; r .jnr r l i , r l r l t . l l c l n .
and ilc t h l e h c n l l r r r , ; i n
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Father*-throu-eh thc 'door' ol thcr

Eucharist:in tlie stablc ol Bcthlchcrn
let us adorethe same [-oru1,
bonl of the
r,vombof Mary. Who, nrakirrgt-limself
present, herc rncl now. in the
Euchanstic Sacramcnt.rvantcd to bcrrorre our spiritual tbod tci traustbrrn
the u'orld frorn u,ithin. starling rvith
the human heart."
.lcsuschoseto nrakeHimself bread

lbr us: I{e is tlrc livirig tsread

r,vhich carnc dorvn frorn
Heaven. FIe left l-{is
Ll cavcnl y
dr veiling
place to bccome lnarl,
and by His clealhanri
LJ.:
resurrectrcltt,
made H i mscll Eucharistic bread t0
transfbuit us into
Him. But "Nio L)neeats
this flesh without first
adoring [t...q'ewouicl sin if
we did nrrt adorc It. admonishes St. Augustine. This "super substantial" frod is "the food of the great,"
adviscsthc Saintof Hippo. "Grow and
you shall t-cedon mc; and it is not rvou
r.vhowill transbnn Mc into 1'ou, but
you rvili bc transfonilcd into 1,1c."St.
.lohn Chrysostom,in no le-sstouching
rvclrdslvritcs: "Jcsus in the h,ucliarist
seclnsto say to us: 'Eat mc. drink me!
lbclay once again I dcscendupon the
eah fbr,r'ou. I am eaten,brol<.eninto
ricccs.so that my blending.fusion and
union rvith you may be rnore prolound. If someoneuuitcssonrethingto
hirnsclf" it remrinsdistinct frorn him:
l, itistead,enter into you and insinualc
'[r{o
r-rvselfinto every rart.
scparation
lna'v ilnyfi]ore bc secn beturcenthe tlvo
tif rs: \\eare Onc."'
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lhis rrrysteryr:f urrion(]ccurswhcn

rvc f-ccdupon thc hr-avcnlyBrcad.And
cvery time \ is eat the Eucharistic
Breacl.it is Christnlas.Alrcl since God
madc man was born of thc Virgirr. it is
flon llcr that ue rnust likewise au'ait
thc God nradc llrcad. Artd thc l{o1y
Iratircrrcminds Lrsof this: "It is neccssar_vto learn fiom the \irgin Mary
Who precedesanciguides us. the first
person to contemplate the htmanity ot- thc inc:arnatc
Word, the hurnan lace ot'
Divine Wisclom.In thc
Baby" Jcsus, witir
Whom She had infinite and silent conversations. Shc rccognised the human
tbce of God, so that
tire rnysteriousWisdom
crl'theSon was impresscd
upon the Nlother's mind
and hcart. To transforrn the
world. God chosc a humble girl frorn a
villagc in Galilce, VIary of Nazareth,
and Hc greeted}{er thus: Rejoicc, full
of grace, the l-ord is ri,'ith 'l'hee. hl
thesc *.ords is containcdthc secrct 01:
thc tlue Cllrristrnas.God rcpeats them
to the Church. to each one of us:
Itejoic,e. the Lord is closc! With thc
help of l4ary, let us olTer ourselves
ivith humilitv and cr)ur?ge,so that thc
r,vorldrrrayrvelcomcClhrist.Who is the
soLlrce of hue jo)-." Also the l-"itr"irg1'
lvitli its mystcrious and lurninous
rvords reminds us o1'thervholly N{anan
substance of Christmas and of thc
L.uclrarisi: "'l'hc uclmb of thc Virgin
Mothcr has causeda fi-uitto blossorti;a
breacl,which has i'rliccl us with an angelic gift" (Lit. Aurhrosian) %

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ltr u lttttttl lt t tt ,ttt(tt,t

n thc cieventhda-t-of'
Fcbruarv,i895. cutthc
fbr-tv-firsl annivcrsarv
ot' thcr rcvclalion of
Our l-acly at i.r-rul'des,
M, Jaurs sirokc as folkx.l's ur thc
Frencli Chimbcrof Deptitics: ''Thc
mrst pricelcss good conqucrll b'
man t hr ough all h i s s u ffc ri n g s u rrtl
st f ugglc s .anC t l c s l ti tei rl l l ri : f)rt.i u
tl ic c s . is t hc ir lc l rtl ru t Il i ert' i : n o ' ,:r
ct ' ed t nlt h: t lllt t l rl i trrtl l w l l rt' i r ti ,,t' .
I l()t Collir' f i'tln r us is ll llc r l ( , o, l
lI irtlscif' cr cl' :tP l) ( ' iu' ( ' ( llr r ' ' 1, ) t r r' ) r r ' n
t hc: lil'st tltrlr rrl r lllr \ \ ( ) r r lil lr , ' lo q. litsu tl{retlit'lrt't' :ur ( l l1r r . ' 1) ns r t lt .Irlr r t

" A fler havins bcen lir unr l

i n tl re t em ple o[ t . fcn- r salenr ,
Jesus nr r ( l(t-lle r et r . r r njour ne)' to Nazr r et h.hur nble"
doci l e a s befr r e, r e- ent er ing
into hidclenriess for man\:
fi ,
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'suhject to
i ancl il,lar1;aluavs
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t lc lr t i u r d s h r s s l u r r e o l ' l l l r ' . ; r r l r s t i l n c e ,

at r t l t h c n s c L u u t t irc: , r t \ l , n r I r i r sa c t ed
t hr r s i n l l r c l r s t . r n r r l r r o \ r l l r c r c t , o l u t ir t n i s l r g ; r i l r l n l i r l l . , r r r r r r : , \ n l , r t i c r n
ii' l' il '. : l '"e r r l r r i r r i r i l i r l r t l r t ' l l r 'r : u n ca
( ' r ) l'l l n l u n l s l . l r t r : r i r 'l r 't l l l l , t t l t ) C l n u s t

in a fantasticswclling
with thc-cJimension,s
of'
God; or else, hc must
suffcr a tenible elnptinessand void within his

. l r . (' ; r 1 r l r 't r o l I r l C t t l r l u t f i' o l r ; t t '1 ,l o

r l, . ' r : l ; r r r l l l r t ' r t ', r l l ( '. t \ ( ) n . 'l - l r e r C .
\ i; l: u r l r 'l l t l ) l i 'r l n t , t n
|lrrltisirlrl that
" l , t t t t 't ff , , i t l , , ( i , t , l . "
[ 'l t C n t t S t
r l; lt u t r r r t l ; r l l \ t n : t s t l t l t t r l l 's c l l - d c i f l t';rtror. lrrrrl l1 r:, possiblc ()nlv bc-

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is pricic'at thc cire cncl of thc

mysticalself antlhopclcssness
at the
0thcr.
To corrcctthis lblsedeiflcationof
man,it is importantonc:cmorc to invcstigatcthe meaningof obedicncc.
Obccliencccloesnot rncanthe excoutionof ordcrsthat are given by a
drill scrgeant.It springs.rather,frorn
thc lovc of an order,anclthc love of
Him Who gaveit. Thc mcrit of obedicncc is lcss in the act than in thc
lovc; thc submission,the der.'otion
iildtirc :;cn'iccrvhichobedicrnce
im-

r ' ir u \ c o l ' r I ) i v i r r c c l e a t i o n . l o r w h t r
u orrld \\'ant to be Corl unle-sslic had

conrc 1r'ornthe hands of Gotl'l Thc

hunran "I" was not lnadc firr thc "["
' l -hc
" a l o n e. but for Gotl " s rt' r' r' i t' tr.
rgainsLCotJ is not tlc\\,..cxccpt in its
ma n. thercfbl ' c.w ' l trtrt' l i rsr' sl o scck
verb iag c. Flotrr thc v er y bc ginning.
th e pt' ffr-cl i otr ol l r: . Ir' r:rrrl l i ty.
rnan was a rcbel iieainst his Divine
l ] i l l l ch' .( j otl . l l rrr,f ,1,, ut)r' of' l u' t)
clcstinv: cotr:;irlcrthc slcu'ard, r,r,ht-r tl ri n us:l t.' rrrl .l , r1l r,r r' l l .rt,' l l i l l rsel f
illi( i l l tl tl i rri ,
r,,l rrl , rrl rl t, l ri nl S el l llr^lcndsto bc the nrasterol'tlr r.jnc::)i ;/,,

lhirtgs ttc'r'orclingto the lov,

' the Lord, tlrcv returned to Galilee t0
their Citl', Yotareth.
,ltd the Child grew
rnd u,xed strong,
irll of w,isclom:anl
the grce oJ' Gotl
vras in l{int.... Anrl
le w,ent dow'n tt,it/t
tlte:m oncl ('flme tri
llct:tt'el.lt uild v's sul)-

cgo, rvliicli is thc bcginning of- clc-spaii'.fhus thci'c

lls u t c(lultl rr ill us . no( l: , ; r Nllt s lc r '

t t l \&h ollr u ,c sllo ulil s r r [ r r i( . "
u l'l'irntat it r n o1' lllit
Th is
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l i r . S te .l ) r tt,t
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plics. arc not born o1'scrvitudc,but

arc ratircr cfibcts that spring frrxl
urdarc urrificdbv love.
To corrprehcnd obcclience.onc
rrruststudvit L'retivecn
tu,o grcatmolncnts.Tiic llrst momentwas whena
\\iomanmadcalt act of obedienceto
the Will of Gocl:"Be it doneunfo rc
uccordng fa tlLt: word." Thc othcr
moment was when a woman askccl
man to bc obedient to Gcrd:
"trlrhatstteverhe ,shall sGTt, thce,
tltrtfdrtJ'e." lJetrl'ccnthesehistorical
lirets is thc stor_\,'
told by Luke: "Antl
ttftct' thc.t' hud terfbrnrcd al!

