The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-15

cIETY PRESENT AT MAMMOTH
CELEBRATION - ARCHBISHOP
MUNDELEIN OF THAT CITY PRE-.
SIDED.
@ He humbled Himself becoming
obedient unto death even to the death
of the cross. Wherefore God also hath
exalted Him and hath given Him a
name which is above all names. That
In the name of Jesus every knee
Should bow of those that are in heav.
en-, on earth and under the earth. And
that every tongue should confess that
the Lord Jesus is in the glory of God
the Father philippians II, SILL
1T is hard to realize that the hand
which wrote this splendid confession
OF faith in Christ as God, this conf
dent prophecy of Christ's ultimate tri-
umph on the earth which had cruci-
lied Him, was itself weighted with a
chain and in all likelihood trembled
with the prisoners bond to which he
makes so many references in this epis-
tie. Yet the disparity between the
Church of Paufs vision and the
Church of PauPs time, marvellous as
it is, as witnessing to his faith and
courage has in more or less degree
been found in all the ages of Christen-
dom. That every, knee should bow,
that every tongue should confess the
Lord Jesus is the, Apostles interpreta-
tion of the accomplishment of that
stupendous program, outlined on, the
Mountain of 1.-The Ascension when
Christ bade eleven unlettered. fisher.
men go teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost
The climax and the completion and
the meaning of all creation is the In
carnation, of the Son of God. The
program of the. ages is the. realization
of this divine plan. All history turns
upon it, yet faith alone discovers it.
The Church, with all her powers, sup:
ported as she is by the indwelling
presence of her divine Founder exists
but to express it. Until the end she
shall labor for this alone, that every
knee of those on earth should bow in
the name of Jesus and every tongue
should confess that the Lord Jesus is
in the glory of God the Father
OF Ordinary Minds.
'Yet sublime as is her mission, her
agents are but men of ordinary minds
and ordinary ability and ordinary
spirit. They must accomplish their
work normally unaided by miracle, un
constrained by the divine interference
Though st. Paul's faith saw the Church
of his dream triumphant, he was on
the other hand brought into the sharp
realization of it's restitution and its
difficulties in his own sore trials and
distress. Five wasted years in prison
found him weary, but unbroken in
spirit and courage. He would fair
be dissolved and be with Christ, q
thing by far the better, yet for the
sake of his children begotten to him
in Christ he would gladly spend an6
be spent until the end. Little consola
;tion did he receive from the message
thattcame to him from afar-they tolt
of the dissensfons, the vain glory anc
the scandals existing among his be
loved converts and of the wolves, Of
| as he describes them in his letter, tht
dogs. that howled among them seeking
to devour their new found faith, 81
that he prayed he might become a vic
tim and a sacrifice for their faith.
s'Yet his courage did not fail him
The day Of the Lord would surel.
come and Christ either would be ac
cepted as Master by the elect or rec
ognized as Judge on the Last Day
Had the guard to whom. he was chain
ed been, able, to read the Greek of thi
| Epistle doubtless he would hav
thought Paul mad as once Festus di,
| in Cesarea to, dream that there Shout,
| ever come a day when His, Master
name would be honored by men. ii
the ages to come he would hay
Il LuOuSAS, SdcSdl. Will 'otal mdAutdlu Ii
line in eternal Rome, still rule tn
world by victorious legions, still, hol
revel in some golden house like Nero's
but as for this Crestus, as Suetoniu
calls Him, and for these Pauls, sour
of the earth, homeless, and houseles
wanderers, the gibbet of Calvary an
the headsman's sword at some milk
stone outside of Rome will be. Cat
sar's effective and final answer I.
''Yet the soldier. would have bee
wrong in denying and Paul right i
claiming the ages for Christ. Caesa
is long since dead and Rome col
tserves her eternity only because th
throne of a Fisherman is seated o
/ the Vatican Hill where the Fisherma
died for Christ.
| Strives Against Same Obstacles.
"The Church of all the ages po
sesses the same faith, attempts tt
same program, experiences the san
difficu1ties and strives against the o
! stacles as St Paul did. AS he used a
u his gifts OF mind and heart In b,
service and in the discharge Of h
ministry neglected nothing that his q
I ucation or experience or intelligen,
might contribute to further that his
cause, SO in all ages and times Il