The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-11-14

Bernard says: HE who is joined to
the Lord is one spirit; Il Cor. 6, I'D
and is transformed by Love Divine
into it's own substance in certain
manner; he can no longer feel or
relish anything but God, and what
pleases God. God is love, and the
nearer, the closer one comes to God
is the measure of love that takes pos
session of him. Now God cannot suf-
fer but He can sympathise and have
pity, for it is His peculiar attribute to
have mercy at all times and to spare.
Hence the saints, united with God
Who is merciful, can feel for our
misery, though they are for above
misery themselves; free from suffer
ing, they can sympathize with us in
our woes Their ascent into Heaven
did not diminish their love for us !;
rather they share in an ineffable way
the Divine care for our welfare. They
have put away all that was weak in
human affection, but they have kept
all that is pure and kindly and god
like" Charity never fades away, and
it will not allow the blessed to forget
the wayfarers in this world, or the suf-
ferers in prison.
Order, beauty, harmony, reign in
the world of nature, and they point
to the Author and Source of all order
and beauty as their cause. 1t is but
fitting that in the supernatural world,
the world of souls and angelic spirits,
there should reign also harmony and
order and union. And this super
natural union among the children of
God is effected by the love of God
which is poured out into all hearts
by the spirit of God. Who is given to
us. 1t is the answer of the Eternal
Father to the prayer which Christ
said on the night before He died: Il
pray for them Thou gavest Me out of
the world, and not for them only do /
pray, but for them also who through
their word shall believe in Me, that
they all may be one, as Thou, Father
in Me, and l in Thee; that they also
may be one in Us; that the world may
believe that Thou hast sent Me-" st.
John II, 2O-21.
st. Paul points out the duty that
deVolves upon us as a result of the
Communion of Saints. Il beseech you
that you walk worthy of the vocation
in which you are called, with all
humility and mildness, with patience,
supporting one another in charity.
Careful to keep the unity of the Spirit
in the bond of peace. One body and
one spirit, as you are called in one
hope of your calling, one Lord, one
Faith, one Baptism, one God and
Father of all, Who is above all and
through all and in us ALL Eph. 4, 1-6.
What this calling is st. Paul makes
known by addressing his letters to
those whom he calls Saints by Voca-
ton called to be Saints by virtue
in this life and by it's reward in
Heaven. To the Athenians he said:
I'm God we live and move and have
our being for as one of your own poets
said: We are His offspring" Acts
II, %.
whatsoever is born of God, does
not sin, but overcomes the world"
John 5; 4, Is. You are a chosen gen
Grafton, aroyal priesthood, a holy ma
ton, purchased people, FL Peter
2; g. We are the sons of God, the
brethren of Christ, the kindred of the
worlds true heroes. Noblesse oblige.
We must respect our royal lineage.
We must read the lives of Christ and
His saints, and follow in their foot
steps. We must honor them by keep
ing their feasts, by initiating their
virtues, by asking their assistance.
We must learn from them the lesson
of unselfsh, self-sacrificing kindness
to our brethren in this world. The
charity of Christ must urge us to re-
member the holy souls in prison. And
the God of charity will crown us with
the fullness of every good gift, will
fill our hearts with that peace which
the world cannot give, and which
passes all human understanding.