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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05

the lower planes of life this means the
INTERPRETATION and experimentation of
service and duty which makes home
possible. In a higher way it means
the ability to enter into a common
purpose and a common ideal in which
two become one in thought and shar-
ers in the same spiritual environment.
Still higher comes that mystic bond,
not of flesh, but of soul, in which in
dividualities are merged and the
profoundest aspects of selfhood for
each becomes complete in the other.
From this point of view marriage
may make or break both man and
woman, and, though the continuation
OF life upon the earth cannot be es-
teemed lightly, can we say that these
functions of the spirit are less i'm
perative or that the subject can be
discussed exhaustively without refer
ence to them?
Indeed we fear that the failure to
give u recognition to this high as
pect of marriage is one of the I'M
wholesome tendencies of our time.
Not only with the low-minded and the
base, but also with the would-be re-
formers, the flesh is too much with
us. Our lives emphasize the carnal.
Our amusements too much center
about it and our thoughts give the
subject more attention than BELTS inn
mortal beings. The movie, the the
atre, the dance, our social and pub
lie functions, too much unite in an ap-
peal to the reproductive instincts and
the scientist comes along to remind
us that the chief use of an organism
is to reproduce it's kind and die.
Sometimes we wonder if most peo-
pie are not a little insane on the sub
ject, whether in the poverty of u
spiritual ideals life for the majority
of us has not lost the ability to seize
the facts of spiritual relationships
and to make them a basis for contin-
uous growth and Astounding JOY"
Considering the institution of mar
riage effectively, it's first purpose is
the procreation and education of chill
dren, and its secondary end, the well
fare and happiness of the contract
ing parties. God and nature have so
ordained things that the greatest
happiness m to the parties who
strive to realize the primary end of
marriage. Selfishness, which sees in
children and their rearing a dis
tasteful task, often prompts a couple
to Illustrate the designs of marriage,
but the personal happiness which
they think that they are thus creating
is a, delusion. 1t is only by working
in harmony with the designs of God
and the laws of nature that i%ndividu-
happy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05

Lord. Your conversation must be in
Heaven. Avoid living too much out
side of yourselves. Recollection is the
atmosphere in which the soul ripens
for eternal life. 1t is based on humil-
ity and generosity, which cements all
your daily actions and good works
into one great edifice of sanctity, and
every individual edifice varies in de-
sign and in accomplishment from the
other.
You may be under the impression
n a sanctlty consists in the multiple
cation of vocal prayers and in the nu-
merous performance of good acts.
These are but steps towards sanctity,
while the essence of sanctity consists
in that union with God and that purity
of intention, which seeks only God,
His holy Will, and adores the designs
OF Providence in every incident of
your daily life, even in the disagree
able ones; in every occupation, even
the Indifferent and burdensome ones;
in the midst of family troubles and af-
fairs of worldly calling, as we'll as
the small pleasures of life. This eX-
plal--s how some Saints, who were
busy from early morning until late at
night, were at the same time, absorb
ed in God and could make Roadway in
perfection. To them every act was a
stepping stone to Heaven.
Look, therefore, at all things from
the viewpoint of God; seek less your
own will, your self-love and personal
preference, and make all things SUBJ
~servient to your sanctification, be they
agreeable or disagreeable. Then you
will remain unruffled and you will
accomplish great things. Recollec-
ton will be the center from which
you will direct everything to God.
All your acts will be directed and pen
etrated by the love of God. This is
what st. Paul means when he says:
in Him (God) we live, and move,
and are"
MY dear sons of men," closed the
Angel, this lesson may be somewhat
obscure for many of you, especially
for the worldly and carnal ones, but
it will become very easy for you to
understand as oon as you become
less attached to the world and more
united with God as we are in
Heaven"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
WORTHIEST EMPLOYMENT.