''l ) l 'l

iet:t Io lhent. AnC tlis'

llother kept ull thcse n,ords in ller
heurt. And Jt'sus dvnceclin u;isdrm, age arul gret' tt,ith Gad oncl
rnen"(Lk 39:40:51:52).
In rcparation fbr the pride of
mcn, Our Blessed Lord hurnl'ricd
Hirnsclf in oL"redience
to His paretrts:
"Antl ha wusx-iect I.ttltent."trfrvas
God Who was subjcctto man. God,
Whom the principaliticsand powcrs
obe.v'."
subjectedHintsc,lfnot only to
Vlary, but to Joscplrtoo. becatiscof

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n al l c i ty ' s a n d a t a l l
t ir ncs , tl e a rl y b e l o v c d .
docs thrr birrh of our
l-rlltl arrd Saviour lom
thc Virein Vlcrthcroccur
to the thoughts of the liaitlitirl. rvho
meditate L)n divinc things. that tiie
rninci tnay'trc arousr'dto the rcknovi'ledgrncnttif its fuikcr. ancl*,hethel i1
bc clcc,upiccl
in the groaiis of surplicirtion. or in the shoutingof praise.tlr in
thc oflf-erinsol- saclificc. nray enrpior,
its spiritual insight on norliins more
licqucntlv and nrorc trustingl_1,'
than ot
thc fact that tbc Son ol'God, trcgottcn
of thc c:o*glaannt
Frther.rvasalsrtbon
by o human binh. But this Nativir,v
u'hicrhis to tre adored in llcaven aritl
on crrthis suggestedto us by ntt rlay
norc than this r'her. lvith tlrc carlv
light still sheciding"
its rays on nttui:e.
tlicrc is trorriein uporr out scr)scsthc
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th c a stoni shcrl
I\1arvl l rrl l l rl conccpti o n bv thc Il ol v S ri ri ti rs r,i .ondrousl y
p ro m i sed as bel i cvcd.sccnl to recur
not orrlv to thc mrnlr'y brrl to thc r,'ery
eyes.For ttldal'thc Mnkcr ot'the ri'orld
rvas trorn of a \irgin's wonrb. and Hc.
Who nacle:ail natrlres.bccalncSrxro'
She. \\honr l{e cir-:rtcci.
Ti''tlar, thc
Word of Gocl appcarcd ciothed in
flesh. ancll-hat which had nevcr bccn
visiblc to humancyes bcgantclbc tang i b l e to our hal l dsas rvcl l . " [odaythc
shepherdslcarnedfl'ornAngels' voiccs
that thc Saviour ua-rbon-l in thc suhstanceof our flcsli anclsoul: and toda_v
the funn of thc Gospcl tressase \\/rs
prc-arrangetl by thc lcaders of the
Lord' f'lctcks.so that we tr)o nrav say
rvith the ann\, of flrr: ht--ar
cnlv lrost:
"(ilor-y in tle highcst to (iod. and on
crrthpcaL-r10 rrcn ol grlori ri'ill" (Lk
l.

Aithough, thcretbre. that inl'anc,.

wirich the majcsty of God's Son cliclnot
rlisilain. reachcd mature rlanhoorl b1,
the grovrth of years and. il hcn thc triumph of l-lis passion rndrcsurrcction
was completcd. all the actions of humilitv rvhich were undcrlal<cnftrr us
ceascd,yet 1ocla1''s
l'cstival rcncws tor us the
liolv childhoodof Jcsus
,
born of the Virgin
Mary: ancl in adoring
''
j.r the birth of our
Saviour. wc find rryc
are cclcbrating tlre
commcngcmentof our
own lifb. lror thc birth
clf C'hrist is thc s()Lu'cc
of lif c f or - ( hr ist ir n
fblk. and thc hirthclayo{'
the lleacl is thc birthday
of the bocly. Although

cvery indiviclual that is called has his

own ordcr. and all thc sons of thc
Church arc separatedfiorn onc anothcr
by intervals of tirne, yct as thc cntirc
body of the Faithful being born in thc
tbnt of baptism is c:nrcificdr.vithChrist
in His passion. raiscd again in l-lis
Rcsulcction, and placcclat thc Father's
right hand in IIjs Ascension,so ivith
For
Him arc thcy born in this Nativiry-'.
any bclicvcr in rvhateverpart o1'thc
r,vorldthat is rc-bom in Christ. quits thc
olcl paths of his original nature and
passes into a new rnan by bcing rcborir; and no lclngcr is he reckoned of
his ca.rthly'fathcr'sslocl<but among the
scctl of- thc Saviour. Who bccarnethc
Son of-man in ordcr that rvc might havc
tlrc rowcr to be thc sons of God. For
rinlcss flc came down to us in this hunriliation.no one would rcachllis presence by any merits of his own. %

&*

"Listen to thc acclamrfion of. lsaiah: 'A chitd I'",/rorn.[or u,,, t"totr
/tt,t/etn.1Jit'tnto tul.' (ls 9:5). \\Ie learn fr,rnr thc Prophet himsell
..') hovv that is to happen. Will
it be rc'corrlingto the la.v of nature? l{ot
at all, replie.'*the Prophet: He rjoes not, in f'act, obev, the larvs of na) ture, He \\ho is the Lord of nature. In rvhat w.ay then,.you replri has
tlris son been given to us? ' [Jchol), rerlics thc Pro>h ct, a t't7in.tpill n,nc"'ireani:/iret,irthtoitttnu,hou't'l/ltnnnu'r)
Etttnrtnut'(.Is7:14),'r,'hic/tttl(enr
'(),)a'!3
rr.r"' (X'Lt 1:23). O wonclerful happening: a virgin becomes l mother-,remainine a vir{in ! Consider this nero' order of natlue. With resarc]
to otherr \\'onlen, if one remains a virgin, she cerlainlv cannot l-ecome a
mother: once she has becom* a mothet she no longer possessesvirgini'y.
In this case, instead, both quatities are atiributed to the very same person:
at the same time, i fact, She is mother antl virgin. \rgiriitv has not imperled giving birth and, on the other hand, the birth has not deprived of
virginiV. It was fitting, in fact, that He \\ho made FIis entrance into hurnan life fbr the salvation of'mankind..., should receive }{is oriein fi'om an
absolute integrity declicrteclto Him without reser\/e.
() rt rt ry of' Nt,trt rt

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Decr:mber Z0IZ - .9,, t)4.:*, fl,.,+rleti,y'/nlt:,u

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The Liturgy in thc l;ir'st'l'lrree

Centuriesof the ehtrr-c'h

'['lt(,lpostolc Crtnotts
Part \{Il

lltc [lttnun l'tntttl-l.s

lJtrr't:t t:ttlttt'it,srr:gttlLIl('rl
tl tltt'..1u',st
tltt' Lttttt',qt,v'iih t'urou.\intet-t'tttittt.s L;n./'it'uttutt:h,
u'ith llte pu.ss'irtgof time mu.tt ol rltc.t'ehut'e ltaen lt,sl.[t .: ceruItt, notitttlrcle.ss.tltaf sonte ol'these *'cre ilot'nts solcl,-/o'the Chut"chol Rone, othe's
\\''t'( up(lulc,sttf rlie mosl tutt:it'ttt i'unrn.s.und other.sstill regurtlel the C'lturch thntttghtut the n'orkl.

hc' regLrlationof' Pope

St. Victor I on Easteris
not the orrly one rvhich
thc Roman Porrtifl'shad
c r pr e s s ed d u ri n g th c
first three ccnruries. Recoursc wiil
h a d t o ihc r n in all s ra \c c i rc rrsta n c c s . i] , s in t [ r c c a s e ri l '
EL rs c biusS. t . ( ' y ' p ri a n a n d
St. ir enaeus . G iv cn th c i
i n tp r ; r " t r ir c c r i' linrr-g i e rrlC ' o
ma tt er s . c oLr nle
ii u ' i th
the so','c-rL'lsiltv
of ihci
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a u th or it y , s uc h rc cr)uI S Cr llr - t sltt : r rr l g i r en tfrcrn li'rrqueni"occilu siorrs for cfl'ering decrcc s anc i r es potl s e s
a b o r r tt he S ac r edR i tc s
l'litr tcxt t-r1'thcsc
rcgnllr-

iiilris llrs [rccn lo s t u, it lr

i ) t' ,' r

the rassingof timc. Nothing is left for

us exccpt a fliint outlinc of thenr in
the l'cr1,,short nrltes of thc Liber poI ift'al is.
St. Linus ordcred that n'omLrnentc r [-]i l urchr,' u' i th
thci l ' hcadvci l ed.
S t. L' l crus cui rstrucr.cdthc
l nctt.tori rtl
and tornbof S t. P etcr
i rnri l l rcd thc pi acc of thc
buri al oi ' thc B i shops of'
l { onl c.
S t. E vari stusdi vi ded
thc titles and churcheso{'
R onrc anri )ugtl i c pri csts
and estlblishcdthat thc
B i shop. i n l nncxi nci nq
thc \\' tl rrl trl ' ( i ocl .bc,assi stctii rr' ,rcrr:l ' tdcacons.
S t \1,.' r11,.t'
t ortl t' rt' tlti r;rt{l l c ' rrr:i norr
of
i l r,' l ' ,r' ,r,r,ri
oll l l rc [-,ordbc

insertedinto thc pra!''cfso1'Sacritrccand that water for thc aspcrsion of'

reoplc'shomcs bc blcssc:dri ith salt.
t hat t hc slS t. S i xtus I est ablislr cd
cred vesselsshould n<tbc fouchcclh,v
rninisters and conllnllcil thc usc ol'
singing tlie hymn Sdncttr.\.^\itttt;1us...
during the litLrrgicalaction.
St. Tclcsphoms established thai
therc bc cclebratecJthe Sacrific.c:on
the night of Our [,ord's Birth" solncthing rvhich. on other days. shoulcl
not occ:urtlefore Ora Terti2.Hr: also
establishedthat at thc heuinnirrg of
ihe sanre cclebratir-rnthercr bcr sLrr.rg
I)ec.
Glaria in a-rcel.si,v
S t. A ni cctus pr cr hibit cdclcr ics lo
lct thcir hair grorv long.
St. Pius I, llor thc pra,ers of the
virgin St. Praxedes, consecrated the
Baths cf Novato (rticusPctricitts) as a
pl;rcc of rvorshitrl; he urar{c larqe offcrings to this ncw sanctuury;he frcQuently offercd the Lord's Sae,r'itlcc
there and had a baptisrnall'ont constructed therc u'hcrc. rvith his ou,n
hand. he baprizcclmany catechurnen
in thc Nalne ol the Holy Trinitv.
St. Sotcrprohibitedthe clcacoucsscs frorn touching the sacredpalls and
piacing incensein thc thurible.
St. Zephyrinuscstablishcdthat the
ordination of pricsts, dcacons and
simple clerics bc donc in the presence
of both tlie clerg-r'and thc Faithful.
St. Callisfus I fixc-d thc Sarurday
fast four tirnes a year in thc fourth,
flfth. soventh and tcnth months. He
consccratedthe Basilica o1'St. Mary
in Trastcvere.He enlargcd and dccorated, along thc virAppiu, the famous

ccurctcry r,r'hichbcarshis nanrc.

