Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-04-01

HE WuiCu Cdu Ouiy no lupdi ICu "
those obedient to the command of Him
who said: Except you eat the flesh of
the Son of Man and drink His blood,
you shall not have life in YOU"
All men in power reserve to them
selves the right and often exercise it,
Of sub-delegation. Thus, the President
of the United States, the Governor of
Ohio or any of the States of the
| Union, can and do authorize others to
act in their name, and would you, or
should any man deny to God right
and power possessed by man?
Thus when Christ said over bread
and wine This is my body, which
shall be delivered for you, take We and
eat" This is my blood of the New
| Testament, which shall be ched for
you, take we and drink"
DO this in commemoration of me-"
| The substance of the bread was chang
ed into His body and the substance
of the wine was changed into His
| blood, and that this food so essential
| for mans salvation might be ever at
| his disposal, by the words, do this in
commemoration of me-" He thereby
promised its perpetuation, that as Oft
en- as they His legitimate ministers
and their legitimate successors in the
| divinely authorized ministry of Christ
would in the Holy Sacrafice pronounce
over the same elements of bread and
| wine the selfsame words of Christ, that
the same effect would follow, namely,
| that the substance of bread would be
| changed into His body, and the sub
stance of the wine would be changed
| into His blood. For If the Divine
mission of Christ established by Him
for the salvation of mems souls to the
end of time was to be continued after
He had assembled into Heaven through
the ministry of men in the persons of
| His apostles and their legitimate sue
cessors, reason dictates to us as it did
to Him, that a Divine mission could
only be continued by Divine powers
which He gave to them and to their
| legitimate successors, whom He CON-
manded to teach, preach, baptize, abb
solve and consecrate in His name. CAS-
the Father has sent me, l also send
YOU He who came from the Father
endowed with all the powers neces-
sary for the mission of redemption and
salvation, sends them likewise to con-
tinue it.
Catholics want no better proof for
their faith than the infallible word of
God, and having this, they do not
hesitate in accepting the miracle of
the last supper as performed by Christ,
and Its perpetuation as entrusted to
the apostles and their legitimate sue
Cessors, for if Christ was willing to re-
spond to the wish of His blessed moth
or at the wedding feast of Cana in Gal
lice, to change water into wine for the
temporal pleasure of the guests there
!
death to life to give comfort for a
short time to Martha and Mary; re-
stored life to the daughter of Jarius
and the widow son of MAN, and gave
sight to the blind beggar by the way
side to bring temporal Joy to their
hearts and sight to his eyes, is it at
all unreasonable for us and all men to
believe that the self-same Lord and
Savior will not be willing to respond
to the prayer of His Amounted minis
tiers and perform as often as need be
q miracle, not simply for the temporal
welfare of the body but for the eter-
nal welfare of the soul, to provide for
man the essential means of eternal
| life? Except you eat the flesh of the
Son of Man and drink His blood, you
shall not have life in you"
Cultivate, dear brethren, a greater
| love for Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament
of the altar, who Is ever saying to us
from the tabernacle of His love, Come
to me all you who labor and are heavy
laden, and l will refresh you. Ask and
! you shall receive. Seek and you shall
find. Knock at the door of my heart
and the treasures of eternal life will
be opened unto you"
Think frequently. dear brethren. of
the great love of God for US, who, not
content to commission another Moses
or Josua to lead us from bondage TO
| the promised land, to teach us on
tables of stone or to feed US with
mama from heaven, has been pleased
to leave His throne on high to lead
us from bondage of sin to the promised
land of His eternal home, has made
known His will by word and example
| By lessons of mercy and love, and has
| given us Himself as the food and nour-
| ishment of our souls.
Sing frequently the praises of God
1 In time. by word and example. by les