Ii the meditation upon Christ's
of any true Christian, what shall pre-
vent u ~endeavoring to engage every
good feeling and every channel of in
ward communication, in assisting lis
to the exercise? Or, who shall fear
that we shall thereby fail? When the
unfortunate Mary Stuart was upon
the scaffold, having prayed for her
implacable prosecutor, Elizabeth, she
held up the CrucifiX which she bore,
exclaiming, LAS thy arms, o God, were
stretched out upon the Cross, SO re-
ceive me into the arms of Thy mercy,
and forgive me my sins Whereupon
the Earl of Kent unfeelingly said:
Madam, you had better leave such
popish trumperies and bear Him in
your heart Now note her meek and
just reply: Il cannot hold in my
hand the representation of His suffer
ings, but | must at the same time,
bear Him in my heart" Who of those
two here spake the language of ma
tuIe! WHom WOul duy one WISH
most to resemble in sentiment-the
fanatic who presided, or the humble
queen who suffered at the execution?
Sir Thomas Browne is not ashamed
to own, that the sight of a Catholic
procession has sometimes moved him
to tears. Who will say that these
were not salutary?
cardinal Wsem0n.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
THE MEN OF THE PARISH.

Archbishop M%undelein said much in
few words in addressing the Holy
Name Society of Chicago at it's recent
convention. Perhaps his most notable
remarks were these, which we have
from "The New World: 1.-The chief
concern of a pastor or a Bishop
should be the men of his parish or
his diocese. If they are faithful, if
they are loyal, if they are devout,
then all goes well with the flock. One
of the things we a learn from his
tory is this: Whenever and wherever
it happened that the Church lost it's
hold upon the men, where they be-
came lax, Indifferent, careless, then,
too, did the influence of the Church
upon the life of the people wane, re
ligious activity stagnate. But when
the men remained practical, ~fervent,
good, the Church never needed to
look for defenders, whether against
persecution from without or disturb
ance from within, the Catholic laymen
YER her best defense"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
MOTHERHOOD.

If the Catholic Church never did
another thing save to eXalt woman
hood, that would be enough to crown
her with esteem beyond all the king.
doms of earth.
The first recognition ever given
woman was from and by the Church.
Slavery was banned and woman or.
dained a free personality, and still
further honored by the bonds of mar.
riage.
With the Catholic Church matri.
mony is a sacrament, a bond sacred
as life itself and lasting while life
holds both parties ON this earth.
No conferences are called in the
Catholic Church to temporize or pal.
late the marriage bond; no mar dare
assail that contract. Aye, more, the
Catholic Church has drawn around
the marriage vow'the blessing of God,
and thereby all the more acceptable
and Godlike is the union when, sur.
rounding the husband and wife, circle
the superior evidence of love and
chastity = those little children OF
whom the Master said, Suffer them
to come unto Me, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven
Thus it is, thus it shall be. till the
summons come and we join the illim-
liable union where motherhood is
crowned by Gods everlasting love.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
WRONG AND SUFFERING.

To do wrong is the surest way to
bring suffering. No wrong deed ever
failed to bring it. Those sins which
are followed by no palpable pain are
yet terribly avenged, even in this life.
They abridge our capacity of happi-
ness, impair our relish for innocent
pleasure and increase our sensibility
to suffering. They spoil us of the ar
NOR of a pure conscience and of trust
in God, without which we are defense
less amid hosts of foes and are vul-
nerable by all the changes of life.
Thus to do wrong is to infiict the u
est injury on our own peace. No
enemy a do us equal harm with
what we do ourselves whenever and
however we violate any moral or re-
ligious obligation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
A SAINT FOR THE WEEK.
ST. CATHERINE OF BOLOGNA.

