The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-03-16
ST. PAUL SERVICES
 VERY IMPRESSIVE FOrty-HOur Devotion Began at Close of High Mass SERMON IN EVENING Father Coyle Breaches on "The Sacra- ment of Faith and Hope and
 LOve"-Attendance Is
 Large
SERMON IN EVENING

iO-hOurs' devotion began al St. Paurs church yesterday at the close of high mass. The Rev Father Car roll was the celebrant. He read the notices for the week and the epistile and gospel in English as usual but owing to the length of the services there was no sermon
 After the mass tho Sacred Host was borne in procession through the aisles. It was perhaps the longest procession ever seen in St. Paurs. Tn addition to all tar boys and first communion chill dren and large girls. the Junior and senior branches of the Holy Name so- ciety were represented. There were many banners in the procession and the scene was impressive. The serv- ices concluded with the lltany of the saints, intoned by Father Carroll The Rev, Father Coyle acted as mas ter of ceremony.
 The host, in a golden monstrance, was placed above the tabernacle on the high altar for the adoration of the faithTul. Scores of Catholics visited the church during the afternoon for ador- alton.
 Last nights services were largely at tended Father Coyle preached a ser mon on The Sacrament of Faith, Hope and Love" He said:
 Father C0yle's Sermon
 "Our glorious church. the grand old Catholic church. of which you and l are members. contains many wondrous treasures. II Is rich with the gifts of her founder, the Eternal Son of God, but, Ah, it contains one gift, surpass- ing all, one treasure of ineStimaDle worth a gift, a treasure, than which heaven itself can show no greater; 1t contains under sacramental veils, be- meath the lowly forms of bread and wine, the living Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Himself, true God, true man.
 aOur holy church. loving mother, fgives us many an aid and many a help to wcrlS out our souls salvation. To save our souls we must practice three great virtues, that are the warp and wool of Christian life, faith, hope, love. No wonder then that this sacra- ment of saeraments, the Holy Euchar- ist, is the heavenly bread that nour- ishes faith, sustains hope, invigorates love. It s in very deed, the sacrament of faith and hope and love-
 "It is the sacrament of faith. Aye, it is the very test of faith. Was 1t not
  very day when the Savior promised thts gift of gifts. when He told the multi tudes that had partalSen of material food mraculously given, in the multi plieation of fishes and loayes, that an- other bread would be given, heavenly bread, His flesh to eat, His blood to drink from that day onward, througn all the centuries since then. 1t became the touchstone of faith. Then many failed. This, said they, Is a hard say ing and who can believe it. So they walked with Him no more; they cut themselves away from the living vine; they became withered branches.
 To-day. looking out over the world, we see the same. The faithful with Peters successor believe. Lord, to whom should We go? Thou hast the words of eternal life An, what an im- mense gulf there is between us and : those churches that have not on their altars the sacramental pres ence, the source of life, of light. of joy. Unhappy they, and thrice happy We who know that the promise, the glor- ious astounding promise recorded in the sixth chapter of the gospel of St. John found fulfillment. when on Holy Thurs day eve, seated with the 12, as Cal varys clouds were gathering fast, He took bread and wine and changed them into His body and blood. This Is My body. rms IS NY Dloou, ana, more, gave His apostles and their successors the power to do so forever. DO this for a commemoration of Me-
 'Ah, words of the olden Thursday. Still holding creative sway.
 Ye have brought us the Fridays victim And priest. In His own sweet way Meath veils His glorified body
 Himself He offers this day
 Sacrament of Hope
 The eucharist is also the sacrament oi hope. In it we find our strength our con solation when all the world is dark and dIear. when. hannena to all het ines