The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24

preme Pastor, Jesus Christ, Who pass
ed His life upon earth in the greatest
poverty.
begged the Holy Father to grant
the Apostolic Blessing to all entrusted
to my spiritual care, my clergy and
people, all communities, converts, in
stitutes and societies, especially those
who had contributed to the Peters
Pence. The Holy Father answered in
Latin, saying: Upon all those, my
son, for whom you have asked, may
God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,
pour down all heavenly and earthly
blessing, and preserve them in the true
faith and in purity of life
What a grand blessing. / beseech
you, dear brethren of the clergy to
take these words for the subject of a
sermon in the near future. asked
His Holiness to grant to all my priests
the faculty of imparting the papal
blessing to their flock, to which res
quest the Holy Father most gladly &C
ceded
If someone should ask: what does
this blessing profit? is it not an empty
ceremony" l will give the true ex-
PLANTATION concerning the same. The
blessing given by the Pope is among
all blessings given by man in the
name of God, the greatest and most
efficacious. The Redeemer Himself
gave the proximate explanation when
He commanded His apostles saying:
Into whatsoever house you enter, first
say: Peace be to this house. And If
the son of peace be there, your peace
shall rest upon him, but if not, it shall
return to YOU" But children of peace
are all those that live in peace with
God, with their neighbor and with
themselves.
And upon those children of peace
the papal blessing will have two
fold effect Many an evil will be ward
ed off and many salutary favors will
follow not only in things spiritual, but
also in things temporal.
The Rev. Brethren of the clergy will
strive to arrange some devotion, a
iridium if possible, at which they will
zealously exhort the faithful to re-
ceive the sacraments. The devotion
is to close with Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament, after the papal
blessing has been impaired to which
a plenary indulgence is attached.
Scarcely a month after my audience
we received the sad news of the death
of our Holy Father, Plus X. God call
ed him to Himself during the sad
calamity of a great war, and he is
now our powerful intercessor before
the throne of heaven. God has chosen
a worthy successor to our beloved
Plus x, in the person of His Eminence
James Cardinal Della Chiesa, who as
sumed the name of Benedict XIV.
Let us give thanks with all our heart
that Almighty God, despite the de-
plorable condition into which a cruel
war has plunged the world, has given
His Church a visible head without de-
lay. AS we loved the sanity Plus, so
we will love with childlike affection
his successor, Benedict XIV, and vow
him obedience with our whole heart
Let us pray that God may guide the
Holy Father to procure the blessings
of peace to the nations in these peril
Gus times
Europe has sinned against God and
His Holy Church. God visits the de-
PRAYED nations with the rod of cor
rection under which the innocent also
suffer. Let us therefore pray most
fervently for peace; during the month
of the Holy Rosary let us confidently
invoke the Queen of Peace; by works
of penance let us appease heaven that
God might withdraw the scourge of
His anger, and restore sweet peace to
the nations of the world. The peace
of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
+ JOSEPH MARIA KOUDELKA,
Bishop of Superior.
Given at Superior, October 9, 1914