The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-12-24
THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH.

THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH.
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grows apace God could love Man to dis
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infinite yeang His love the btteres reproach to those
who would scorn the objects OF that love,
says The life Of God vast It COM
happy pp and in it
its myriad forms the material creation Light beau
reve externatng incompatible bliss that Him
M From M flow endless an e o
by the dross anguish the lot Of those
thing that regret this world suddenly wiped take
the remaining happiness and multiply to the highest defe ana
where pain and sorrow are no more
God He did bring with Him that celestial atmosphere to at
destroy all the e of the world He descended quietly with
appearing the of night wrapped all the habilments Of
trying conditions for His
ioyuy selected them His knew Him not
Him their Comfortable quarters furnished for
dog and but the Son of God held of
account than the beasts Of burden
Christ the joys Of heaven broadcast among
they could
day. gain realm whence all bapsed
might learn the way to ali those
that his the kingdom prepared for him
might thoroughly purified This truly, He might have
done another less painful painful Himself well
Others But His divine wisdom chose this particular and
for that reason it is the very best.
The that echoed through the streets of Jerusalem
Easter Sunday repeated year protesting
At time with joy exuao they herald the coming
fegned happiness and the next moment they again to the
Such vacang weakness Man He shouts
and victory day. and the next he ready for the cucfxo
Day every Christian
not merely short period of of exchanging gifts
extending greetings All these external forms the shell
God
but which, unfortunately the majority Of cases.
shell whted sepulcher polished and fair indeed but always
| a sepuleher
To-day the world is still Keeling from it's recent debauch Lead
OF minimizing the evils of national conflicts This hopeful sign
take it. they manesng participation
that spirit which Christmas day pife Not alone nations however
seek not the kingdom of God but their dpcab They
their nefarious works and ambitions with the gloss
veneer Masked from head to toe in mantle Of FEASIBILITY they
seek to deceive possible the scutnizng of God Him
self This the Emo most hod basphem possible to fallen
the servant OF that God Satan sin Of less Nervousness
For such rnegad though they appear fair to the near
sighted Christmas day but another heap up t
souls niqu for they make sacred time to take
holy path whose downward and whose enc
is enveloped in eternal darkness
May the world especially children Of God cleanse its eve
OF the film that obscures the vision of heaven May
aee that On this happy occasion began to flow copous
rents the souls of be umpded channel from tn
OF GOO down into the heart Of humanity May those
have given their allegiance Christ fater their steps bu
continue with high courage even unto the end
the straight path that leads to the coal Of hei
hearts desire and to leading even though her
their being they autary force that is suffcn
remove every difficulty if they but courage faith Thi
has always shown bers and an attendance