The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-20
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natural man, given to the human race
by the Almighty Himself, Jesus
Christ, the Word Eternal, made man
that all might know and easily follow
the way, the truth and the life."
The typical Christian serves God,
and for Gods sake serves fellow
man. He takes as his supreme aim
| Gods kingdom in Heaven, and in order
to merit entrance into this kingdom,
he cares for the things of this life
which God bids him care for, and
this in the measure traced out by
Gods own writing in reason and in
revelation.
The typical Christian serves God
Today God is put aside, and duty to
self and to fellowman is invoked as
the all in all. The first, the great
duty is forgotten. Yet this first duty
forgotten, duty of whatever kind loses
significance and force. If not loyal to
the Supreme Master, why should we
trust ourselves to be loyal to those
| whose claims are infinitely lesser?
| And, then, the great power is gone
from the enforcement of duty, the
power that comes from the knowledge
that duty in whatever form is
primarily duty to the all-seeing One,
| whose claims are paramount, whose
rewarding love is indispensable today
and tomorrow.
The typical Christian is all the
| good natural man is or can hope to
be-and SO much more is he, that in
him natural virtues are the stronger
since in him those virtues lean on the
right hand of the Almighty, and the
holier and the sweeter, since in him
the grace of the Supernatural Being
enlivens them, and the smile of the
skies enriches and perfumes them
and so much more is he that in added
store there are in him the virtues of
the supernatural life, the direct and
immediate fruitage of supernatural
religion.
| The Knight of Columbus is the
| loyal son of the Church of Christ: he
is, too, it's soldier and defender-ever
watchful to. uphold it's honor, to pro-
mote it's welfare. The Church needs
soldiers and defenders. Error and
vice wage continuous warfare
against it's principles and it's in
f1uences: to it's sons, to fight it's
battles: especially to those of them
who band themselves together in pub
lie profession of it's faith, in public
obedience to it's mandates.
The Armor of the Christian.
What are the arms to be welded
by the soldier and defender of the
Church? The arms that the Church
makes it's own-the spiritual arms of
truth, justice and charity. There
FORE" says st. Paul, take unto you
the armor of God Stand, there
fore, having your loins girt about
with truth, and having on the breast
plate of justice, and your feet shod
with the preparation of the gospel of
peace: in all things taking the shield
of faith and in all things
take unto you the helmet of salvation,
| and the sword of the spirit which is
the word of God" Those the arms
of the Catholic Church: who will OBJ
! ject to them? Faithful to the COM
mission spoken on Olivet, the Church
holds itself bound to preach the
| Gospel, once for aye delivered to the
saints, to free souls from sin, to
restore all things in Jesus Christ. To
this end it is aggressive, militant
and such it bids it's children be. If
the gifts of Christ are in it's hands,
and the power of Christ moves it's
feet-and of all this it gives the proof
it deserves to triumph, and triumph
| it willard in it's victory all will
rejoice who love truth and justice
On the strength of it's supernatural
armor-none other is given to it
the Catholic Church stakes it's life
| today and tomorrow.
The Knights Duty.
What, then, the part of the Knight
of Columbus? This above all else
| to illustrate in his private and public
| life the truth and the holiness of the
teachings of the Church. Rather die
than be sullied," was the motto of
| Christian Knighthood in the ages of
faith: be this, today, the motto of the
Knight of Columbus. Be he eminently
| the practical Catholic-unbending in
| loyalty to the ordinances of the
Church, the sanctifcation of the Sun
| day by attendance at holy Mass, the
timely reception of the sacraments
through which the fortifying graces
of the Redemption flow over his soul:
and, then, in thought, word and act,
in personal bearing, in contact with
| others, within the family circle, as
member of the social body, ever and
always the Christian man, without
stain or reproach. Thus, pre-
eminently, will the Knight of Column
bus serve and defend the Church. Be
hold, my sons, steadfast in my teach