Catherine, the daughter of a noble
Italian family, was placed when only
eleven at the court of Margaret, Prin-
cess dEst, at Ferrara. She soon
Wearied Of the splendors around her,
and retired at the age of fourteen to
serve God in religion. After some
years she made her profession as a
daughter of st. Clare, and was sent
to found a convent of the Order at
Bologna. She was tried by many
false apparitions and terrible tempta-
tons, but she overcame them all by
p~ersevering obedience, and God made
known to her the illusions of the
devil, and consoled her by heavenly
visions. She gained from these trials
a %salutary fear Of the majesty of God.
A deep conviction of her own nothing
ness made her court contempt and
e the most painful occupations in
the convent. She considered herself
the aus of all the sins of her neigh
bors. This humility drew Jesus into
her soul, to enkindle therein the con-
Stunning fire of love. She had a great
devotion to st. Thomas of Canter-
bury, who appeared to her. She saw
also in vision other saints, with our
Lady, and our Lord Himself, Who
babe her mark the words they we're
singing, EFT gloria ejus in te vide
bitur." This prophecy was verified
in the extraordinary preservation of
her body, which remains incorrupt to
this day, sitting in her habit, and
~miraculously supported. Her holy
death took place in 1863.
One Christmas-eve Catherine passed
the night in church. She recited one
thousand Hail Marys'' with great
fervor in honor of the Mother of God.
In reward of her humble alteration
of His Incarnation, Jesus appeared to
her at midnight in His Mothers arms.
This kind Mother gave her Divine
Child to Catherine and allowed her
to caress Him. Although her heart
was overlooking with the joy Of that
hour, Catherine spoke not of her vi
sion, until her secret was betrayed to
her Sisters, by the brilliant color of
that spot upon her pale face where
she mad received the kiss of the
Divine Infant, a spot marked now,
after a lapse of 400 years, by the
brighter tint of her incorrupt flesh.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
MARRIAGE IDEAL LOWERED.

That the movies, the theatre, the
dance, social and public functions,
unite in making their appeal to the
lower. instincts in man and tend to
debase the marriage ideal, is the be-
lief of the Rev. L. o. Williams of
Buffalo. The other day he discussed
the marriage problem from the Uni
versalist point of view, and while
Catholics may differ with him on sew
eral issues, he said many things with
which they substantially agree.
Mr.. Williams declared that the
common notion of marriage is too
small to cover all the facts. 1t is a
provision for the perpetuation and
training of the species and perhaps
too much cannot be said in regard to
it's significance both individual and
social from this point of view. 'The
science of %eugenics," he said, lis fore
ing upon our attention an array of
facts which we cannot ignore with
impunity. Much of the value of that
science, however, is open to suspicion
because of the narrowness of its field
OF observation and especially because
it SO often fails to give full credit to
mind as a factor in the result. The
analogue of brute generation where
mind is Insignificant should not be
pressed too far or too confidently
where mind plays SO great a part as
it does in the life of nan
But marriage has other functions
than the reproduction Of human kind.
Men and women are made to find spir-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05

reasons it will follow. The ~causalty
acting here is free, not necessary.
From the standpoint of the deter
minist Zone who denies free wild, our
opponent, a man would be an idle spec.
tator of that which takes place in him,
whereto he is forced. He would be
like a man in a balloon, who cannot
determine the direction of his flight,
but only can observe whereto the
stronger wind drives him.
(Cf. Father Cathrein, S. j., Grund-
begriffe DIES Observation-Disclosures
Idea of Penal Law-p. 80
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
THE SOULS ~SPRINGTlME.