vcssc-lsnrads
St. Urban had sac-red
ol silr,'er and of-hrc'd twenty-fivc:
lrtens of the sarnernatcrial.
St Fabian conrlnissioned lrlnv
const nr ct ionsin t hc cer let er ies.
St. Crnrcliusrcnrovr,-dthc bodics
of Ss. Pctcr and Paul fioru their rcsl
ing place in the catacolnbsand relocated thern: onc in the valley of thc
Vat ican, t he ot her along t he t ' c
Ostien,is.
St. Stepheni pnrtbitcclpriestsand
dca:ons tlam tvearing, ltclr cotnmon
Lsc.file rcstrncntsused at the altar.
that the
SL. Fcli.x I recommencleci
Sacrificc bu' cclebratcciabovc thc remains of the Martl,rs and built a
Aurelia.
Basilica along the vi
St. Eritychian cstablisherlthat only thc first fitiits of whcrat and the
grape be blessed at thc altar. Iic
buried the lr4artyrs rvith his own
hiurcls and ordered the Faithlul to
covcr fhe bodics of thesc couragcous
athlctcs of Clhrist r,vith omatc vestmcnts r,vhcnthc,v placed thcm in thc:
grorrnd,
We terminate.then, this enunteration of thc ian's o1'the carlv Roman
Pontitl-son liturgical mattcrs, as ir'complete as it may bc. and lve content
our selves wit h nndcr scor ing t hat
sonre of thesc rcgulatious must bc
considered as nonlrs onl,v ior thc
Chure,hof Rrlrne, others as uprJatesof
the most alrcient Ctnons,and still
others dirccted to ali c''fthe Churches,
such as the decree o1'St. Victor I on
Eas[er.

To be Continued

*I
I)ecernber 2012 .p,r. 9) L'n {r rr'nu,y'1rry'r},r

for us; lct us thus give Him back sonre

littie of that ivhcrc-ofIIc has dcprii,ed
I{imscll'out of lov'elbr us. arld in rrbedieuce to the rvill of His liather It is
incurnbenton rrsto enruialc.rsfirr rs
possi bl e,th e scnt ir ncnt st lf - t hc , \ ngcl. s
in Ileaycri. ad ne\.cr t9 ppnxrclrthe
Divine lnibnt u'ithout bringing rvith us
tbe inccnscof our soul's adoration.thc
protestation ot' our owrl cxtrente unworthiless. and lastly, tirc hornagc of
our rvlrolebeing. All this is drrc to thc
infinite N4ajesty of thc Babc of
tscthlehem, Who is the more rvor"th1,
of ever,'tribute \\'c can pay hirn. bccausel-lc hasn-radchimsclf so lrttlc firr
our sakes.
The exam plc o1- llis Rlcssed
N{other ivill tcach us to bc thus }iumble. N{ary lvas humblc in the pres..ncc
of ]-ler God, even beforc She became
His Mother; but. once I-lis lv{othcr.She

Practlce
ilurlnu
0hrlstma$
l : i i t l i t r ' , \ t t ' t t il

L titr ;ir ' h ttt lit lv ;l,lttlltt' t' ( ' lt 'tl t '(\'(eIs trs.,ti h v,'hut sti ti l ct?l .t
i l i ' t L t ' t ' ' t ' ' : \ . 1 i . . i ,/( Jl.t,- ' .ltlll t' t Itl..s( lt' t,.,' ilttlt.tlt,r k l tt't'l t.tl tl 1t'rhecl i yi neIn.l i ttti
, t' tttitttd cu tttl /t tt,. tltc,t'aurt' t/tt, fi i i tr
/ u , \ ' t t t ' c' t , ", ' j t l t t lu tt. jr t.r ,',
l rnt'i pul i neri o'tl i .sw
l
t
i
t
'
h
r
(
tI(
ie
t'
t.
u
t'
so
u l !a ss to o r u n tl lt'.: nttrr'l hl 'ol IIa Il '1o, l :t'l l s urcl cnt
t<t,s'iliort,s
lit't.:.fot'Li,s,.f(ttt'.r tto o ntalc cl'i )lis rltt'cllng-p!u,'t:.

lun',r'rr- rl.tr CHup.<-l

The- tillie ha.s no'.r,come ibr rlic
taithLi soul to reap thc firit ol rhe c[ftrrts shc madc clurinutlic pcnitcntiai
r v ec k s of A d r c n t to l )r' c p a tu rr
drvellin*fi-place
lbr the Son of' Cocl.
Who dcsiresto bc bonr r,vithinher-.l'hc
t\ttlttittl,t'ol'tlta Lumb ure cone. and
his ,Sxttrschuth trepn'ed ht,rself'{Ap
l9:7). No',vthe Spouseis the Churcli:
thc Sptruscis aiscievcry fithfulsoul.
O ur Lor c i gii, c si l i s u ' h o l c S e l l ' to th c
'"i,hclcllock, anclto each shcerof thc
flock. with as much lovc as tliough FIc
Irivcci but that oitt:. \\'h;rt garmcnts
shall rvc put ori. to go anrJmcet thuBricierlroom'lWhcrc shail lr,c llnd th-"r
pcarls and jclr'cls ivllcrcu,ithto dcck
crursoul l'rrrthis happl' meeting?Our
holy iv{oiirertirc Churchrvill tcll us all
this in Ilcr LitLrrgy,.
Our trcstplan {br
spcnding Chl'istrnasis, undoubtedlv.
to kecp closc to llcr. anclclorvhat Sile
rJoc:s:
ll'Shc is lliosl dcirto (iod. ancj
bcing our Vlotlier.\\.f riligirtto obcv all
Her irr.iunctions,
1, J" -

AnoR'l to
Thc ' st of our cl uti es at our
Saviour'sCrib is .4thrtniot.
r\doratiuir
is Rcli{:ion'sfirst act; but tlicrc is soincthing in thc l\h'stcry of Our Lord's
Bifih *'hich sci-rl-lls
to nulitc this dut_v
doubl"' neccssdr')'.Iu Hcat'en thc
Algels veil thcir fhces,and prrrstratc
themsch,'es
befurc the ihronc of'Gocl:
tltc Four-and-lwent.v L-,lclcrs
are fbrevcr
t'ttsiin,qllteir t'nt'nsbe.lt;rathe hrone
(Ap .tr:10)of'thcr Lamb. r.vhat.thcn.
shali u'e do. ivc who arc sinr-.,crc.
anti
untvorthv'menrbcrs of the liibc of thc
Rcdecnrcr.llo\\ ihat this samc great
Cocl shou,sf liuisclf to us. irumblccifor
our sahcs.antl strippedof all ltis ukrry'l
nolv lliat thc duticsof thc crcaturcto his
Creator are fulfilled by thc: Creator
Ilimself'l now that thc efenlal God
b orvs dovl n noi onl l ' l refol ' c thc
Sovercign\{ajcst1,'oftlic Co'Chcad.but
ev'cnbcforc sinllJ rnan.T{iscrcature?
Lct rrs endeavourttl lrxrkc, bv our
rrolbuurcla.Jolutions.s(imc rctrrrn to
thc Ood Who thu:; irLrnirlesllimscil'

cornportcd Herself beforc Him. Who

was l{cr God ancl LIcr Child. u'ith
srcatcr humility thn e\,'cr. Wc t()o.
poor sinncrs.sintrersso long and so oftcn. we lrusl. atiorc rvith all the rorvcr
of our',soulI le rvho ltas conrcdorvnso
low: wc rnuststud1,'tof-rndout horv by
\\ccan rnakcHini
our sclf'-hirnriliatiiin
amcnds for this Crib" thcsc swathili_ebands, this eclipse of llis glory. And
yet all our hurniiiations rvill ne\ier
bring us s0 lorv that we sha'll be ou a
level with His loiviiness.No; only,'God
could reach the humiliations of God.
. loy
But our Mothcr thc Church, does
not only oft-er to thc Inf-ant God the
tribute ot' FIer profound atlorutictn.
The mystery of Emmanucl, that is, of
God rvith us. is to I ler a source of singular joy. Look at Her sublirne

December 20i2 - 9., !1.),/",tlr',,/,,rr/,.1ttliu,t- I1

O Inrlmi\rsglilysrrRv
(' r llt t c lc s t it ' t h i s l to l v S c rs o n:.rtr-1
.
v,.ltluvill flnd thc itl,o sr-ntili.tct-lt:,
drnir'rbll,
irlcndcd:1-lertlccp revcrcncc
1or llcr fiod. and l-{cr glad joy at }{is
l i ir lh. . lov l dic l n o t th c v e rv An g c l s
c()iltc clou'n and urqs {cr to it'l Shc
thcl'r:furr:studicsto iruitatr-tlir: blithc
Shcplrclrir,. i,riir r'ur lix'
-io." to
l lc t hlt r ilc r r r( Lk 2 : i 6 ). a n tl th c q l a c j
V lagi. t i' llo \ \ ' c rc rr c l i -rri g l r ttu l o f'
tl t c nt s c l\c s \ \ it lrt l c l i g l rll r l rc rr.o n (l u tl l i nillt ' - us llc |ll.1 l l r.:tl i r l tg tti l l trre
l rr' ;c l
:rr r dlr - d t hc nt t o l h c (' a r,c n h r,t' t,tl tt,
t hilil r i' (.\sf r l: 1 0 ).
( ' or ne.t hc n,la i th l i l C h i l d rc no f' rh c
('hurch.lct us takcour sharcin Her jor,!
l'his i.snor thc sctson
frrrsighingor li,r
'nvccping.J''orurrto us e Chlld is born!
(Is 9:6). Ilc tirr \\'hollr u'c hivcbeenso
long ',l,aitingis cr)ntctand i Ic is cornc
fo tl,.t't'lloiltotrgr'(.f
n l:1-l). Great.intleed, und long \\/lsorlr ruspcrlsciSr)
tnuch thc ntorr.lct us klvc ciurp{Jssossing Ilirn. -i'hedav r.t,illtoo soon corte
whcn thisChild.ilotL'bctrnto s,will be
t.hc l{un tf'Sorrrn+is. and then rr'e lvill
rrolllpassionate
Him; but at prssentr|,t,c
rcjoice and be glad at Fiis corning
rr-rust
and sing round His Crib rvith the
:\lgcls. Hcavcn sends Lrsa prcsent of
its or,vnjoy': we needjo_v,anti forty days
rrenot too man,vftlr r"lsto get t u,ell intrJour hearts.-fhe Scripturetells us that
,seLurenind is like a continual lbast
(Prulv 15:16),and a securc lltind can
only be whcre thcre is peacc:norv it is
Peacc which thcse blesseddays bring
to thc eurth; Pcuce, sny thc Argcls, to
nten oJ'grloclv'ill!
Gnsrrntmr:
Intimatcly and inserarabl.r'
united
vl itii tliis r-\cluisjtcrn'r,sticii
.jt,.v,i.sthc
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rl l l rl l ttrti i ' .(i rttti tri i l ci s i l l s \' r )l l i uei ti

