The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-07-08
THE SACRED HEART IN THE
TABERNACLE.

Learn of Me, because am meek
and humble of heart, and you shall
find rest for your souls This, says
devout writer, is sublime epitome OF
the gospel. Our Lord seems to sum up
all Christian projections in these two
virtues, meekness and humility, as
though we had nothing else whatever
to learn of Him. He says nothing OF
faith, hope and charity; nothing of
temperance, prudence, justice and
fortitude, evidently meaning that they
were all comprised in some way in
these two; either presupposed to them
or following on them by natural con-
sequence, or else actually included in
their wide acceptation.
Learn of Me, because I am meek
and humble of heart!" This is the
portrait that our Lord has left of Him
self. 1t is beautiful. Study it every
day of your life, with a view to self
improvement and greater conformity
to the likeness of your divine Model
When we apply ourselves to the
study of that Model, as we find it in
the Gospel story we read how He went
about doing good, He taught from
place to place, He. cured the sick and
cast out devils, He preached to thou
sands of persons, and iourneyed from
place to place to heal the souls and
| bodies of men.
In the Blessed Sacrament is the con-
tinuation of all these mercies. The
/ life of our dear Lord in the divine Host
is most active.s He remains still in the
tabernacle, it is true; but thousands
of persons come to visit Him, to be
cured OF the diseases Of their souls.
Graces are flying forth from His heart
in inconceivable abundance Sinners
tare struck with contrition. A poor,
sad-hearted child comes in and kneels
i by the door The Lord in the Sacra-
lment sends forth His power, He casts
forth the seven devils from her heart.
! She seeks the confessional, washes the
1 feet of Jesus with her tears, and goes
forth from before the tabernacle, an.
lother Mary Magdalen. A grief-strick-
len mother weeps for her son, who is
dead In sin. The Lord in the Sacra-
ment, being moved with compassion,
Esays to her, Weep not" He stretches
Il forth His hand, and raises the youth
i from the death of sin and restores him
to life. Al mission is going on in q
Iehurch, a thousand people and more
are present; the preacher speaks from
the pulpit, the Lord in the tabernacle
l'sends forth His light and His grace;
power has gone forth from Him, and
the hearts of the people are touched
i and hundreds are converted. 1t was
our Lord preaching from the taber-
nacle: the preacher in the pulpit was
His instrument. Do you not see how
like 1t is now to the time when He did
all these same things in Galilee and
Judea? From the tabernacle our
Lord works miracles; both on souls and
bodies. He goes forth in the hands OF
His priesthood, and visits the sick. He
cures the lepers by cleansing from sin.
He gives sight to the blind, by open
ling the eyes of unbelievers to the
Truths of faith. In holy communion
He renews the miracle of feeding 5000
with. Ave loaves: for He gives Himself
wholly and entire to each one of
thousands, nor does He multiply Him
self, nor. does He become diminished.
He is with us in the Blessed Sacra-
ment as consequence of the resurrec-
ton and ascension, and His sacra-
mental presence is a constant remind
er of those happy mysteries.