Winter is past and earth is now
releasing herself from the icy bonds
which held her in seeming death. In
the joy of freedom nature would fill
the heart with sights and sounds that
gladden..
She puts aside the garments of the
cold, dull season of winter and robes
herself anew in the bright, attractive
colors of spring. A new life animates
her, the evidences of which are every
where to be seen. Bud and blossom
come to tree and plant; the delicate
green leaf catches the dew of morn
ing and glistens like diamonds in the
sun; once more is heard the song of
birds and the gentle murmur Of noun
tain streams; woodland and meadow
are fairly a delight to look upon; al
ready the early wild flowers are to
be seer in sheltered hooks; all ma
ture is aroused from sleep and with
quickened pulse and joyful step is en-
tering upon a new life.
How beautiful the springtime of
nature. There is none of the seasons
can compare with it. In Jul climate
we regret that the season is all too
brief. We would wish to prolong it
if we could. Only a few brief weeks
and it is gone, giving place to the
sultry heats of summer. We love the
warm, balmy air; the gentle, cooling
breeze; the bright, life-giving sun
light which give to early spring the
talismanic power of bringing all
things in nature back to life. Spring
time is natures resurrection day.
Thus does the good God beautifully
provide for us in the natural order,
displaying the beauties of His handi-
work all around us.
But how vastly richer is His loving
Providence in these days which are
the springtime of the soul! How
happy the thought that out of the
death of sin there is a resurrection
into life! If nature ~rejoices in the
new birth from out its winter, what
must be mans joy in finding the death
robes exchanged for the wedding gar
ment! A good Saviour has died that
mar may be raised from the dead and
enjoy true life. He has rolled away
the great stone of sin and opened the
door of the tomb, and summoned man
to arise and live. He died and He
rose from the dead, and His Resurrec-
ton is a pledge that we too will n
day rise; for if we die with Christ,
with Him we will rise again. In life
how often man falls into sin, the grace
of God departs from the soul and
death enters in and dwells there. The
grace of God touches the soul, it de-
sires resurrection, and in an instant
life comes where death was, and man
lives again in Gods love, in the
blessed hope of Il resurrection into
Eternal life.
O, open tomb of our Risen Saviour,
thou art the source of all our hopes!
o, Easter morn, thou art the har-
binger of our resurrection! o, Risen
Lord, Thou art indeed our Saviour,
and all our trust is in Thee! May
the joys of Eastertide be ours!
Req. Morgan SheedD.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
WHY HE DID 1T.

The secret of all the Church's
work for the bodies as well as fol
the souls of men is revealed in the
following anecdote:
During the siege of Paris in 1870 a
Christian Brother tenderly cared fol-
a poor fellow stricken with smallpox
A witness of the Brothers courage
said to him: What you are doing
/ would not do for ten thousand
francs Replied the Brother: "And
| would not do it for ten times ter
thousand francs" Then, kissing his
crucifix, he added: But l do it fol
Jesus Christ"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
EIGHTH SACRAMENT.

st. Augustine likens spiritual read
ing to an eighth sacrament. The lit
tie substance and the few words in
the administration of a sacrament
give results wonderfully beyond the
little effort required. So a little time
spent in spiritual reading every day
will bring to the reader a hundredfold
of light and strength and joy. The
saint also tells that spiritual reading
is the oil of the flame of prayer, and
just as the flame will die out without
oil, so our p~rayer-life will gradually
die out if we do not feed our minds
with spiritual reading.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05

flowery paths of sentiment and feel.
ing; but arrived at it's precincts, all
find that there is but one gate where.
by they may enter, but one door to
the sheepfold-narrow and low, per.
haps, and causing flesh and blood to
stoop in passing in. Men may wander
about it's outskirts, they may admire
the goodness of its edifices, and OF
it's bulwarks, but they can not be its
d~enizens and children if they enter
not by that one gate of absolute, I'm.
conditional submission to the teach.
ing of the Church.
cardinal W7seman.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
A DEAF-MUTE CENTENARY.

The centenary of the founding of
the first school of deaf mutes
in this country occurs this year,
Rev. Eugene Gehl, of st. Francis,
Wis, in a recent lecture at Toledo
reviewed the progress of the work.
Among the pictures shown a one
of two nuns, sisters, who had been
educated at st. Johns Institute, near
Milwaukee, and later entered the
community of the Sisters of st. Fran
els, in order to teach children af-
ficted like themselves.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
MY MOTHERS SON.

| hold within my heart, o Mother
Queen,
Thy little Son, thy Child. The right
is thine,
And yet, by %wondrous gift this
grace is mine!
Twas thou who first within thy heart
serene
Thy God received. By mortal eyes
unseen
He dwelt secure, thy loving heart
His shrine.
In first Communion with the Word
Divine
Thou hadst a foretaste of our Gift SUI
preme.
o thou, sweet Mother, who didst first
embrace
Our God, teach me thy potent way of
grace,
That in these precious moments
that are mine
| may constrain my Guest, thy Son
Divine,
To bide with me. Oh, may He ne'er
depart!
Behold.-His living chalice, my IN
worthy heart!
-F7oYenz in Queens Work.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
ST. FRANCIS TO YOU.