tl e , -:r!tl rru l o l l rnr \\l rtr. rrci therdctc n -cd h_l '()r.tt'l nt\'t,rtl l ti l ess nor rcs tt' ai nccl
i ri thc i nl i rri gg:pc\:t
n.hi ci i
bc-c:omcsHis s()\rct'cign \,{ajcst-i,.
dcigncd ttl l-'clrilirl ,.rf IIis on'n (:rcature. and hai,r-a stahlir lbi His hirtilp l a crc.Ol i l herrvvcl rr:rl cntl ynust IJc
not havc ticsircdtr>ildvanccthc work
o1'(rursalvaticlli.to rcmovc evervthiltg
w h ich cori d rnakc us afrai cl of arl l ro ucl ri nul l i nr. and to cncouragcus.
hr.'llis {)\\,ne\{lmple, tt-rrclLrn.b1,the
p J tl rr)l ' hurri i l i t-r'
to.thc l l eavcrii l ,e had
st.ra"'c-tl
lront [rt, pricic!
Gritc'ull.v.
therctbre.lct us rcccive
thc preciousgift; this IJir ine-fJabc.our
Dclivererr. Hc is tlrc Oni,-l3egottcn
Strnof'thc l;athcr.that ljathcr n'hohuth
sr l,t,,:rl
tht, v,orltl o,t tr git,e:his onl.t,
S r n (.l n i : I ). I l c. the S trn. unre*
s c l v ctl l l rati fl csIl i s i -atl i cr' srvi l i , ancl
conrcs to rrllir f{inisell' bat:uu,se
it .;
iti.sott,tt u,i//. Iftlr,i'.as thc Apostlc crprcsscs it, hath not the Futher v,ith
hnz git,enus'all tliings? (Rm 8:32). O
gift incstirnable
! Ilow shall wc be ablc
to repay it bi.. suitablc gratitLuic,we
u'ho are so poor oSrlt)t to k-nou,'how to
appreciatc it'l God alonc" ancl thc
Divinc In{irnt in His Cnb, ltnorr the
valuc of tlrc m1.'stcry'
of Bethlehenr.
which is givcn t0 Lls.
Lovn
Shall our dcbt. thcn. never be paid?
]rlot so: \,vecau pay it by lovc. which.
though finite, givcs itsclf' rvithout
nleasu[c.and ma.vgr(]w forcver in intcnsity.For this reasr)n.tlrc Clhrrch.
alter She has offbreclile'r adol'rtions
uld
in,nln* ancl gratitudc^ to llcr Infant
Savioir.gir,cs IlilrL also ]-lcr tcndc'rcsi

OF TTIE IXCNT.ATIONOI' GOD!

( l o d l Er e r n a l r n vste r vl ...
& 'r t t "l m r n e n se m .\'ste r v o f'r h " l n cr r n r ti o ror fr
fir- the Wor,l tt>Ire suir.st:u.rtirll.r,
in the flesh rsa perl. FJo."'is it x.rssil.,le
s o n a n ,l a t th e sr n l c1 i r n c, sl i l i r sri ) r 'r 'so nr r l r tl sr r l r sta n ti a l l r ',to l r e r .vh o l l l i n t h e l 'r ;r l h cr 'JI [,n t' <':,n i 1 l r t th a t th c \\1 o r r i i s r 1th e sr n e ti n e tr u l y

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nrur'/And a]i dris r.t'ithGod b;l nrtlrre:rnrl nilieIlimself, bv nriule, tr'rr11,

out reiusing in rn.yr"\'a\:either rhe di*'ine n:tture, r.ccor<ling to r.r'hich He is
God, nor our o\\n natule, according to r.r.hich l'le became man? Iaith
alone can erntrrace tlre*.e
mysteries; liairh that is the
fbundirion of al] that surpasses all \.r'e can uncJerstand and rll\\e can sa\'."

Love. She says to hirn: '[o.,t,

beaut(iil urt thau, mr Belov'etJ
One, und how t:omely! (Cant
1:15).H ow swcct t o m e is t b, v
rising, O Dir,'incSun of .lusticcl
l'Iow my hcart glorvs in th{r
rvarrnth of th.v bcamsl Nay,
dcarcst .lesus,thc means Thou
usest tbr gaining me over to
Thyscif are irresistiblclthe feebl eness an d huur ilit y of a
Child! Thus do all Her words
end in love. and Her adoration,
praisc" and thanksgiving, r,vhen
S hc cxpresses t hem in Her
Canticles, arc transfonned into
l ovc.
C hri sl i a ns! lct us inr it at E'olr r
Mother, and give our hearts to our
E,mmairucl.The Shepherdsoffer l-lirn
tlreir simpie gifts, the Magi bring Hirn
their rich presents. and no one inust
appciir bcl'trrc the Divinc lnlant wittr-

out sornethingrvorthy of His acccptancc. Knorv. then, that nothing rvill

please [{im, but that u'hich He came
to scek; our love. It was fur this that
Hc carncdorvu from lleavcn. Hard indccd is that hert rvirich catt say, He
shall not havc rny lcrvc!Q

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ct srnull ufttotutl ol colcl srrow, tvil! thr:n gt,eITinsclf'cs.t'itotf
-frn'scu\.,in the t{irinc
Bunqttet of the Eutltarist. Ile is the divint Lumb, nourished ry,the i;ircin ntother
itt t'itt, o'{i.; o.fJi:ringus l"iclittt ttton the ultar t'tht, (iu.i-.i tndn the ,\ur't'ifte t
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l l i s tm l si s r l o rc l r,,
flast. Wc alu,a,v's
greerit rvith joy. oru
iove gives it a new
Iife, and the Eucharist is its continuation.tsethlchcm
eflrl the Cenacic are inscparably
tinkedtogethcr:thc,,contpleteeach
othcr.Let us studythc reiationsthat
exist bctwccnthem.
-l-he Eucharisl \\as
so\\,t-lat
Bethlchern.V/hrtis thc lrucharisr
but "the u,licat rtj' rirc clcct" and
"thc living brcacl"? Norv, wircat
mltst bLrsLlwn.lt rnust filll into thc
soil" and spring up, ancfripcu. and
bc lrarvcstcd.and bc groundbcforc
it *can bc madc into soocl hread.
\&'hcnI{c il,esborn on thc slrari.<lf'
thc stablc. the \lbril *,r'Asrrept,,ring
ilis f:Lrcliarist.r,l'hic:lrl{c ciiltsidrit:rl {hc cr-lrnpicnir:nt
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unitcclttl rrtan.
I)urins l{is lif-c.Hc n,ouidcstablisli
rrith man a union ol'gracc. a union of'
cxamplesand of lnerit; but onl,vin thc
Eucharistu,oulclF{c consunlnatc tlre
Inost pcrtbct union cif u'hich rnan ir. cipablc herc bt:lorv.[f r,vc\\,antto undcrstandtlrc clii,incplan. wc iltu.ltnot losc
sigirtof the dir,inr'idea.o1'thcrurposc
Our Lord had in mind: a union of
grace tlrrouqlrtlrc urysteriesof i{is lif'e
and dc:ath:a ph.vsicaland pcrsonal
union through thc llucharist. Botli
trnionswcr to prcrarcthc consulnlTration of'uniori in glory.
J ustas a travel l crncvcr l oscssi gl rt
of thc goal of liis journcv and tlirects
c\:t:r.vsicpr [1iyt'cls
it. so thlougholrt
Ilis r,r,holc:
lilb Oiti' [,ortl sccrelJ-v
preparclithc llrrcht'isianclbrou{hlit cvcr
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'Ihis hcavenli w hcat \\'as. is it

wcrc. so\'nat Bcthlcl"lcllthc "llousc
of hread."Scc t he r vhcaton t hc st r ai'r .
frr.iciclcn
cltnvnantl cnr:rircri.
tlris stnrn
i cprcscl l t spor r rhur nunit y.( ) l'it sclf" it
i s harren.[JutJcsusnili ir li it ir r lo r osition in l-liirse-lf',
w'ill lcrstoreit to lifL'.
irdu'ill tnal<cit liuitllrl. ,\,'ii {t'utnrttt
ji'umenti caden; in l.cron."(,,!nle,sslhe
grain 0-f v'heu .lalling into the
grr,runtl..."
This clil'inc grain lias bccn
'fhe
so\\:n.
tea'sof Jcsu.sarc thc moisture that rvill make it grou' into beautiful rt'hcat.IJethlehernis built on a hill
lacing .lcrusalem.\Vhen this car r'f
rvheat has r ipened, it shall lcr n1t
u'ards Calval'-,' u.'lrcrc rt shall bcr
qrounclanclshillbrr sct on the lirc: ol'
suffbrin-sto bccomc a living brcad.
Kirrgsrvill comc to crtoi'it antl find it
tieliciorrs: Pruelsebt delicicts regilrus:
"lt .shall),ield doinrie:; /o fring,r."It is
tlt fbr the roval nuptials of the Larnb:
Cttrrutl ilfagi ad regales ntryttict.s:
"T'he l?'seillan hu,tren...tolhe nturriagr: .tupper of tltt' .&ilg." Thc Wise
lvlen at that slrppcr rerresentedthc
kingi"v and scll'-posse.sscd
souls r,vhr>
tocl ay fl ' cd ( ) n t his llr cad o{'t lic
Sacrarncnt.
The relalions betr,r.,cen tlur'
Sar,'iour-'s
birth rtBcthlchcrn and thc
Euuharist consiclcrcdas Sacrarncnl,
cxist aiso bctu'ccnour Saviour'shirlh
auci the Flucharist considered rs
Sacrificu..
it was truly a lambkin that lvas
born at lJcthiehern. Jssus \\as bortr
lilie.a larnb in a stablc. urdlikc a lamb
l<ne,r.'
no ons but l{is Mother. I-Ic n'as
alrcadyolfcring Hirrrsclflbr the sat:r'iticc; it rvas His first cr.y. f{osltttt t:t
ohlu I i rnemno'!.ui.sti
: r-'r)t'ptt.r
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io.;li ntih. "Futlrcr" \?w to lr.tugerdc,sirethe sot:rificcs und oblarions of tltt:

