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

and Sanctifier. We belong entirely to
God and it behooves us to consecrate
our being wholly to God; 'in God we
live and move and are (Acts II, 2S).
"All my bones shall cry out: Lord,
who is like to Thee?" FPS. "a, 100
God is a fathomless and shoreless
sea of the most perfect being and
life: His projections are mex
! haustible and Incompatible, sur
passing and excelling all things, in.
comprehensive and unspeakable. God
possesses infinite grandeur and dig
nifty. Therefore all rational creatures,
being UNNECESSARILY below Him, owe
Him the profoundest respect and
generation. God is not, only inconceiv.
ably exalted above heaven and earth;
but by His creative power He is also
the source of all things, for they alb
solutely depend on Him as to their
being, their existence, their activity.
Since God is the Creator of all things
visible and invisible, He is therefore
the sovereign Master and Lord of all
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consequently, He is 1.-The King of kings
and the Lord of lords q Tim. 6, 15),
to whom all things owe unconditional
and constant service. Since the Al
mighty God has made all things and
since all creatures are the work of
His hands, they belong to Him as His
property; He has, then, the highest
and the most absolute dominion over
all creatures, for they exist only for
Him, and must act only for Him, and
serve Him alone. Most beautifully
does the Church express this thought
in the InVitatory of the Office of the
Dead: Regem, cui omnia yivunt,
venite adoremus-"Come let us adore
the King unto whom all things live. y
Holy Scripture frequently delivers
these truths in most vivid and striking
descriptions. THE Lord is terrible
and exceeding great and His power
is admirable" (Ecclus 43, 81. THE
Lords ways are in a tempest and a
Whirlwind and clouds are the dust OF
His feet" Nah. /, 81. God is the SUI
preme Master and Proprietor of the
universe, because it has come forth
from His creative hand and is His
work; hence the Psalmist joyfully
sings: "The earth is the Lords and
the fitness thereof: the world and all
they that dwell therein For He hath
founded it upon the seas and He hath
prepared it upon the rivers" Cps. %
1-2). Who hath measured the waters
in the hollow of His hand, and
weighed the heavens in His palm
Who hath poised with three fingers
the bulk of the earth? Behold the
gentiles are as q drop of a bucket
and are counted as the smallest grain
of a balance: behold the islands are
as little dust. 1t is He that stitch
stretcheth out the heavens as moth.
ing, and spreadeth them out as a
tent to dwell in Who bringeth ont
their host by number, and calleth
them all -by-their -nan4es; by the great.
ness of His might and strength and
power, not one of them was missing
Us. 40, 1920 ''And the stars have
given light in their watches, and re-
joiced They were called and they
said: Here we are; and with cheer
fulness they have shined forth to Him
that made them (Bar. 8, 34-35J. 20
Lord, great art Thou, and glorious in
: Thy power, and no one can overcome
Thee. Let all Thy creatures serve
; Thee; because Thou hast spoken, and
they were made: Thou didst send
forth Thy spirit, and they were
created, and there is no one that car
resist Thy voice. The mountains shall
be moved from the foundations, with
the waters: the rocks shall melt as
wax before Thy face Judith Is
1919. HE looketh upon the earth
and maketh it tremble; He touchetf
the mountains, and they smoke" Cps
f, 1O3, 32).
, And what is man in comparison will
the Most High, with the, Almighty
Creator and powerful King, greatly tt
be feared, who stitch upon His throne
and is the God of dominion? (Ecclus
l. 81. Mans days are as grass, as
the flower of the field so shall he
flourish. For the spirit shall pass il
him, and he shall not be: and he shall
; know his place no more FPS. 102
1910. Man is earth and ashe:
: (Ecclus. II, 3D. he is leaf and {
dry straw carried about by. the wind
like q flower he cometh forth and is
!, destroyed and he fieeth as a shadow
Job 49,, 25; IA, p. Now should no
mana weak, ,frail, miserable crea
ture-bow down and humble himsel
to the dust, should he not tremblt
with awe, reverence and astonishmen
before the power, grandeur ant
majesty of God, Whose throne is the
> heavens and whose footstool is thu
earth" Us. sc, y. The pillars O
= heaven tremble and dread at His beck
= the morning stars praise Him and thu
= sons of God make joyful melody tt
q Him dob 26, 1888, y. The choirs 0
holy spirits sing in the highest heav
ems to the Lord day and night b.
h their never-ceasing Holy, holy, holy;
: the glorified saints PROSTATE them
:. selves before Him that stitch on thu
: throne and adore Him that liveth for
ever and ever; they lay down thei
, crowns before the throne, saying
= Thou art worthy, o Lord our God, tt
:, receive glory and honor and power