The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-01-29
SERMON ON THE HOLY NAME Of JESUS
.... BY AN ELOQUENT PRIEST OF OMAHA
Rev. Father Magevney J President the Creighton University
at St. Johns Church in That City Delivers Impressive
Discourse Sublime Subject and Extols the Name Of the
Divine Son and Savior of the World

On Sunday. Jan. 16, the Feast of
| the Holy Name of Jesus, Rev. Father
Magevnsy, s. j., president Of the
| Creighton University, preached an
eloquent discourse at ST. Johns
Church, Omaha, Neb. Taking for his
text, "A name that Is above all names"
Phil. C. 2, ". 9, he spoke In part as
follows. according to the True Voice:
| Amongst all the names, brethren,
which grace the pages Of history and
are associated in the minds of men
with the accomplishment Of splendid
and heroic Deeds there is none fraught
with deeper significance than that of
the Holy Name of Jesus. Like omni-
potence itself, it reaches from end to
end nightly. Its bare mention car
ries US back in spirit to the very dawn
Of creation, since 1t was for His sake
that all things were made; while. at
the same time, it transports us into
the heart of that eternity of which He
is to be the chief reward and glory
for the Lamb is the light and the lamp
thereof. Thus in its wonderful i'm
port and scope it. is sort of summary
or. synthesis Of Gods providential deal
iags with the human race. 1t ex-
Y presse1in = single word what the In.
oarnatton expresses In single fact
the grand concentration to one point
Of all those prolific, supernatural, d.
vine forces and harmonies which go
to make up the beauty and the truth
as we'll as the philosophy and the SYM
metry of the Christian system.
: In view Of all this. it is not surpris-
, ing to note the prominent part played
| by devotion to the Holy Name in every
period Of the Church's history. The
!, miracles wrought by the first apostles
, were in virtue of that mysterious
| name. The marvels which have dis.
: tinguished the life of the Church
, throughout the two thousand years
, OF her subsequent career have been
the fruit Of it's invocation. The prin-
ciple of all that indomitable strength
! which renders her proof against the
attacks made upon her In our own day
is identical with the magic powe,
which the name Of Jesus. and it alone
implies. And what Is true of the
Church at large, is not less true of hel
individual members. The hermit ir
the desert; the martyr upon his rack
the confessor amid the dangers ant
tolls of some primeval forest; tn,
saint in his sanction; and the slime,
in the turmoil and distraction of lif.
all have drunk deep Of its heavenly
fullness and been made to realize tina
1t is in truth the only name through
which we can expect to be saved. SCI
beside 1t, by way OF contrast, tn,
. names Of that vast galaxy of morta
celebrities TO whom the world con
siders itself indebted. Their deed,
u have been emblazoned upon the page
Of history. Their praises are bein,
rehearsed from generation to genera
ton. They live as beacon lights flxe'
II In the Armament of the past, an
point the way to whatever is highes
y and best in human enterprise and am
bition. AS conquerors, their legion
d swept the fields 6f countless battles
: AS sages, their genius illumined tn
: pathway Of centuries. As statesmen
. their legislation shapened the cours
= Of national and international des
y TIMES. As social reformers, the pro
: found wisdom Of their counsels infuse
r into the body polite those unshake
:, principles of natural right and equit
II which lie at the basis of all socia
70 stability and progress. But whateve
IT their claims to imtmortality-how bril-
b, liant soever the fash Of their temper
n ary renown, it all pales into absolut
% insignifcance when balanced againa
+ the incompatible deeds of the Son &
70 God. They worked for time; H
" wrought for eternity. They built upo
IL the crumblins foundations Of huma
1t estimates and contingencies; He upo
10 the appreciation Of an all-wise Fathe
ID IN Heaven. Their names and the stor
It OF their exploits are become synony
- nous with vanity and afniction ,
spirit; While His a., irradiant viii
:,