The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-01-18

up ana are Oh IHeIT CnlluEeu- never
approach them in filial way, So
many fathers. are, unfortunately, kind,
true providers in the home, but not
lovable to wife and children. i do not
mean by that that you must be weak
, in the exercise Of your authority. But
you must make wife and you must
make children love4you, and you must
make sons and daughters respect the
divine authority that you exercise.
Respect for Authority.
I need say nothing of our respect for
the authority of the state. We believe,
we acknowledge and teach the state is
a divine institution and that the au-
+ thority of the state is given from
! above, that it is not, as we sometimes
find mentioned, from the Church. No,
the state, in its own order, is a perfect
society, a perfect institution, and the
authority it has in it's domain is from
above. We Catholics, we men of the
Holy Name Society in a very special
manner, respect that authority. And
our country knows today, as it has
| never known before, the loyalty and
| the love of the Catholics for their coun-
try, even to the sacrifice of their lives.
In this great metropolitan city and
diocese, under peerless leadership, it
has most patiently been by the author
! ity of the Church you have stood as
one man in expression and devotion of
your love for your country and of the
authority of the country. Let it be
known, that you will ever stand for
authority, not merely in war times but
in peace times. Again, may the ma
lions of the world look to the United
States and may they ask, What is the
secret of the high type of manhood in
America" And let America answer,
Because of the respect for authority"
Let our country and let our nation
know that we take no second place to
anyone in that love for the authority
of the state. Yes, we profess this and
we teach it. as part Of our religion.
You also recognize that there, is a
divine institution, the Church. And
that that Church has received the di-
vine commission to lead your souls to
God. The Church was founded for
| that purpose; that is its commission.
Christ said to the Church, "All power
in heaven and ON earth is given to
thee. AS the Father has sent Me
also send you That is the commits
sion of Christ teaching these
words-"T all things whatso-
| ever have commanded" Not teach
ing whatsoever you please" Teaching
| what l have commanded That is, the
commission of the Church. The eXer-
else of the authority of the Church is
| to carry on that commission to carry
| by the teaching of the doctrines of
| Christ, and by requiring men to prac-
tice their religion in conformity to the
| teachings. Love the Church, and, rec
| ognizing it's divine commission as you
do, make others as far as you can rec
ognize it. You all, as l say, have mis-
| sionary powers The Holy Name So
ciety in the United States has been
most extraordinary as convert-mak-
| ing agency. You recognize the divine
authority Of the Church and you are
responsible to that authority and you
| believe that that authority by which
! the Church teaches can unerringly
and infallibly lead you to God. The
necessary consequence God estab-
| lished the Church to lead mems souls
| to God, it would be a strange. thing,
an absurd thing if the Church would
not unerringly and infallibly lead
mems souls to God. Oh, what a con-
ISOLATION we Catholics have when we
| realize what that authority means!
That authority is obliged and circum-
| scribed to teach only what I have
commanded YOU according to the
words of Christ. My dear men, grow
| to love that authority more every day
Of your lives and pray for the Church,
4 pray that that authority may be fur
| Their recognized SO that there may be
one fold and one Shepherd.
You are doing in this diocese great
| Christlike work, a great work of char
| ity, an adjunct, indeed, to the Holy
Name Society but one entirely con.
formable to it's spirit, one that shows
your respect for the authority of the
state, one that shows your respect for
the authority of the Church. 1t shows
also that you are willing to aid the au,
| thority of the home and to make the
| influence of the home what it should
! be, by looking after children that have
| fallen into the hands of the justice OF
! the state. Dear men, be generous in
! your service in this special work you
have assumed. Let the men who can
give their services give them, and give
them generously You have proven
your generosity to your country
Prove that you have generous spirit
| for the Church and for the appeal that
your spiritual director makes to you
| Give your services in the measure
that you can. Many home will be
| strengthened and many child will be
/ preserved by reason of your gener
/ oSity.
These are in general way the obi
cations that you have in the Holy
Name Society. The society asks Of
you to give nothing except what
every decent honest Catholic man is
obliged to give.
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