l-uw, hul u brid.t'huve )Iu gt,end'fe.
llr''c Lttl."
Jcstrsnccdcd that body in ordcr to
he inlnit'luletl: l-{e off-erctlit tcl I'lis
-l
Irath,-r'. his littlc-Larnb u'as to gro\\'
ciosc til its \4othei: in fbrty days
ru-r
Slic u,oLrltllcanr the seclet oi'its inilolation. Slrc .,vouldi-ecdit w'ith Her
purc and r,'irginr.rl
nlilit, and r,vouldprcsen'e it lbr thc da,vof sacrificc. "l'hrs
of victirn was so evident
c,haracteristic
in Or-rLord that r.r'henSaint .Tohntlie
Baptist san' Flirn in the early day'so1'
[1i:;iublic lilc, lic had no other narnc
lir r Flir n t lilin t haf of "'Lanr b of G od. "
[)ei, e't'cequ tollit l]ecc/:.'t'tr','1gnu.s
ttttttnuncli: "lJeltu/tl lte Lumls o/ Goci,
(t\r'u.t:
the:,vinof'
ltehrldIlint v,ho iul;e^s
the'trorld."
The sacrificc trcgun at Bcthlchcm
is cc-uisurnrnated
on thc altar at tlol"l'
Vlass. O h! Hor v t ouching is t hc
\,fidniglrt N4assin thc Christianworldl
We grcct it long bcfbrchandand arc alaqain.
\ravs glad to sc'cit corlrerround
to our tbast of'
What is it that
-qivcs
it-schann anclthat poursJr)).
C.hristnlas
into our carols and rapiurc into our
hcarts.if not that on the altar .lcsusis
rcall,vborn agaitr,althuuglr in a difJ'crent statc? Do nr.rloui' carols and clLtr
honragcs go straight to I-lis vcry
lcstive celc'Pcrson?'fheob.iecto1'r.ur
bration ancl of our lortc is prcsent.We
rcally go to Rethlchcm arrcl we find
therc. not a rnenlory,not a pictLrrc.but
thcr divine Infant llimsclf. And sce
Eucharist lregan tt
hor,v thc
Bethlehern. I{c was cvclt theu thc
F,mtnanucl."Gocl with us." Wiro rvas
colnc t<>thvcll iimous I Iis pcopii:. On

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beganto live in our nridst;the
tlucirarist perpetuates l-lis presencc.At Rcthlchcm, the Word i,vas
rnadc flcsh: in the Sacramcnt He
is made bread in order to give us
I lis flcsh without stirring anir fccling of r epu{ rn a n eicrl rrs .
A t llet hL :h c rrrl l c a l s o l i c g i ru
pf ir c : t ic ing
t hc v i rtu c so l ' l l i s s u rrra
m ent als t at c .l l e c o n c :c trl cIIi
d s cliv init y in or dc r to fi u n i l i a ri z cn ra n
r v it h Cod. I I c v ' c rl c dIIi s d i v i n e
giory as a l-lrststcp ro the veiling
of His hurnanity. Hc bound Flis
porverin the wcaknessol-a child's
body; latcr He i,voulclbind it bencath the Sacredspecics.
He rvas poor; i{c stripped
Hirnself o1-evcrv possessicin;l-.Ic,thc L't'cator
and
S ov c rc i g n
lVlastcr tl{' all
things. 'l'hc stable rvas not liis
o\,vn;charit-vict
Ilirn have thc
us e of it . I -{ e
liv ed wit h lli s
l\{other cin thc offerings of the shcpherds
and the gitts of thc Magi: later in
LheEucharist.Hc rvould ask rnan
lbr a s hc lt c rlb l ' I{ i ru s c l f^th e l n a tter fot l'lis Sacrarncnt.vestrncnts
lbr His priest and t-lisaltar.This is
liolv Bethlclienr hcralds thc
I;,uchal'ist.
We cvt'n flnd tlicrc the inauguration of llucharisric ivorshi: in
its chiei' fon-n, acLlntior-r.lr,lary
and .iosephu,ere thc llrst adorcrs
of the Worrl Incarnatc. 'l hcv be-

liei,'ccl linnly; lheir fith lvas thcir.

viue: Beatu, quue credid,st
"Bles:eclore voLtthat hc,,e belet,ed."
They adoredi-Iirn by thc vir-rueof their
f-aith.Thc shepht:rdsand tlic Nlagi also
adorc-dHirn in union rvith h,fary and
Joscph. llliuy was entircly ilevotcd to
thc scn'ice of Her Son. She u'as all inlcnl on I lis service, anticipating His
lcrstrvishe'stri sarisfl,them.T'heshephcrtls ol-fclcd thcir plain rndsirnple
rrcsents.lul<lllrc Magi thcir magnifi'l'hc.v
ccnt gilis.
adorcd l{irn by the
homage ol'rci gilis. The tjLrcharistis
also the rnecting-placefol personsof
all conditions: it is tlic centre of the
Catholic rvcrrld.[t is the objecr of that
twofold worship of adolation: thc
interior adoration of fbith and
lor,c. the cxtr'rior adoratiolt
through tiic rnar-lnifi
_qnltlccnce
qi1is.of churchcs.anci
o{'thc throncscn lvhich
the clivineFIostr,r'illbe
posccl.
]-he birth of Our
Lord suggcsts anothcr thouqht to me.
Thc
A ngel s announcccithe S avi orrrto
thc sherherils in thesc
rv<rrds:\luus e,tt *bi,s ltotlic Salvutor:
" fhis dat is bon tg you a Saviour."A
nc\,vcra r,vasbeginning. Adam's ',vork
rvas about to bc overlhrorrynancl replacedbv a work of divine rc:storation.
Tlrcre are two Adams. each onc the f'atlrc-rof a sreat pcople: the tist Adam,
"of tltc ealth, earthh,-.'"cle lcrra terreu,t.fathcr of thr: degeneratcdrvclrld;
and the sccond Adam. "fi.'oln }levcn,
ilcavcnlv." le crelocoelesi.s.
ftrthcrcrf'
thc regcrrcratc-dr.vorld.

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Thc sccond \\'as cf)nlu to build l
I\\ I'H F H U N IR I F \IAN {;I- I
+
rvhatthc first hatj ilcstrovcr-l.
Ntrlc lhat i
+
this rcsttrralitn is carricclout lrcl-c[rc- ,|
"(,od lras
lc^rfixnrcci r ncl'y +
It-ru only througlr tlrc I:rrt:hirrist.-l'ht: t
+
r r ti n t<l r ' :r r r r o n g sI fh c i n l l a l i capi talpoi nl abor - r t , Aclanr
l}r'slt .r r : r l- t
+
tr n ts o l ' tl r c t'a r th : l l c n 'h o
t:
t
so thc mai n t r elt nr r - 'nt
ol- t licr liabolical
n r ei r sLr cs t [r t' l r c. l cn s u th th e
+
temptation, \!'as erorrtntilcdill lhcsc l
sl ) i r r r l t IIi s l ' i r r tf. Ii c's i n 2 r +
rvords.'-Yru :;hLt!llrt' ,t,go/s""and ur ,i
n.
n ta n g cl r tr c sr r i n .g
th e sp a n u l '
+
thc f'eeling of pride thc.,,aroused in
+
;l h u tr l : l l t- \\'h r > co r - r t:r i l l sIb t'
?.
Aclarn.
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+
in
thc
sca
hollor,r'
hrncl.
of
liis
.l
You shali becolne like to Cod! d+
crpt-r:icnced l lis :rln lirth in .r
?
+
Alas! 1-hcy becamc like to the bcasts! +
'tr'hc
strblc.
herr/ens
or^e
fiil
ot'
+
W''cll.Our Lord cArlcnot onllr to take +
';,.
IIi s g l o n i n d th c i n r n sL ) irs f'u l l
I
up Satan's promises ancl rcpcat therr dI
n"
+
r {' I l i s s - l l cn tl <l u r . l o se s cl csi - +
to us. bLrt to lulfil thcllr. Satan ,,\il ,;,
"i,
+
+
r t'd f<r ( - ( ) n t( 'r l l l l a teth c g l o r l 'o f
'i5
ci i ugl i ti n hi s o\ \ n snar cs.\ 'cs. ir c slr r ll I
+
( ,t d , l r tr t i t u 'a s l r r l p o ssi b l c fo r
bccomc l i kc t o Lit r clhy cir t ingof 'llis +
+
Fl eshai rd B loud.
+ h i r n tr sr :e i f. r sl i r ' h a r f d csr e r l . +
' l -hat i s hou, t ilc Euchar istcom - +
l l t' co L r l d to d a v ( :o n r e l c se e i t,
+
1,t
: b e r ca u sci t l i e s i n rcr i b i n a
+
sta pletcs thc rcstoration bcgun in thc +
'[]rc:n
+
l>[c.
n0 mtn ]roped fcl s{:e +
Crib. N{ake merry thereflrrc on this
't
+ God rlclrernrir-rrlive;todal'all
+
bcautifui dav. on rvhic:hthe sun of tlie +
+
those w,ho Irave seen llinl havcr
L,ucltaristis rising" [.et yclur gratinrde ++
+
'b
rist'rr fronl tht' second .'lcath to
ncvcr scparatcthc Llrib il'oll titc-altar. I
+
Ii {c. "
*
the Word nrerdcflesh lrom the God- +
5i. l:plvew oJ S1'ria ?
N,lanmatle bread ot'lilb in thc Most +
+
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all thut LlfI:lis Incurnutirtt tnriBirth, ure repre:.senleil.Jts'us, brtrn of thc vrgin vyomb oJ
illar.t,trIrst llolt', "is born aJ'the lips o.f the
"
triest, clttring the Hol.,' lfass. ,S. .Ithn
I)amascene a.ffinn,s,in Jact, that "tf-l sm
aslred hrru, !hc hreai is .guhstottiatedinto the Botll: oJ-,le,su.rCJri.ct, I n'it reth, that
the lLl-t'Spirit ot't't'.shodov'.sthe tries and operrcs tho in the elenrcti.swhir:h He
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sal.;clto crill b, thc enclcalingnaine of
s i n g s th c s w c c t
daughtcr!What grcat gladncssfor thc
rlvstetv of thc binh
Son of God to har.'ea },Iother on eafih
of- Christ throughand a Fathcr in Heaven.
out the rr,,orld."ln
How gfeat the satist'actionof the
lhat dat, the moutttains shall clrop
Holy Spirit on behoiding Him Whorn
dav,n.9yl''ee|ne'Ss,,ondth.ehil|,t,,s'hall
Hc had unitcd to the Father fom all
ctcrnity in thc closestbond r:f a peribct
f ov' rt,ithmilli' (Joel 3:i 8). Iror He
Who is sweeter by far than rnilk
love. norv by l{is operationjoincd so
and honcy, Who is Himsclf the
intirnately to human nature that the two
plentiful source of ali sweetncss.
rlatLrres.so infinitely clistinct and diby His entrance into thc worid. : versc, were united togetirer in the one
rnadc all things s'uveet:I1c brought
person of the God-lvlan! How great thc
true joy fiorn Fleavcn.I{e brouglrt
swcetnesswhich filleti thc soul of tire
peacc tcl men of good will; I{e
Blcssed Virgin whcn. gazing upon l{er
brought comfort trt the afflicted, to
ncu.bom babc, She told l{crself tliat
the world the darvn of a ner.vand
the infant She held in Her arms was not
brightcr day.
Her Son alone. but also the Son of the
O hoq,grcat was the joi, ol'thc
EtcrnalFather;thc rnosthigh God!
heavenlyFathcr in that night whcn
How grcat, moreover u,as the hapHc behcld FIis well-bel,rveciSon. : pinesstif those n,ho u,cre privilcged to
begottcn frcrn all eternit)'. born of
look upon the f'airestof all thc cliildrcn
a 'l-lurc\iirgir, \.M1olr1l-lc vouc:ho1''men. and to [io]d F{irn in tlieir L-m-

