The Irish standard., 1913-10-18
Annual Meeting of Association Brings Many
Priests to the St. Paul
Seminary
Beautiful Sermon Addressed to Priests and
Seninarians Given by Father Gleason
President of Alumni Association

daily cry of the Prophets was: "show
us Thy face, o Lord. and We shall
be saved" In the Old Law God
this desire by manifesting
His presence to the Israelltes under
the form of cloud and pillar Of
fire. In the Temple He again made
manifest His presence. But God
wished to make Himself known to
man in a more distinct manner, and
He sent His Only Be-gotten Son into
the world, to live as man among
men, that through Him we might
be redeemed and be made the adopt
ed children Of God.
In becoming man God revealed
most clearly. Man saw God.
heard God, even touched God. From
the time He became man, He has
stayed In person with us and will
stay with US, until the. end of time
It is true that Christ assembled INTO
Heaven, whence He, will come to !.
Judge the living and the dead; yet
He found means Of staying with
us in the world until its end. This
means is the institution of the Most
Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist,
in which He stays day and night
upon our affairs to be our victim,
the food of our souls, the light of
our understanding, the strength of
our willis, the Joy and consolation Of
our heart. But If in this august
Sacrament the Lord Of Heaven and
earth stays with us until the end
Of time, it is by means of another
Sacrament;-theS Sacrament Of Holy
Orders. This Sacrament Is received
by but few, yet 1t all, for all who
are saved, must be saved by the
Sacramento, and Holy Orders gives
US priests to administer them. The
the priest is, the more we will beg
our Blessed Lord to make Of US good
priests. and to give us a knowledge
of and reverence for our sacred,
duties, in the carrying on the work
of our Lord and Master in the noble
task Of the salvation of souls.
To understand we'll what the Sac.
rament of Orders is, 1t is necessary
to remember that 1t is the will Of
the heavenly Father that NO one
should be saved but through Jesus
Christ. His well-beloved Son: that Is,
through faith in His doctrine, through
hope in His merits, through
towards God and man, through the
Sacramento and prayer, and through
obedience to His divine will. II am
the way, the truth and the life," says
Jesus. "No one can come to the
Father but by Me-" For the purpose
of leading souls to the Father, Christ
as man received from the Father all
necessary power and authority. "All
power is given Me In heaven and
on EARTH. Now the sacred help that
Jo6uS SAIloL hu0W " Ue necessary
for the salvation Of souls was equally
required for all men until the end
of time. Hence 1t was necessary
that either He Himself should stay
on earth to apply these helps to the
souls of men, or that He should ap-
point others to apply them for Him,
in His name and by His authority.
He chose the latter course, and from
among His disciples He selected
twelve whom He called Apostles. and
to them He gave the self same sacred
powers which He had received from
His Eternal Father for the saliva
ton of the souls of men. In word
| He instituted His priesthood. 4, RI.
A priest. as the word has been
understood from the beginning by
all people. is mysterious. sacred.
inviolable being, separated from tha