The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1913-10-18

daily cry OF the FTOpn0t0 Wdss 00OW
us Thy face, o Lord, and We shall
be saved" In the Old Law God
satisfied this desire by manifestins
His presence to the Israelltes under
the form Of a cloud and . pillar Of
fire. In the Temple He again made
manifest His presence. But God
wished to make Himself known to
man in 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
Himself 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 ascended 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 It's end. This
means is the institution of the Most
Blessed Sacrament of the Eucharist.
in which He stays day and night
upon our altars to be our victim,
the food of our souls, the light of
our understanding, the strength of
our Wills. the Joy and consolation Of
our heart. But IL in this august
Sacrament the Lord of Heaven and
earth stays with us until the end
of time, 1t is by means of another
Sacrament the Sacrament of Holy
Orders. This Sacrament is received
by but few, yet it all, for all who
are saved, must be saved by the
Sacraments, and Holy Orders gives
US priests to administer them. The
better then that we understand what
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 a 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
I Sacraments 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
Jesus Christ knew to be 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
j He instituted His priesthood. II ,sS ;'sSs
| A priest. as the word has been
/ understood from the beginning u
1 all people. is mysterious. sacred
inviolable being, separated from th'
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