The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-10-18
SUMMARY or THE SERMON
PREACHED BY THE REV. T. r.
GLEESoN ON THE ANNIVER-
sARY OF THE CONSIDERATION
OF ST. MARVs CHAPEL, ST.
PAUL SEMINARY.

of the conservation of st. Mary S
Chapel are taking place at the st.
Paul Seminary. The annual meeting
of the alumni is a prominent feature
of the celebration.
The sermon at the Solemn High
Mass in the Seminary Chapel was
preached by the Reverend Thomas F.
Gleeson, pastor of the Church of st.
John, st. Paul, from the text: You
are the salt of the earth. But If the
salt lose it's SAVIOR, wherewith shall it
be salted? 1t is good for nothing any
more but to be cast out, and to be
trodden on by men. You are the
light of the world. A city seated on
a mountain cannot be hid. Neither dc
men light a candle and put it under
a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that
it may shine to all that are in the
house. So let your light shine before
men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is
in heaven" Matt. v. 1915.
The following is a summary of the
discourse: The world is the temple
of Gods love. The green earth, with
it's myriads of flowers, is the carpeted
floor. The clear blue sky above, with
it's millions of twinkling stars, is the
vaulted dome. God created this tenn
ple for man, and in it He wished tc
STAY with man until the end of time
But in order to induce man to stay
with Him, He implanted in the human
heart an Unsuitable craving for happl
ness. which haunts him through life
and pursues him even unto the grave
This continued restlessness is th'
homesickness of the soul, its craving
after the presence of God Who is thu
only source of all true happiness
Almighty God Who planted in thu
human heart this desire for the Divine
Presence, also found means to satls
fy it. He first revealed Himself tt
man in creation. The good and pure
behold Him there. They see Hit
power in the storm, in the cataract
in the eafehquake. They see His wis
dom in the laws that govern tn
boundless universe. They see Hi
beauty in the flower, in the sunbeam
in the many-tinted rainbow
God, however, made use of NOR
nerfect means to reveal to man Hi
Divine Presence. This was His wore
God spoke to our first parents in tn
Garden of Paradise He spoke to tn
Patriarchs and Prophets of old, an
finally, as st. Paul assures us, He ha
spoken for the last time by His only
begotten Son.
The Blessed Sacrament.
But the human heart longed TO
something more than merely to hea
God. 1t yearned to see Him. TIL
daily cry of the Prophets was: "ShoN
us Thy face, o Lord, and we sha
be saved" In the Old Law God sati:
fed this desire by manifesting Hi
presence to the Israelites under tn
form of a cloud and pillar of tirt
In the temple He again made man
fest His presence. But God wishe
to make Himself known to man in
more distinct manner, and He ser
His only-begotten Son into the worlC
to live as a man among men, tina
through Him we might be redeeme
and be made the adopted children
God.
In becoming man God revealed Hin
self most clearly. Man saw Coz
heard God, even touched God. Frol
the time He became man, He ha
STAYED in person with us and will sta
with us until the end of days. 1t
true that Christ ascended into heavel
whence He will come to judge the Ii
ing and the dead; yet He found
means of staying with us in the worl
until it's end This means is the inst
tuition of the Most Blessed SacrameI
Of the Eucharist, in which He abide
day and night upon our affairs to
our victim, the food of our souls, tn
light of our understanding, II
strength of our Wills, the joy and CO
ISOLATION of our hearts. But in tn
august Sacrament the Lord OF heave
and earth stays with us until the en-
of time, by means of another Sacr
ment-that of Holy Orders. Tn
Sacrament is received by only fey
vet it concerns all, for all who al
saved. must be saved by the Sacr
ments, and Holy Orders gives
nriests to administer them. The be
ter. then, we understand what II
priest is, the more we will beg OF
Blessed Lord to make us good priest
and to give us a knowledge of, an
a reverence for, our sacred duties,
which we carry on His work in tt
noble task of saving souls.
The Institution of the Priesthood.
To understand well what the Sacr
ment of Orders is, it is necessary
remember that it is the will of II
heavenly Father that no one shou
be saved but through Jesus Chris
His well-beloved Son, that is, throus
faith in His doctrine, through hoI
in His merits, through charity TOWARD
God and man, through the Sacramen
and prayer, and through obedience
His divine will. 81 am the way, Il
truth and the life," says Jesus. n
one can come to the Father but
Me-" For the purpose of leading sou
to the Father, Christ, as man. 7
ceived from Him all necessary pow