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world ignorant of this, or has it for
gotten it? Has it turned away from
Christ and refused His saving pow
ers? 1t would seem that the nations
have risen up against the Liberator
of mankind-tha they have aban-
doned Christ and rejected His law.
This revolt implies the perversion of
a nature that was made in Baptism
like unto the nature of Christ; it in
wolves an ingratitude of.which even the
basest Christian nature should be in
capable. Christ shut out from the life
of the individual presents a spectacle,
but Christ exiled from the nations.
by the will and decree of the nations,
as He is today, furnishes the saddest
spectacle in the history of the Chris
tian world. In the past, Christian ma
lions sinned by avarice, by injustice,
by tyranny, but they did not turn away
completely from God They did not
lose sight entirely of their Christian
ideal, and they did not fail in due time
to return to Christ in repentance.
What of Civilization?
One may ask: as the civilization
of governments at an end? Is the form
of civilization that has been evolving
for thousand years to give away?
Must the old edifice be destroyed in
order that new one may be erected?
Will the builders place the new edifice
on shifting sands that the rains and
winds will destroy? Will fire and
sword and pestilence and famine con-
tinue to involve nation against ma
tion" We may gather around Christ
as the disciples did on Mount Olivet
when, speaking of the destruction of
the Temple of Jerusalem, He said to
them: There shall not be left a stone
upon stone Matt. 24:2). And, de-
scribing the signs of the consumma-
ton of the world, on the same occa-
sion, we may hear Him utter for us
in the present crisis the consoling
words: See that We be not troubled
1t is matter of little consequence
whether our present civilization and
culture be preserved, or whether a
whole new social order be created
provided Christ be the Architect and
Builder to renovate the old or to con-
/ struct the new edifice Nations and
governments left to their own resourc.
es are hurrying to their destruction
because they have expelled Christ
The Son of Man, omnipotent though
He be, now in exile owing to the abuse
of liberty by men and nations, is
awaiting an invitation to return, for
until the end of time He will, without
taking away liberty, seek to save in
dividuals and nations Governments
have thought it to their advantage to
discredit Christ and the influence OF
His divine religion. Their work has
been their own undoing. This is the
pass to which society has come! Thus
it is that the nations stand in the
most urgent need of Mary Immaculate
How Can Mary Help the. Nations?.
Mary suffered most with Christ in
the work of mans redemption, be.
cause nearest to her divine Son in His
Passion, Mary is the most powerful
of all creatures to obtain for all the
benefits of the Passion of Christ which
redeemed mankind. Mary the Immac
ulate Mother may the nations dele
gate thee to bring back the exiled
Christ to Human society, that Christ's
blood may again be transfused into
the very blood of the nations, that the
power of Christ may subjugate the
mind and the heart and the will o
the nations to God.
0 Mary Immaculate, it is not super
stition, nor sentimentality, nor the eS
aggeration of fanaticism, but rather i
it the compelling power of Catholi
sentiment, instinct, faith, hope AM
love to raise up a shrine for this ma
ton, dedicated to thee! Its swee
bells will ever ring out as an invita-
tion to this nation to turn to Christ
to become in very truth Christian
nation, guided by Christian teachings
1t is most fitting that the Nationa
Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
should be erected at the capital of tn
nation Our federal government ca
recognize it for what it is, and wha
it will be-the temple of love in whicl
will be taught love of country; tn
temple from which will ascend cor
tinually fervent prayers that our NJ
tion may endure forever, which will b
possible only through the teaching
and practice of the charity and justic
of Christ. o Mary, Our Blesse
Mother, the family of nations need
thy Divine Son, and thou must lea
them back in procession to Him. an
obtain for them pardon! May Amer
lea fearlessly say to all the nation
of the world: 1--WE have need of
supernatural religion. 1t is our best
our strongest and ever loyal ally w
need Christ, the only true source an
origin of faith that is supernatural.
University Life Needs Mary.
If we take universal survey, d
we not find that the intellectual worl
is alienated from God? Powers of tn
intellect can attain their highest pei
lection only in the study of Goo
These powers are employed too fire.
quently to deny God; filled with intel
lectual pride, men refuse to conside
divine benefits. The avowed objec
of all educational institutions is trutl
and the perfection of intellect TIL
fond of the mind is truth Whe]