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lvlass:"l anl about to ccicl'rralcHrtlv
N'lasl;.and tt>q:allirrto beiiig thc liotiv
and Blootl cf Our Lord .lcsusCiirisl."
us th;lt thc
Tlrc Chur"chI{ersell'teachcs
lriith of ('hrist is c]'cctcd]ne\r lrlter ir
spiritrrirlmanrlerin thc N{ass.lbr She
rlircesthc self:salncsong of praiseott
our lip" rvhich thc Anqcls sang orl
( lu'istnrlsnroll: "'(ilon,to Goln lhv
tt ctu'thpe(K:( io men of
Iti.ght'.:t.,-1rtl
goot { r r i/ i' ( Ll<.2: 1*i) . Lct Lls. n'ir er r
tlicsc u'orclssound in our cars, itnagine
oursclvcs iistening to lhc fuigcl u.ho
spokc thus to thc shcpherds:",1 hring
),rtt gooc! tidings qf greut jot'; .la' this'
r/a_t'i.s brrn tr .yott Lt ,Stn'iotu"l'l''lti,\
('hri.rt rhc Lorr{. }bu shull .fintl hc
Inlittt tt'tr,t1tedin sv,atltlling-tlothe,s
uttl luii in a mangcrt' llli '2:1{}-121.
(iuardian Angel r,vereto
Suppt-rscrLr'
"Rejoicc
tn1' child, for ntw.
.sa1'to us:
this
tlry
in
l\'lass.
Saviour r,villbe born
tbr th, salvation:thou u'ilt see I{im
uith thinc cves urrrjerthe fbrm ot thc
sacred host." If our Guardian Angei
cioesnot sa)'this to us. oul'faith tells it
to us. and ought \\'c not to rcioicc on
this account'lAnd if rvc rcall;- belin'c
this" rve shall Core thc divine Cirilcl at
l{olv Nlass rvith thc samLrrtrverencc
aird affccti<"lnas did thosc rvho u.'ere
privilcgcd tc beholti Him rvitlr thcir
bocliii' eYcs!
In thc anc:ientlegendsit is rccouted tlrat a holy.'person.who Jitur timc ttl
tir-ne.r,tihciithc |vfost Blessed Sacrament was on thc altar or raisedbetween
the handso1'rhcpdcst, sarv.fesusChrist
in thc firrrn of a srlall child. Whcr-rSt.
Louis rvas iuforrleci of'a prodigy of tiris
iif
kind whicir totili placc-in thc sLrburbs
l)iris.he rcplicd to th<tscu,ho exlrorled
him to go to see:" I'hoscrvirociclnot believe lray go: i scc thc living Jesus
evcry cia-vduring t-{ttlv\lass." V
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braccl lft-i',i,dciightcd at)clo\/ercomc

li'ith ioY rnust have bc-cntiitrsc slrephcrils to u,hilrn thc Augels ilrrllr)rinccd
His birth! And hou' the:\,trrstcnecl
to
Betlrlehemto adore llinrl \\'ltu coulcl
describc tlre happincss ol' thc holr
Israei i tcsuponhelt r ir r gil nnouneettl o
theni by Sinr c( ) nr nti \ nnt hal llr cir
lvait trad finalll, r:onrcto un ullcl'l
at it iuo 'Tl i ci r joy is it nt ncu: , ur ablc
thy of'consir-lcrrticln,
bul ours sury)asscb
theirs,bcc,rusc
c\icr)' day lvc ntav gazc
rvith thc cvc i-rf-laith on thrt tendcr
Inlbnt, and rnay share in thc gladnerss
attcndingi-tisbirth! Popc Lcr fhe Grcat
said: "Our minds enlightenedand our
Iovc enkindlcd bv thc recorci cif thc
E,r.'angelists
and thc rrttclrnccsof'thc
rve clonot sccrtito reuut'dthc
Prclpltcts.
birth of (.lu'istas rnevcnt ol- tlrc pasi.
but as (ilrr-prcscllt1oour sight. Fot'r.vc
hcar proclairnctito us lr'hat the Angcl
announcrrdto thc Shcpherds;'Behold, I
bring 1'outidings o1-rcatlor': tliis day'
is lrtrll to )'tlu a Sayiour.'Ill'cty daVi.r'crnay be present at tids h*pp-o"birth.
evcry clayour cycs lna)'behold it. it'r'r,e
rvitl but gr) to Mass. l:or thcn it is in
ver.vdced reilcived. rndbl, it tire rvork
of our salvatittrtis carricdon."
l'hc sailc is tolcl us in thc revelations of'tllc.,\bbessItiidcgard: "At tlrc
rurornent
whcn in the \4ass. thc bread
and winc arc changcd into tlre Bod,r,
and tsloodof Christ.thc circurnstances
of Ilis incarnationand tlirrh arc mit'rorcd bclbre Lrs...".
In r.vhat rnanncr arrci b,v rvhosc
agency Christ is boln in hoi-vN{rss
St.
.lcrornc tells us in thcse u,ords: "Thc
pliest cails Clhristiuto being by his consi-'craledlips. that is 1o sar.Chnst is
bom into the t'orld at the biclilingoJtllc
priest wlren his lips utter thc words of
i:onsccration. Ilope: Grcgory Xill dcciarcsthe san-tciii thc praver hc cnjoins

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THE LIFEAI{D THOUGHTS

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O F ?)r,,.(1.
Secre
tnrv of Stnteof St.piusX
Final Parr

7\e fame oJ'cardinal

lxrines.ssp,ctrt! rapidll, rhrutuglrcutlte tt<tr/d.
'l,let'n' del tr"ut.v
Thtsev'ho lttr/kn,,t1'7
hint, in,s'tinclit'cl.v'v,etrcrttlec{
lint as u sctittt,v,hoseyirre,,totts'lituteda nodelto be intituletl.,Itsl t+t'o)vur.J afic:'hi,tprentctluredeath.
tlte Sparti,slt
Epi'scopate--'udtlrr:s.sin,g
fhr llol.' l--uthrl' ute).tadthot tht, cltrcr, iu,t,keuiott the
Cut'clinalos a "lult'pt'it's'r,rt,.t'tht'tl'lin.q
rti.:.ed
h rltt:ttltttr.c.,

'foqrRns (;t-()R\
Clardinalllaphacl l\{erv del Val
wascL-rtainl.y
onc of the tnostextraordirrary and influcntial mcn of his
tlmcs.Thoser.vhol<nervhinr rvcli,ciescribcdhiin clcal-iyas: "A bcautilul
scul in i beautifui body.'- ..Hc
sccmeil-it rvassaid-to be a tlgurc
tllat had csc.rpcdlrurlr a painrirrgot'
thc Rcnaissancs."'And
it rvastl.uc.So
rnuchso thata Canadianr,vritel,in the
I'ear 1912.spcakingof the Cardinal
u.rote: "He is a beautifirlpcrson: it
seemshc tvasbonl fo weal.thero.,al
purplc.On rst seeinghiru onc is impressedanclthis fbelinggrows evt;ry
timcrone seeshim. He is the perfbit
modcl of a prelatecif thc courtancl,in
m-_v
es;timation.thc grc:atcstfigurc in
the collegeof Cardinals.''A Frencit

u,ritcrlrroteof hirn in 1926:.,1have

at length observcd the admirablc
Cardinll,the grcat counsellorof pius
X. Hc is rnajcstic.magnificent.enchanting:hc is the authority befbre
u,'hichcverl,'onc
bcndsthekncc,ancla
smilc nr gestrlrer
of kinrlncsscioesnot
alter his solemn figui-c," Another
atlcrhai,ingparticipatcd
.journalist.
in
a Pontifical Mass of the Carclinal.
wrotc: "Cardinal lvleny del Val seatcd on his thronc, in his liturgical
robes. ivith his malvellous bcaring,
gavc the icleaof nra.jcsty.
of.greatness
ancl of thc univcrsality of thc
Church."
"When hc passed through tire
strects of Rome.*-obscr'r,eii
Ren
ljazill-hc v",asthc obiectof e.encral
admiraiion."Ilut w,hn.graie and

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.- I)er:etnlrer 2$t".1
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inajestic.he appcarr.cl
in tilc Vaticalt
Basilici.hc c.rcrrcis.;d
thar supcmaturai charrn rvhich haci the irrc.sistibiefbrcc of'raising ntinds to
Cod. His recollectionand pcrfi-:ction
tiuring the ccrcmonicscast hirn beyond time. so much so that-alier
havingobscncclhirn attcntivel-v
during thc sacred Synaxis--a distinguishecllnan was hcard to say: "Jt
secrnsto mc that that mitrc is not
placedoil thc hcadof a rnan.but on
thc hcaciof a statuc."
But to thc supematuralbealrtyt-rf'
his pcrson, the Clarcljnalacidc,Juncornmongiflsrtf intellectandacllninistration.A leamedDominicandid
not liesitatcto givc liis testiurony:
"The C'ardinalkneu, in clepth the
mostcompiexquestions
andthc vcry
gra!'e political.l'eligiousanclsocial
problemsof thc intemationalworlci.
Thcolog,,SacrcdScripftlrcs,Phiiosophv.History,Apok,rgetics,
SocioIogv and l)iplomacy \\ierc all his

fieicl," \ coLrsiuof thc:

