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typical of the great sacrifice to come
because they were typical of the sacri
flee of Calvary, because they acknowl
edged sin and expressed a hope of re
demption. the sacrifices Of the Mosai,
CaSpenSltion We're accepted by God
Three times Il year shall all thy male.
appear before the Lord, in the place
where He shall choose: in the feast OF
unleavened bread, in the feast OF
weeks. and in the feast Of tabernacles
No one shall appear with his hands
empty before the Lord, but everyone
shall offer according to what he hath. ,
(Deut. xvi. 16) The fundamental con
cept of sacrifice for sin is among tn,
most primitive of revealed truths. Ii
is concept to which the children of
men We're accustomed. before the time
of Moses: it is concept to which
the children of men were accustomed
before various groups of the human
family separated under various Lead
erS, i'll quest of various fortunes.
| Though. i'll time. various yrouCs of the
human family forgot the unity of Ged;
Though some groups almost forgot the
moral law OF God: not Il group. not a
nation or tribe ever forgot the revealed
relation between sin and sacrifice The
gentle historian, Plutarch. thousands
Oh years after the dispersion Of nations.
says: You may go around the world
ana lind cities without walls, without
letters, without written laws. without
public buildings resources or mediums
Of exchange: but a city devoid of tenn
pies ana gods Il city that does not
offer sacrifice to obtain good and avert
punishment, no man ever saw" ST.
Augustine says: There never was Il
E;ltion so barbarous rs not to offer SIC
rilice to these whom it believed or
imagined to be gods
Before His passion and death our
Savior instituted the sacrifice of the
new law, the Sacrifice of the Mass.
And taking bread He gave thanks and
brake and gave to them saying: This
is My body that is given for you. Do
tins for Il commemoration of me. In
like manner the chalice also, after He
had sllpped saying: This is the chal-
ice, the new testament in My blood
that shall be shed for you" duke
xii, 10, 2O) The sacrifice of the last
supper the Sacrifice of the Mass, is a
true sacrifice, substantially the same
as the sacrifice of the cross. The VIC
tim is the same; the principal priest is
the same. This is My body; this is
My blcod;" these are only the minis
terial words. of the priest; these are
really the words of Christ. 10 Call
vary to come all the sacrifices of the
old law pointed; back to Calvary points
the Sacrifice of the Mass To offer ND
the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, to ap-
ply the merits Of the sacrifice of TIN ,
cross to the faithful, by means of the
Sacrifice Of the Mass is the second
duty of the Christian priest but the
things which THE hentEcn slc!itce.
they sacrifice to devils and n to God.
+. You cannot drink of the
chalice of the Lord ard of tn, cha nee
of devils; you cannot be partnkers Of
the table of the Lord and the table Of
devils" q. Cor. ". 20. 23) I'VE have
an altar whereof they have 10 power
tn eat who serve the tabernacle "
(IIch. xiii. 10D Per every high priest
taken from among men is ordained
for men i'll the things that apprrtain
to God, that he may offer up gifts
and sacrifices for SINS (Acts ". ~
Christ suffered and died to make
ntonement for the sins of men. Christ
died for our sins the just for THE I'M
Just that lie might offer us to Cod
Il. Peter ill.,. 81 The merits of Christ
are more than sufficient for the remis.
sion of the sins Of the world. But sin
ners cannot become partakers of these
merits. unless they repent Of their sin.
UNLESS YOU do penance you shall all
likewise perish" duke xiii, - But
Peter said to them: Do penance and
be baptized every one of you, for the
remission OF your sins" (Acts H., 3S)
1t is the duty of the Christian priest
to seek the one lost sheep of the fold
OF hundred; it is the duty of the
Christian priest to receive the sinner
kindly. as the father of the household
received the pro,ligal child. us Christ
Himself received Mnydalcn; it is the
duty of the Christian priest TO absolve
the sinner when he confcsSes his sins
with Il cOntrite heart and Il firm pur-
pose of amendment. ".As My Fathe'
hath sent Me also send you. When
He had said this. He brcatl:ed on them
and He said to them: Receive We the
Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall for
give they are forgiven them. aud
whose sins you shall retain. they are
retained" CJohn M. u. -, 23.)
All of us have our dny-tlrrnms: col
lcgc graduates live on day-tlreams. The
final college examination is ut hand
For some it is the last examination Or
deal. The prizes are sweet liberty ant
fascinating independence Others have
yet before them Il few university ex
aminations; then, final emancipation
But what are THE prNSpectS OF the COZ