The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-12-16
HAIL, EXPECTED ONE!


Church enthuses with exultation and
she halls the Expected One with most
ardent greetings. Let us listen to her
words and from our hearts echo her
sentiments, as we pray for the reali-
cation to us all of her earnest plead
ings:
20 Wisdom, come and teach us the
way of prudence" Thus the Church
asks for us, her children, the gift of
wisdom. One needs wisdom to over
come the blindness with which sin
has darkened the mind and which
causes it to easily err in it's judgment.
BE We wise as serpents," said our
Lord, "and simple as doves" But
it is only through his grace and bless
ing we can have this wisdom and
prudence. Solomon prayed for it and
he received it. So must it ever be
prayed for by him who would have it.
Our Lord is called the word and the
wisdom of the Father, for by Him
God speaks to His creature, man,
and tells him the saving truths, fol-
lowing which we will be kept from
falling into the ways of darkness and
error.
20 Adonai! o thou beautiful one!
Come and redeem us in thine out
stretched arms" It is this thought
which hallows the sacred scene of
Bethlehem; that the divine Babe will
in time reach manhood's years and
will then be offered up in sacrifice on
the cross for the redemption of man
kind. The innocent Lamb will be
slaughtered, yet will make no words
of protest, for with all the desire OF
His loving heart He will gladly shed
the last drop of His precious blood in
atonement for our sins. The culmina-
ton of His infant cries will be the
loud cry with which one day He will
give up the ghost.
20 Root of Jesse! Come and liberate
us and make no delay" In this
prayer let us all unite. We feel the
charms with which the world is
striving to enslave us; we feel the
power of our passions trying to over
come us, and with a full sense of our
inability to cope with these evils, not
to mention the need we have to be
extricated from the snares which
Satan is constantly laying for us, we
must call upon the Lord. He freed us
on Calvary and He will free us by
the merits of that infinite and eternal
sacrifice every time we invoke His
aid.
20 key of David! and sceptre of the
house of Israel! Come and lead us
re rrfc 0f II
ness and from the shadow of death"
What a picture of the sad state of
the world as it was for the four
thousand years following Adams fall,
and how much we have to be thank
full to our divine Lord for throwing
open the prison doors and freeing
mankind from the incarceration which
Gods Justice had required. The divine
Child brings with Him the keys OF
heaven and will open the gates to all
who will love and serve Him:
70 spiendor Of eternal light and
Sun of Justice! Come and shed thy
light upon u.s. 1t is this light the
world needs today, midst the darkness
and obscurity which it's follies and
sins have made for it. From the face
of the divine Child rises the light
which will radiate all over the world
and be the guide to lead the inquiring
mind into the realms of eternal light
and glory Il am the light" said our
Lord. (which enlighteneth every man
that cometh into this world" Let us
rejoice in Him our light, and ever
follow it's rays, as reflected IN HIS
grace.
20 King and desired of nations!
Come and save man, whom thou hast
formed from the slime of the earth. :"
Long was our Lord sighed for, and at
length He came-and came as man,
remaining God. o mystery of divine
power! o mystery of divine love!
Thou didst not disdain to take body
that thou might save thy creature and
raise him up to the dignity of brother
and restore him to his lost birthright
as an heir to the kingdom of heaven.
= It is the message of peace to men
of good will that makes the joy of
Christmas morn ring down the ages of
time.
90 Emmanuel! Come and save us,
our God henceforth ever dwelling
with us!" How bright the world from
that first day when Christ, the Ex-
pected One, was born, and the rising
of the Sun of Justice has never known
a setting-never will. He has been
with us ever since and will remain,
for Behold, am with you all days, -
said our Lord. This is the Joy one
feels on Christmas day, that though
the day pass, He that made its joys
remains with us still to be the solace
Of our exile and the stay of our tears.
It is with these tender invocations
we are to hail our Lord now and
always, but especially on Christmas
morn, as we greet Him as the Christ