Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-06-14

the Gospel which have read as the basis
Of my remarks for to-day, in last prayer Of
the Saviour for his Disciples He prays
That they may be one as thou Father in
me and in thee, that they also may be
! one in US"
/ That there should ever be bond Of
unity among the children of the Church
is also the doctrine taught by the Apps
ties. ST. Paul in his Epistlc says:
I"besecch you that you walk worthy Of
the vocation in which you are called.
Careful to keep the unity Of the Spirit
in the bond of peace.
lone body and one Spirit Us you are
called in one hope Of your vocation.
zone Lord, one Faith, one Baptism.
Zone God and Father of all, who is above
all and through all and in US all"
These words We're written by the great
Apostle Of the Gentiles from the depths of
Roman prison 10 keep Christians in the
bonds Of unity. He tells US rs VIC all wor-
ship one God-and not many-as we should
recognize only one Rcdecmer who shed
His blood for US; rs we all hope for saliva
ton 10y the strength Of one baptism, one
Spirit, that VIC should dwell in unity in one
Church. When Christ established his
Church and appointed 81 Peter TO preside
over il He said Thou art Peter and
upon this rock will build my Church, y
one church not many differing ones. Take
UP the Gospels and Epistlcs and study them
with a sincere and Christian desire to arrive
AZ the truth, lay aside all bias and see if the
iica Of unity in one faith does not prevail
through al these writings.
my kingdom is not of this world"
The kingdom of Christ is spiritual one.
Such is the Church. In every kingdom or
country in which there is not anarchy or
civil war there is but one government, one
ruler. 50 in the spiritual kingdom of the
Church there is and can he but one spirit
ual head
The Church is lkcncd u a sheepfold.
In the shcepfold ali sheep walk in the same
path, listen 10 the voice of the same shop
lltail, ilN ll'Il lilc Nbttt VI >tduEtIS.
sheep Of the Christian fold should do like
wise ami fly from the voices Of false teach
i'm. Again the Church is compared to 4
human body and what better idea of unity
can there be than that given by the human
body. One head and many members. The
head commands and the hands are out
stretched the head commands and the lips
are opened and give uttcrancc 10 the
thoughts In hike manner, if the compari-
son instituted by 81. Paul be at all correct,
in the Church, as in the body, there are
many members, So, they must I've subject 70
the one spiritual head which Christ has set
over his Church. Again, the Saviour COM
parcs the Church n a vine. In vine
there are many branches united IN one stem
and from it they derive their sap and
/ strength.
Where in the Scriptures is there aught
| hut unity taught:
/ In nature perfect harmony is seen. In
| the planetary system each star moves in its
own course; there is no collision, no run
I ming one into another. Ii in the material
world We find nothing but unity, shall we
! not find in the spiritual world, the Church
Of Christ, the same harmony and unity.
I The unity which the Scriptures inculcatc
will be found in the Catholic Church.
About two hundred and fifty millions of
Catholics are scattered over the earth, all
worshiping at like affairs; the same sacri-
flee offered; the same prayers said; the
same faith taught.
The Catholic Church teaches to-day the
same doctrine it taught 800 years ago when
the great ruler Of England, Henry VIII.
Confidcn; in his power, sought to change
Is teachings and be divorced from his law
tul wife, Catherine, of Arragon. To him
the supreme Pontiff said: Il cannot
change the order of Heaven. l am bu,
the interpreter Of Gods laws and the same
laws that bind the peasant bind the prince"
M woman but blcsScS this firmnesS. II
today woman is the peer Of her husband
II Is due % this unvarying doctrine of the
Church
The Church bids you believe what You
please in politics, My kingdom is not OF
this world" Be Wings, Democrats, Re.
publicans, OF he halfway between IS Mug.
vumpS, and she interfercs not But when
You trench on matters Of faith she SAYS
thus fur shalt thou g; not further"
You may worship in Fejee, or China: in
sydney in Australia in New York on the
Atlantic or in San Francisco on the Pacific
and there hear the same doctrine preached
as from thiS altar. The Church not only
over all the world breaches the same doc
irine to-day, but has preached the samC
doctrine since the time Of the Apostles
T Let no man attempt 70 improve upon the
doctrine taught by Christ. The same doc
irine that ST Peter preached in Rome: II
Paul, IN Athens; St Martin, in France
s. Bonifacc, in Germany. ST. Aurustin. il
! England; ST Patrick, in Ireland, tina, Co
lumbus brought 10 these shorcs; Is her,
preached to-day.
have seen immigrants arriving on on,
shores from foreign lands, strangers 70 on,
customs strangers TO our language, wher
i they walked our streets and saw the cros
5 above the churches evidence great 10Y a
c the sight. They Sssau,tSl L. fr-al tAa. .l,.,,