The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-06-13

Our entire spiritual life necesSarily
enters in our Lord and Savior. Jesus
F1~jst 'WhereSoeVer the body shall
he. there also shall the eagles be gath
cred together" But there is so deer
depth 'of grace and Of truth" i'm the
Second Person of the ever Blessed
Trinity. become man for our sake
that many special devotions natural
" spring up in the hearts of the faith
I'll and cluster about our Blessed
Lord. Some love to consider Him as a
little child. You shall find the infant
wrapped in swaddling clothes" and
they do find Him so, and thus the de-
votion TO the Holy Infant becomes
nrt and parcel Of their lives. Christ
Is their brother. Other some rather
follow Him along the blOod-stained
way Of the cross. Their lives have
been Overshadowed with sorrow, and
He was the Man Of Sorrows. Thus the
devotion of the Passion of Christ buds
forth in their hearts. and for them
our Lord is their bleeding Redeemer.
Those who really practice the devotion
TO the Sacred Heart bring out in bold
relief this most consoling truth, that
Christ Is not only our Brother and our
Friend. It was our Blessed Lord Him
self who sounded the keynote of this
devotion, when He said. as we read in
81 Johns Gospel: Il will not now call
you servants, but / have @calIed YOU
friends. because, all things what soever
] have heard Of Ny Father. [ have
made known TO you st. John. f5-15.
70 unbosom ones soul completely. to
Fr-~ IL
G friendship. Our Lord kept nothing
oa,6 from us But true friendship
must be reciprocal; it cannot be
merely one-sided. St. Paul tells US
aoV he himself responded to the low
-s invitation to be Christ's friend
sas- he was absolutely convinced of
eI Lord personal love for him. Il
I'VE he writes to the Galatians. in
& -aitn of the Son of God. who loved
and delivered Himself Up for me. 8"
~ 2.20 Next He brought that love
s-, down into his daily life Christ
-sl said. If you love me. keep my
commandments. and the
@ond commandment is like unto the
as Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
- am responded fully to the di-
,ls friendship, so fully that he could
"a WJA absolute truth: Il live, now
a y. 5ut Christ liveth in me-" Gal
,~ And he could add, most glad
"lD / spend myself. and be spent
your souls although loving you
INV -l!5 ] be- loved less" , Cor. l2:15.
-e love of Christ was the sole mo-
~ power Of all his ,tions, he need
~ A9 return from res. The de-
.u9A Co. The Sacr, vt is there
MI. 'o Doc" 0eVOtiC Il IAN in fact
f. ..H me Heart o. JecI started 10
.., a1 and when its allv adorer out
va The angelic choir. was the
gsl. Mother. The 5eS3- ion to the
~ ~, Heart is Of The very essence
--,.-. i7-lenItT To many of us. alas.
s,s.7- hardly more man a grand
60. 9eH 3uful indeed, but cold as
MOI. Doc hard word duty is the
N -aS OF our practices of piety.
mus, liose must receive Holy Com
lin once year, Or three or four
fsn year. are words that often
M, rom catholic lips, but they could
Is,. even aa uttered by those who
rbo.. devotion TO the Sacred Heart.
Da,+5 .a..eI cry out even as of old,
81 ~ AS the heart panteth aft
-sr.l., .--'lains of water. so my soul
ts,t. after Thee. o God. My soul
ca ..lls.ed after the strong living
NJ a. 4l:l. Surely this spirit. not
eo+ Ea. but If the son. this spirit
tBig ..NHImngncss. but Of alacrity.
t5o sNIt not of fear. but Of love. is
rbt., Tristan spirit and this it is
tbo ls lortered by the devotion to
y. sacred Heart.
soli ,,sl'' l0' in this beautiful and con
for :. '-EHi.on. We have p antfdote
Of o,,, peculiar dangerous tendencies
of H.. Jay and country. COD to many
horrl.. men and women whom we
ben, meet. has become a very far-off
Tbsr. raped in the mists Of eternity.
worI5 always, in fact, in the. busy
blfnd A which we live, a thousand
in5o.s men TO one who can see. All.
vision nave eyes, but not all have
need The things which we most
Us ~. ale often the nearest to
70 ~ '-r. with silghtess orbs. we
regior cropping toward some distant
70 grsi.I j" search of the crystal water
preeee5 our thirst. The crowds that
f0rdg 80 pom each others heels at the
for M, ne Jordan. were all longing
Of the " 1Ilesslah' but only one, the Son
OeSert pierced the husk of