The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-11-01

REV. sDR. R. F. MOORE,
 Rector of Sacred Heart Church. Bishop Milan addressing himself to the children, said:
 My dear little children. you all. am sure, know what has happened to you. You learned in your Cate i chism what this sacrament of con- hrmatIon is. We know what signs are. They tell us something of what | a thing is. Signs of prayer, signs of | faith, these are things that tell us something about the person or the | thing. A sacrament is sign first. It l IS a peculiar sign, not made by man, | but made by God, and made by God | in such way that no one else can tamper with it. It must always come rom God. No man, no priest, no bishop, no Pope can make a sacra- ment, because only God can give the grace sof these sacraments, using the word, the voice, the hand of the priest or bishop They are instituted by God, not for the good of the body, but for the good of the soul
 Little children. God alone knows what is good for the soul, because He knows what He has made, He knows what the dangers are for it. Little children, God gives each one the graces he needs for his soul just when needed. God instituted the sacra- ment sfor the good of the soul so that we could strive in some way ito get closer to God.
 Little children, God could give these fayors of the soul without any sign,
 but He knows we can only understand by signs. We want to see something with our eyes. That is the way we appreciate the wonders of the world. How great and wonderful must be JG fRr~<,rr
 ing those things to our senses, comes
 to us in His sacraments. He knows
 us better than anyone else. He knows | Just how to spea kto us. He asks us
 10 open our eyes and our ears and
 then puts before US His sacraments,
 and lets us know what He is to do. | for our souls
 some time ago you were baptized
 and as sign the priest poured water
 on your head and said: 'I baptize
 thee in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost The wash
 ing of the head is a sign of the cleans
 ing of the soul
 That is the first sacrament. If God
 called you right after that, you would
 be with God forever, but God knows
 you need other helps for your souls so
 lie has prepared in his church other
 sacraments. Now, little children. try
 to think how much better it was to
 make those sacraments and to give the
 s1gn III such way that you would all
 understand 1t. He might have sent an
 angel from Heaven or have sent good
 man to tell us, but little children yo,.
 read III your catechism that He didn t
 do any of those things, but He came
 down Himself without his majesty and
 without the brilliance that surrounds
 Him, without the choirs of angels. That
 IS the meaning of the word i'll your
 catechistn that God became man.
 He came, little children, not as a grown man but as a child. He was SC
 anxious for each of us to understand
 He knew prehaps some of you little children would say that He came for the wait until l am big and then I can Iean ot God That is the reason, little children, God came down and made h1mselt smaller than any of you. SC . that you could say "He is a baby, can take Him i'll my arms, He loves me and He wants me to come to Him. 7 You have received another sacra
 ment. Confirmation is the strengthen |. ing of the soul God knows that by, r. and bye you will meet bad people ii d the world, people who never speak O f God, nor do they wants anyone else [, . ,.- speak of Him.
 J. He wants you to live with Him il n His beautiful Heaven and to know Hin r and love Him forevermore. Now, littl S children, you want to go there, back t :, God. What will keep you back? I d your soul is filthy, God doesn't want ii t If 1t is dishonest, you cannot ente n Heaven. If 1t is blasphemous, it coul n not be that Heaven would have sue $ one. How can you avoid that? Tn e voice of God, little children says Nc d don't do that Don't go near ths e bad man or woman, or boy or girl D. Don't go near those places where the n show bad pictures or where you hea r. bad words" Is that because Co g. wants to deprive you of pleasure N, D. It IS because He wants to teach yo ,r the real pleasure, to prepare you fo Is pleasure with God forevermore.
 ID Little children, try to remember ths le the Spirit of God is with you and wi of always stay. He will warn you, 1ste n to Him He will speak through yot y parents, listen and obey. He~ wi D. He will speak to you when you pra IS and when you receive Holy Communio Id When He tells you that something ly wrong or is, dangerous, obey Him. at God wants you so badly that He ry willing to come down and be close 1e you, so you won't have to call loud
 for Him. How do you speak to Goo ss want, but he likes to hear you ask Hir w and he likes to know what you war ry Little children, God wants you oh love Him and do what He says becau a you love Him. Little children, spe; ed to God when you pray and ask hum ng help you. Sometimes His answer W he be, You are i'll danger, keep away" n- Little children, keep evil out of yo ve minds. Listen to the voice of co -a- science, Do not forget your prayer in There Is no surer way away from C. er- than neglect of prayer. He will gui Ut. you and warn you and hold you clo by to Him if you pray to Him. He h an a place for you in Heaven. He II ce, marked it for you. Do you not wa lis it? Don't let anybody have your pIat
 Run away from danger, come clos ng to God, confess when you are wror ew receive Holy Communion frequent, th l At 2 -aa l., tI,e e.Nrinc the Sae.