The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-12-01

the external appearance which are subject !
the senses and may be jddged by them. Hell
shat whenever the Body of Christ Is the !
also must be His Blood, Soul and Divinity,
He is no longer diviBible since be Is q glorjf|
body, and bis undivided and indivisibie I'D
exists personally united with His divinity /
ever. Now, to adore Christ In the SacramI
Of the Eucharist in this manner cannot be
adore Jssus Christ whore He is present.
biaaphemy. The truth Of this doctrine is !
to be ertained by speculation, or feeling
continent, bat by an examination OF ita trl|
from the constant, uniform, unchapgipg tea@
ings Of the Catholic Church. But IL mers ar1
ment be in question il have. to say /
very least, Ms good q right to seArch'the SoY|
tures rs any of our adversarits. or B;shl
sn hss nss s1S IL g sff.cSssz sS% in
thoroughly sstisfed that it 10 taught in d
Scriptures By Jesus Christ our Lord, how q
any man dare, even on his principle Of priv !
Judgment, to charge me with psgAnism
idolatryf
IF MBRKLY DUB HUMAN sRNsn BE THE 1NTl
LIBLK GUIDE
for each, how many contradictory infsllibi
ties will there be, and who ia to be the jad q
Or are we always to be toss,d abont b. eyee|
wind Of doctrine, ever learning and nsv|
coming to knowledge OF the truth f-(Ephd
iv. LAY. No man. looking upon Jesus Christ
the mapger Of Bethlehem, or when feei
into Egypt, or especially whom hanging upd
the oross between the two thieves and deteetI
by the wealthy and mighty Of His own peopi
conld by mere reasoning from external ser |
have believed Him to be the Eternal Son
God. Bns when the assertion Of His Godhed
made by Himself be considered, when il
kno wn what He claimed to be when we Dol
der the miracles He wrought to prove H|
Divinity, doubt vanishes from the mind of tI
sincere inquirer after truth, and BY the grad
of God faith takes the place Of mere opinio|
and we believe because God has said 90. arI
the Church, which alone has His Authority al
acts as His month-piece to the end of tim|
teaches it. Nothing else constitutes faith. Al
else is mere opinion, sentiment. views, mod
or less probable and purely human, depsndin|
upon tho greater or less skill and kuoT1ed !
of the reader or thinker.
If, then, Jesus Christ cared so little ftr I'd
views of mon when He sppeared among men|
blasphemies, though feeling most puisnantl|
and acutely each OF them in Ais ipmost exc nil
itely sensitive soul IL, daring His mortal lit
on earth, He took no means, no precautions d
prevent s1f these, and they were perfectly corI
s'etent with His wisdom and necss ary for mani
salvation. who can claim to be wiss enough d
know what is consistent with His wisdom, d
whether it would compromise the same fc|
Him to appear under the eRorame entail veil d
food for mans salvationf How can we sd
bounds to his plans or who can measure ho1
much He can, or cannot do how much He halI
or has not done how much he ought or ougb|
not to dot
THE WAYS OF GOD ARE NOT OUR WAYS.
Nor are His plans to be fathomed by th|
puny minds of men. We can only know d
Him what He has revealed, and He makes n
anew, but He always teaches HI
What, then, are the SoIi ptursl evid
encss which God has given as regarding tran
Look first at the words d
promise in the sixth chapter OF ST. John, j
" hioh He asserts clearly and distinctly in pm /
iC hafnrn TINA 0f I'm "A ,fUnauf 4
the Last Supper. He says to his hearera: 7
AN the Bread of Life which came down froI|
Heaven; il any man ent of this Broad he aha
i've forever, and the Bread which I will give
Ny Flesh, which will give for the life of TIL
world"
The uubelisvers of that day understood TIL
'ense and force of His words just as well a
hey know the teaching of the Catholic ChurcI
st this. T hey perceived the difiealties efsGs1
\ promise. and debated among themselves|
.sking: How can this man give us bis tsst q
% est ]" His reply made it even u ore O, I'll Jnlt
or He sffirmed with words equivalent to sn|
,ath "Amen, amen, unless you eat the fegh u
he Son of Mau and drink His Blood, you shall
lave no life in you" That is sqnal 70 saying
40 salvation, no eternal nDion witk God. He|
ldds: He who esteth Ny Flesh and drinketh|
dy Blood hath everlasting life. aud ~i!i raise
lim up on the last day. For my Flesh is meat,
indeed. and My Blood is drink. indeed. As the
wing Fathsr hath sent Me. sDd live by toe
Tather, 30 he that eateth Ne, the salne shall
i've By Me-" This He says to all, urging them
in the nost solemn manner to believe and par
icIpate, and yet when many cf His discip.e.
onnd tAe doctrine too diff oult for their belief
saying with our present unbelievers Tbs 10
. hard Saying, aud who can hear isF-St
Tohp, vi Gland left our Lord, never to rs-
urn, He allowed them to 60 away, to depar:'
% abandon Him. rather than change Wors'
or He had nothing to recall. Now, come 10
THE FULFILLAdENT OF HIS PROMISE
i the Last Supper. The Chnroh teechSS thai
christ Jesus on the night on which He WAS -
ray ed, took bread and wine that de 6iei0SH
hom and said: "This 10 Ny body which SaSn n |
'e broken for you; this 10 Ny blood which SoaL
% shsd for you and for many, for the remis
ion Of sins, Thus do ye (Apostes) as often tsS q
Ie do it, in remembrance of me-" Doo0 so1
?hurch substitute anything herei are nST ~
he words those of ChHissf He had SAD
I'M the bread of life. He that eateth .CoJ Ne ~
anne shall live by Me-" The jews under25G;UN 1;so
Him perfectly. They went away from msioS HIN
lie who came to seek and 10 find thai Whlein lsi.
Vas lost, did not explain. He did not s9USs
nte any other words to soften the harsnn"J
Il the expression. All this may seem sGSaiiJd aid
% the unbeliever, but to Bishop Lee ~ SnoS.s Ss
lot seem more difioult than the belet nc oS u
n the divinity of Christ. if BIO ieally oeiie'~
n His divinity IS . child. ;
Does it seem more difficult than the oIuSr
ixion of the Son of God than the other AnHL5