A Seraph brings a message from st.
Francis to you. In the last Cru
saders' Almanac, a Franciscan publ
cation, there is a charming little pic
ture of a little boy angel dressed in
Franciscan garb, and this is the mes
sage that is put in his mouth as if it
came direct from the Little Brother
of Assist:
Sons of men, he says, "the great
secret of salvation it to live continu-
ally in the state of grace and to re.
main absorbed in that mystical union
with God, which is the life of the soul.
1t is to those intimate friends Of God
that | speak, not to the impure that
feed on the husks Of swine and make
fLo r,1~1a - ohinnf@af q hos, Il, nk;o,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANTS.

What an eager and loving welcome
the Divine Master on the threshold of
heaven will give to those who will
have paid Him this tribute of fidelity
and Overwhelming Mass each
morning. Jesus will recognize them
from having seen them crowded every
day round His altar, the little chosen
flock favored with His most precious
graces. How could they dread Him
as their judge, those generous souls
who have made Him their friend SO
long? These are indeed the good
and faithful servants whom Jesus
with His sweetest smile will invite to
enter into the joy of their Lord.
Req. Matthew Russell. ST..
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
THE NUN.

How proud the Church is of her con-
secrated Virgins! Noble, Christ-con-
quered daughters of the King, who at
the call of the eternal, have turned
aside from home and friends, and all
that the heart holds dear and the
world has to offer in order that they
may follow in the footsteps Of Him
who centuries ago left His Fathers
House to walk the ways OF earth and
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-05-05
ONLY ONE PATH.

The Catholic Church is a city to
which avenues lead from every side,
towards which men may travel from
any quarter, BY the most diversified
roads. by the fhnrnv and rnaaad a.a -
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1917-10-26
AERO STATION
ADDS $3.50 TO
ITS FIRST REPORT
LIBERTY LOAN HEADQUARTERS
YESTERDAY INFORMED THAT
AyIATORS AND SAILORS HAD
INCREASED SUBSCRIPTION.

Paymaster Robbins yesterday after
noon telephoned Liberty Loan head
quarters that $225O had been placed
at the aeronautic station during yes
terday. This, added to previous SUBJ
scriptions by the navy men, makes
total of $54,750 subscribed at the
aeronautic station.
When all of the features of the case
are taken into consideration, this SUBJ
scription is remarkable. The men
who have thus responded to the ma
tons need with their dollars are men
who have already volunteered to their
government their lives, if need be,
and when it is considered that there
are a large number of boys in the
enlisted personnel at the station sub
scribed who are men who have no
means beyond their salaries, it is all
the more remarkable and should be
an example to some of those in
civil life who are amply able to re-
spond to the governments all Cor
their money, but who prefer to oc-
cupy the unenviable position of IDOL
lar slackers."
The local subcommittee were still
hard at work throughout yesterday,
and while the result of their labor
was not as substantial as on Liberty
Day, number of very satisfactory
sales were made and the days total
of subscriptions written will run into
a good many thousand dollars.
But two days now remain if the
Loan Campaign and all of the COM
mittees are being asked by the Cen
trail Committee to redouble their ef-
forts today and tomorrow in order
that Pensacola may not fall short of
her full allotment of $75O,000.
The subscriptions of the army men
stationed at Forts Barrancas, Pickens
and McRee, up to A o'clock yesterday
afternoon, totalled S33,750. This was
most satisfactory report to the COM
mittee, Notwithstanding the difference
in amount between the navy's SUBJ
scription and the total subscription
by officers and men of the army.