Carclinal.rvhokngv liinr
lvell. assertedthat "ii
rvas enoush {br him to
givc a quick glancc ol'
flte e5'gto graspatid pcttctratcthc u-sscllcc
of thc
lrlLlst comnlex of' qricstions." Onc of thc rnost
farlous A tncricanwritcrs
of that tirne--Miciracl
Wi l I ian-ls---recount ng
one of his i,isits to the
Secrctarvoi'State of' St.
Pius X" ivas ablc to say':
"Whiist the Cardinal
sroke.I hearclthe (lhurchspcak."
Btt t"'hat rerniinsillrmortal rcgarding the Secretar.rl
of Stateof St.
Pius X. is thc fan'rcof his hoiincss
n'hich w'aseslablishcdon thc vcry
da)' of his death. rvhen a IJishop
r.vrote:"His lrlcrlory r",i11live on in
blessings"
but aboveall in thc holitrcssof his virtues."From that nroment. thosc giving testimonr,'
to the
ht-rlincss
of thc Clrrtlinal
rnultiplied
to the poittt that a unanimouschoir
of voiccs u,asraiseclup thror.lghttut
rhe whole world. askins for his
"His faine of holincss
cancrnisation.
has rlevcr decrcasedamongst the
pcropic-rvrote the Spanish Episcopate to the I{o); Father in
1932-*, but especialiyamongstthe
rn'holook upon him as a holy
clerg,ri.
priest,worthy of beingraiscclto the
altars."
The Proccssi.r,asstarted on ?6'n
Februan' i953. trvcnty-thrcc yeari;

aftcr his death. V

Decernber 2012 - i,

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I Cttn:;en'ti Cyri'1'furtt o-f nry hCTft, (y:ry

of (I.nrlrtntl^fitrrrg brl p.vt

y God,my Fatherand my AlI,the Beginning

and theFndof my existence;
the mostabjectan wretchedof allTlry creatures,
I prostratemyselfbefore
thegrcat Lhrone
o.f rW inffible Mqiesty;I worshipTheeand blessThee
wrh dll tlte J'aculties
of nry souland body.
I believt tn Thee, L) 'fruth subsistingin Titysetf and essena|;I hope in Thee,o
ornrtipotcntMercy;I loveTheeo inf:hreGttotlnes.s
and Beauty.
In the sghto.f flr\tgavrrrrcnothingrcs.i,
1lt.sr,cch
tht helpto.f Thlt mercif.tl power,the
assistancc
andpr'tttcfiorrtrf L'lary,7-lq,l4r71tr't
tutdminr.,unil thtt oJ' aIItht AngeLs
and
Sa',ntsenjo;*ingTh^prcwnce, that I ntty be abk to thank The iu(rr?lc wav
the
gtfts
J-or
and.JavoursThouhast tlagted to grant me in Thy poweful goodness
Jron thc firsr motneflt oJ-trry exstence to thc presrt hour; for hang seenfi:t n rhink oJ' me, mLserdble
wori?Lof tls earth,f om ell eternity;Jbr havingfreewdecreedmy existcncein preference
to so tiLnvother possiblethhrys;and e.special\for hating granted me anotherthy in
which to loveand serveThte.
I am on thLsmrth.i-or rhe .solepurpo-ref' sewing Thee,O *y Goil, and .savngmt,
soul' And oll other thhtgs,great ot' small,witl'-ittor aroundnte, mu^stdisappearantibc
u if thevdi,l not cxlstt.ottt1,cyes,ftttrn the ftLotrlrth which Lheyceaseto bc
-for me thitt
.for u,hicit Yottltwe createdthem to he, rhat is, the meayxto a great nvl.
I desireand Jirnlv resolvetoday to useall createdtlngs in such e wryanrl only t
safar as they help nrc to attaht to nqt nrd, to havea dispostion of hoty indifferenceregarding that whch dependsWotLnryfree choiceand tou,ardswhich I am not bounclby
any obligation.I am ready to dcceptndiferentryfro* Tlq,l1at and in thetuay which
is plea:ing to Theehenlth or sckness,riciresor powrty, honotr or dLhonour,alonghfe
or a shorLone,dnd thus itt all otlrcr tltings,choosingonh,wltdt is mostconformedto l'lryt
Glory, which i: nryfinol aim.
Grant that nw inLelkct, tt\t r1117rrrrrr
afi ft+tf-er wil! mw be Thfue
-fbrever
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- Der,ernber :1012

bfeAth, tt-tjtv,cTd, flnd e\ilfV fii,t1r)(yfl11

qi nry,.soul
and iro,/1'ro'I'hrc, t:r.'Go,l,v,ith the soledesirt o.i'singtng,witit evert_facal
tv I'liottc,a \onglnnnno.i praiseto Thrc, ln'nrt of expiatiL'mflrrnvsirrsonti of llrrrls7'lw gracti tnl {rerre/irs.
.Er.'rrrg.br
therefort.
and I setrr4rseif,
i reelThe,O rw Jexts,as nLTetnnitJ Kingarrd Sdt,iour,
Thou at"t
n4lt.
And
tf
ri'hytver
Thou
crtll
nrc.
uni.IerTlw stitndard,readt,"t-foiLowThcc
cuul intintott:itit tovertT',l"twniliatiott
sogoorlus to callme tc itti.tatt'f'lccnl.,r't'clo.scil
'i hv srn'rlltIlteurctli,but a^Esist
me
I'r:citust'
Jlrf,
ont rr;l\,,,lcrtr--/rsrr.';
and su.1fenng.,.)
in nry l'i'cklicss,
I ;Icsirafrr lo1,r'-/-ittr'.rrrmu(h,n^t \larr:".,antltbase nt,tseifso ntttchht ht*nlity atid
obedimcebefittr:'f'nrt. Jrri.!t) trcfernot onlverey eri.l,includingrleath,io tnortal or
in x,lch'Tlw gloryand
vcniai sn,but to prtli'r'thrfltr.rsan,l sttffing ai-sttin the ct.sci
rl)rrrfr'ri.
h rrnourl'c I i kt'ri-i.rr'J.r?'r
irr,/ lrrglictrc.'s,v4chlikt nlntge ntc,untahtrise u?i
I defe$ ttn,l \\,t't'|,rr\r'1.Dlvrir..;
beforc nri, ru'ttlvltich I rrppo.sctt,tit the PsstcttteJ- ntv Lord.
hc.sirrsari,J iniquties of tfu: wittile:ro.rld, especol ovel'the sactileges
I rrrccp()11'r'fht:e in LIw Mcrs Blessed
cntl ind|ft-erence which rs sho1r,'l1to

o-fTlry lovc.I tlesireto mrikerrti'ator attil cxlsiSacran"ient

I tlesireto lit,e s'prntualil,tt;iLhinttte
all
ation.for tlrcse.fiaits.
tt
tabutncle n'ith Thee, fo r'islf Thte ,:tnilit'trc Thec
and recewe'flrcespirirrrcliy,hcrcver'fhou ftrt present unct tlw sacrontatal,,,cilanil tlrcre,ar teJbot
of Thy Euchtn.sti;thrttne,to live and de.
I besee;hThee -l'trthc propagatittno-f thc r-dith,
o_fEngl.antland of tlrc world.
for thecotn'cr.siotr
I pra1,ta Thee.fr'tlic Churchancl,for Tlw
Victr; lbr tht Princesrrrlltrilo's; for thc
ytntth and .for the agcd;for Priesrs
and religous;J-orthe intentiosenN.;Jlr f lte.scrtls
trustedto m,e
; -fort,,".
iit Purgatorv.
OJcsrrs.I low Thee,I loveThee
anil desireto ioveThecforever.
ancl sorL7&rJ,mry i7n16culnte
rowfr l\lother, lesli.me lrr./:sus.
Mj, Guardian ,4ngel and
Prrs"r
SalrlS,Ira'rtfor nrc.
December

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Sl. Cmill Bitttistu titr l:lrano

The ImtellecirlEnlightemecl
by SeraphicLove
Final Part

Tlte srrul v'hch, in purift'irtg it,se//'ttntes it.cell ever more to (joc/, hears ht,o unmi.stukable,rign-r tLl'ttctiott 'the divine Spouse; un artleilt ontl pw'e zeul.l'or thc salt,uion ol
scntlsancl sitcere t'onlempt a./'itsel-f.[n itr:t, the more the -sruladvanc'es in its unon u:ith
God, fi'eengit.self.fittrn se$ishness, the n'tore God.fitt,s it t+,thi:Iims'eff) tkut is, w,ith cli*
vine c'lutrity', sittc:r'"Grxi is love und he v'htt remuitt.s itt ltn'e retnuin.sin GorJand (iod
in him. "

irrcc('hristr:autestilcl.v
to savc thc lrst.thcretbrc it is nccessaryfbr
the onc who is unitedto
Him to bc concerncd
about thc salvation of his neighbour.
This is thc meaning of thc Canticlc:
"Conte m1:lst'n, let us go lo the.fields,'
we ,,;,illsee i.f'lhe yines ure butltling:
w,e v,i!! ,^pend the night in tke t,illages; there [ shall give vou rhe gli of i' / iy r : " ( Ct
7: 11 .1 2 );th a t i s , l c t u s g o
ottt, ttty beloved, to savc souls. Come
It help ftte ftt ga.in thcm, he.r:ause
withoul You we cun hut,e no victorl'
(Cfr. Jn 15:5). We are to have ardenr
courpassionanclconcr:t tbr thc iniquities of our neighbour.I will givc ro
you my breastsso that yoLtlllitlr snckle; I will olfcr to you the rnilk of'my
good counsel and of the exarnples ,

givcn by mc [o ln\i neighbour,r,vhite

and u,ithout the rnark of concupisceilcc. I rvlll sive to you rxy litb lbr
his salvation and will considcr rhe
sils of rn; neighbour as my orvn, just
as thc ApostlcrPaul did rvhcn he srid:
"[4''hu i.y ',^,,ectk,
anrl I utn uo xettk|'
tr'Yhoi:; ttatr:to fitll, ttnd I otn rot itdignant'|" (Cor I:29).
O r.'eracioushcafl. o heart ardent
with tlic c-harityof God! This zcal is
bom of thc.holy divine kiss: "1 oill tekc'n up wilh z,clfor 1,our house" (Jn
2:7: Ps 68: I0), that is, rvith zcal for rhe
houservhich is the soul o1'eachone of
my ncighbours, in which God dwells
rnorc r';orthil; thail in the ternplc.
Evcry faithful Christian is a
church. thc altar of rvhich is the he.art
anci (-.hristthc pricst! If r.r,cconsitlcr
hor.v,for love of-this soul. He was cov*

