The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-12-09
N HONOR OF OUR LADY IMMACULATE
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AOI, ohCc III GOu > FrOVlQonCo TO dnt1C1-
pate the voice of the infallible Church?
In this matter, did he not relinquish
into the hands of Scotus, the torch Of
Christian tradition which was passed.
on through the ages to our time? It
is worthy of note that it is the glory
of Scotus, since left uncrowned by
the Churchill with the zeal of the
Crusaders about him, he took up the
devotion of the people and turning
his back upon the schools cried out,
Occult, potuit, ergo fecit."' Gods
Mother should be Immaculate, God can
preserve her Immaculate, God has
preserved her Immaculate. All, my
friends, God alone is great! His ways
are unsearchable. To the astonish-
nlent of the world he sometimes en-,
Pploys the weakest instruments. the.
humblest means, a combination Of cir-R
cumstances that appears most strange
or most inadequate to the human
mind, to work out His Eternal de-
signs. God alone is great
| Devotion to Mary immaculate.
! said the definition of the Inns;
rnaculate Conception was, also re-
ward of faith. Small wonder faithful
Christians" the world over sent up
hymn Of joy, second Magnificent, as
1t We're, in honor of the Queen of all
saints. The devotion to the I'm
maculate Conception of Mary may be-
said to have blossomed in the hearts
OF the people from the earliest times.
In the period of which have just been
speaking, those in the Church, who
for enc reason or another opposed the.
doctrine began gradually under the
influence Of the subtle Doctor, the
herald of the people, to retire to their
lecture halls. From this time onward
the faithful began to cultivate with
continued fervor a special devotion to.
Mary under the title Of the I'm
maculate One. The process OF clari-!
fication under the guidance of the
Church moved onward. None might
resist that Qualification, that torrent
OF light and love, guided by the Holy
Spirit, until as early as the sixteenth
century, in the words of Peter
Canisius, we find very few opposed
to 1t, and those who opposed were
ashamed to speak, openly. Although
the world had to wait nearly two.
centuries before Plus the ninth,
formally declared Mary Immaculate.
let us not forget that already in the.
sixteenth century another Plus hark-.
ening to the cry of his people, a Plus
a saint on the altar of Church, had
already made the feast OF the Inn
maculate a holy day for the entire
Church. No wonder, repeat, that the
people rejoiced IN this the peoples
dogma, the reward of patient, Faith.
But more than all this, my: friends
Mary's divine maternity is especially,
Illustrated by her privilege Of the I'M
nlaculate Conception. What can / say.
more than that she is the Mother of
Jesus Christ! describe at one stroke
her wonderful role, in the divine;
economy of salvation. The word
.decuit'' of the jealous Franciscan
| struggles for expression; she should
be immaculate! From the beginning
lthe Fathers of the Church and the
doctors of the Church have recalled.
lJeremias and John the Baptist. IL
lJeremias was made holy in the womb
because he was to be prophet 4; if
John who was only to precede him
was sanctified from BIRTH. we viii
Isurely claim more for her who was
to bear him. Or again, il the soul
stained by the slightest touch of sin
must be purged ere it behold the inn
maculate God, surely we will claim
more for her who was, to be united
lin a union which synb0lizes the com.
munion of the Divine Persons them
selves an exemption more extraordi5
nary. The glory Of the child is re-
! fiected in the parent and the shame
LOT the parent must over4shadow the
child. Jesus might suner much in