The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-06-24
Pope Addresses Great Congress

and recognizes. It is in the worship
of this sacrament that souls become
kinder and humble themselves again
in adoring and in thanksgiving, in
propitiating and prayer before the
majesty of God. 1t is for this sacra-
ment that all sit around the same holy
table and feel they are truly breth-
rem, the great and the humble, mas
ters and servants, rulers and subjects.
Peace That God Alone Can Give.
Peace, that peace which all seek for
and are still seeking, because it has
not yet returned to us, lowering in a
pure fight above afflicted society, that
peace which the world cannot give be-
cause it has nothing else to offer than
benefits unworthy of the human heart
and insufficient to satisfy it-that is
the peace which alone Christ in His
sacrament can bestow.
You have invited Him, and He
comes to you; you have come from all
parts of the world and He welcomes
you. He interrupts the silence of His
tabernacles; He comes again to re-
main with men. And 10, peace reigns
true peace, not shadow only, but the
living reality of this peace that the
world cannot give nor, thank God,
can take away.
You constitute true peace, you who
have come from all parts of the
world and from all countries, where,
until yesterday terrible war ragged.
You come, all of you, forgetting the
past, mindful only of the bonds Of
union which link together beings in
the faith and the charity of Jesus
Christ. My dear daughters of the In
ternational Catholic Women's Fedora
tions have already given the vivid sign
of these events. Always foremost the
Catholic women, at the Sepulchre, as
at the foot of the cross. >
Now you have followed them in i'm
posing multitudes, in magnificent
solemn concourse, also representing
all those who have followed in spirit,
you who are eager to repose upon this
soil sanctified by the blood of martyrs,
in this Rome which by Divine will is
the country of all Christian souls
wherever they be, under whatever lati-
tude they may be imploring God for
true peace.
Gods Return to Society.
Welcome all of you to the House of
your Father, to the house of Gods
Vicar on earth; the house of peace,
of an effective peace, of that peace
| of which all feel more or less intense
ly the need some in the complete
light of faith, some in the instinct
| which seeks for salvation where alone
it can be found, all in the same con.
scious or unconscious recognition OF
| the necessity of the return of society
| to God, of Gods return to society.
And God will return, you will force
Him to return, you will open to Him
the doors of your heart and soul, OF
| your families and of your countries
All the doors will be opened by the
/ mild power of your faith and the
beneficial example of your piety.
L
ed. Your presence gives us already
this consoling assurance; already
see you in splendid procession
/ across the historic streets of the
Eternal City, and in the midst of yol
proceeds the Immortal King of Ages
You have done violence to the Hear
of God, you have obliged Him to come
forth from His tabernacles. Ant
He proceeds and He reigns il
your hearts, and owing to yo,
He reigns everywhere. He viii
pass in the midst of your procession
through the streets with their mem
ories of Christian events and thoughts
He will pass and see anew the site
where the martyrs shed their blood
He will see by your glorifying Hin
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