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s. ricsri scd, cro tl t.tct1

crccl r,r'i th ri'oi-ncl
riict!
orl the cross,r,r'c
rvith tlrort-..and
ucll horr de-ar
vcn'
r.vili uilderstaltl
Ft
r llouing: lt c: h
is
t
o
FI
inr
.
thi s cl i urch
hccollru
ri
c
sltrrultJ
tlso
cctrsideratirlri.
cttnce
rtrcd
itlltl
as enamourcd.ticsirotts
ot
r
t
t. o
iilr
t
it

t
it
.
fol hi s sai vat iot r .
I
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'ir t r
lor
t
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r
t
ir
c
sow ct'of' alI chaslc
i:
t
o
\
ir
ii.
u'hicli.
t
hlt
lt
ks
my poor so iil
lr
r
t
lir
i'r
r
t
r
ncigh,
c
w ' hol l rIi quclicdit l
bour. rn'hoscsaivatittll \iru ittl such
great thirst iilr tltl the rt'ood crf thc:
cross (C [r. Jn l9: 28) . Now I knor v
\bur goodncss and ultderstand tliat
the sw'cctestaffection I am able to
give to You is to dcsirethc salvationof
my neighbour.,..O blessedsoul, r'n'hir
due to such zcal. bccrtlnc'lilr (ioci l
hr.xcyconib ancl sr-rs',r'cctrrl inc (( li
C t. 5:1)l Th is is t he gr cat sor lgo{'t ht r
v,olTlanwhcl appcared n the sk)'
clothedwith the sun (Apr 12f0, that is,
of divinc love. and beneath hcr fcet
there rvas the filoon, rvhich is the lucidit-vand su'cctncssol'thc r,i'ortisalli'l
u'orks direc,tcdto our neighbour. Shc
had Lrponhcr hcrd a crown of trvelvc
stars.rvhich is thc contittuousglatrcc:
cf' the soul at lhc llvclve articles ol'
faith. that arc hcl crou'tt. This womiitl
lias childrcn ti'om hcr trtdv.w'hich arc
thc works rnhich shc gave hirth to u'itl:
tri-rccharitv and n'ith groans full rf
sw'ect aftbction. bS, which hatrcd tbr
herself iucrcasesday afier dal'. isshc
reurernbersthe rvord of thc heavenlv
spousc:fle v:ho hale-shis soul in this
v'ttrld, v,ill save il /br lile eternal (Jn
12:25)....This hat r eclunit es t he soul
ivifli l-iod,.ir"tstas lhr- slvcct Jcsus Lresou-uhtHis Fathcr" saying: "h{uv th:v
all ba one,.jusl cts,Fuller,),'oLtarc itt
me ancl ! um in y()Lt,so lhrtl lhc',''qlso

m cn'hc in u, s"( Jir i 7: 2li. l- his lt at r ct l

tif trtrc iret'fecliolt.
rs thc fiLtrtdr.titln
fl'onr which. iu thc sr,rulof- tlic .ilrst
[ran- clcrivcsthc virtr.rcot'palicncc. lt
rvithis a u'ork ot-pcrltction, becrruse
rrrt raticncc no onc can rcach thr:
sur nr nit r il- pcr f cct ion. Thc et cnlal
\\'ortl dcsccndcd r,r,illingl-vto eat'tlr
liiinr tlrc bosonrof the Father(Ct1-.Jrl
l: l- {. lS) t o st r '"vr his hat r ed anci t his
I{c cnhruced thcr and borc:
l"rrticnce:
t hcnr unt il I lis deat h. , . .I under st alt t l
tot'riveil, rtry Lord, that of rnvsclf'l aln
as Yutl
nnablc to have this selt'-hatrecl.
had it w'ithin \burself as man: but
drau'rnc b-v Yonr gracc to this gilili.
siirccI renrentber that to he rt'hocallcd
Yoi got-d,Yott rcplicd and saidthat uo
onc \\us gooclcxccpt God alone []vlk
l0: 1, 8:l- k l8: l9) . O gooci. lesus.t hcr c
is no dcrubtthat thc lttarc a man lovcs
\bu. the nlclrc he has hah"edi-or hirnscll'.
tlehold, nov,r. i,vith the hclp rlf
CocJ.I havc ot-fcrcdthe r,r'illingohiation and thc Lord (lod ivill give ail
thc,vdr:sirc to ihose u,ho celebratethis
rlbligatonr,vurthil,v:nrav his ohlation
be healthl,'nrav the llrc ol clivinelove
lvhich dcvotirs thc sacrificc and the
vic: t im dcsccnd.. jnst as t hc r nat cr ial
fire cicsccndcclll'om Hcat'ct"lalld devoured the sacrificcof Solotrtrn (2 Cr
str
7:1), and rnay thc divine N4a.iesty
fili hc miud thai nttthing else rna-vfind a rlace thcreitl. ;\nd vori. fathcr,
who have not disdaincd to lrc instrucrted b-v au uncdut-atsd wolnan. n()w
arnendrn-vt-eminincvcrhosity, correct
and retlrovc cvcly
thc lalse sent{::nccs
error that yor-rf.rnci.Since I havc sirnpiy obcyed yor:r qucstiorr.I beseech
l,ou huinbly to blcss mc. Ameu. %

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\-ist't's'ro lHn PopE

1'l Bcliogna, towards the

middle of the VIII

Centurv. the most noble

falnilies numbered fortv

tl and, tcl distingtrish thenr
frc'nt the othcrs in the official ceremonies, they were
announcecl rvitir the appellative of "Fortv" added to their
surnamr'. Pope Benedict XIV
(the famous Lambertinj) camLto Bologna, and several members of the Lupi (rvolf) and
{l Orsi (bear) tamilies carne to
tl
pa], hin-r their
respects.

tltl
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ilit

Naturally tl-rev rvere announced in the follorvin,gwav:

"Lttpi Forty" and "Orsi Fortv."
"Let them come foru,ard-exclairned the i)ope gocid-nahrredlv-*these eight1.beasts!"

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At' l'nr "UNIVERSALJuUcE,\{ri}rrr)'

tl l,,flf5 ichelangeJo,
!y _ortier
i/illtll ot Pope iraul III, \4'as
H#j
paintingthe universal
Judgemelrt in fhe Sistine
Cirapelof the'v'atican
palaces.
2ii - l, O',;1.,':'1 .,,

in orThe artist painteclslor,r,'lv

for
be
der
his r,r'orkto
perfect.
But there lvas a certain Mr.
Bingio.r.liCesen7,
rrstr of the
pontific.rl ccrt:monies, i,vho

\,\'asahttatrsunder lris f t't't. l'irst

criticising onc tirirr';arrtl lllcrr
anotlrer: "Lot)k tt tll,rt nosr'!
Oh lvhat a f.rtcl ()h, rvlrlt is
ttrat, a rran ()r'.rl .rttiru.rt?...";
so mucl-l so tir.rt rnt' iine
day; lt{ichciclrgJ0,to
get his re\/enge, depicted the features
of that man, in the
figtrre
of
King
N{inos (in F{e,11).
When Mr. Dc (-{'s'i1/
rccogni setl th is, h,.'
compiai nt'cl tti {lrt' | )1rpt'

I t . t r ", ' t hi' li iLr r c ul kir r q i\ lit lus

t 't ', 'lSt 't 'l:"lt t t Pt t . silr lg" lt t ' s icl.
"\ '\ 'h- t , ,
I lolint ss?" r t 'ot t 'sI
- \ 'our \ \ 'it h uo r st r r Cr
t . sr 'r i?
ed lVI r . Dr '
"Becaus'
if M ichcnat ion. .
iangelo had plcrcttcl \ror-r

ancl askerl f ut ' t llis ligt r r c

'l
to be l ' ep a ir r t t 't 'l.
lr t ' Pope
w ent t0 $ ec, lt r okt 'cl at it ver v
rvel l , i auglr ccl hc, r r t ilv anci saiej
tlrat tht--'rc t.cl't,rirrlt, \,\'ctSa re*
sembl ance, L- ''r r tlr c r c[ uscc] t o

ilr Irurgatorlr, I tt otrlrl

Itarre beetr ablt' tr-t
free \0u; but froil
Ileli ;rot c\en tire
\
I'opre is al-rleto trce'
,l -voLl. ln fact, ther
l.ord has said that
tlrere 'nullo csf rctlttttittio': there is no
possibilitv of redemptirin." 5o the figure remained
ancl is still therc todav, at the
bctttim of tire painting, to tl-re
right oi the pL'rso11rvho looks
at tht' frc-scr).

lle d"l' i)ope Pir,rs lX,

,r.rrithout airnor.rncing
himseli, 1-rair1
a visit to a
rnonasterr.' clf nLrns in I{ome.
lVho.uti
imagi:re their j,tv!
The Pope knelt dor,r.n in their
little chapel, praved at length
and then clrvelt r,r'ith them in a
fatherlv \\'a). When he' \\'as
about to iearrc,the nlrns askcd:
"I-lolv Fatlrer k:at,e' Lls a soll-

veruir of ttour rtisit...". "l left it

there in thc charel. Yttlt u'ill
firi'l it on thc krreelel'." As soon
as lre ieft, tire Sisters rushecl trr
find the soui'enir of the Llcllt'
Father antl they soon cliscovcre-d r.vhat it was. Cln tlre
kneeier, ttic Trope had nritten
r,r,itli his cwn finger Pitrs iX.
He had filrrde r:secf tire clust ttr
lcave his a r-rttigraph!

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"Tire m,xlk must iive as a rec!ue, i'tecaustl-emust give irirnself up to

a ltlve of God n,hich is ever rnorc f'!Lrre,l1lre stable, rnrlre frrc ancl r\orc
irrdtrnt. Such rt lr',r'eas this is th.- aim of his r:nclosure and solitudc in this
life. Thus will the monk each clay have tri c<lnform himself to such lor.e,
and order al! tris erctivitiesaccrirding to this end: ottrerrvise he would livc,
uselessly and foolishl-v u,ithirr the er"rclosllreclf a cell."

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