The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
Golden Jubilee
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ed by the precious blood that flows
from the sacred mounds of Christ.
And so ChriSt'S mission, Christs work,
ChriSt's Holy Priesthood remains for
ever and it is a common property so to
say of every child and man. Eternal
happiness is the result of the Catholic
Priesthood. No wonder therefore that
Christ, our Lord, said, 30, l am with
you all days even unto the consumma-
ton of the world" No wonder that
he said, 81 will not leave you" He is
the ever present Priest He is the ever
present God. And so the functions of
the Holy Priesthood were never to
cease. 1t was to remain for all time ;
to cleanse the sinful, to sanctify all
those whose eyes are turned to God,
in perpetuating His Mission and His
Priesthood. He is the son of God; al
so the dispenser of the power that he
has received from the Father. "As the
Father has sent me, so | send you"
$50, Ye, therefore, to the ends of the
earth teaching all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
"Whosoever shall receive you, receiveth
Me; whatsoever shall spurn you, shall
spurn Me; he that heareth you, heareth
Me" and he endows them with power;
"whose sins We shall forgive, they are
forgiven them and whose sins We shall
retain, they are retained"
At the last supper, He gave them
the other great power, that of offer
ing the sacrifice of the Mass. His own
body, blood t. God the Father in pro-
pitiation for our sins saying "DO this
for a commemoration of me-" In
spite of the comforting of these great
powers upon His Priests, He knew that
man would always, because of his
shortcomings be tempted and prefer
to fall back on his own weak intellect
rather than seek refuge in the word Of
God.
He knew something of the various
difficulties which would come to those
whom He chose and sent into the
world. He knew that there would never
be peace; that there never would be
rest; that his home would never be at
ease and lie told them that He sent
them into the world, but in spite of all,
beloved, He as the High Priest, His
Mission, His work, His gospel, and His
redemption must be perpetuated to the
end of time. Truly the story of His
gospel the story of the early Martyr
dom, of the sufferings and death of
His Missionaries throughout the cen
turtles in the different lands of the
earth, all this is enough to appall any
but the mind divine.
In the story of the Waterloo Battle,
believe the last of the old guards was
called to surrender. His answer was
the guard does not surrender, he dies
Dearly beloved, the Priest of Christ
neither surrenders nor dies, This work
must 90 on.
1t was in the year 1872, I believe,
that our Bishop Henri laid his con
secraling hands upon him that he
might possess all the honor, all the
dignity and all the power of the Holy
Priesthood Fifty years have passed
by and he is still well preserved, still
in full possession of his faculties, Fifty
years, dearly beloved, of Priesthood,
claiming our respect, claiming our af-
fections, claiming our gratitude, de-
handing Of us just tribute of one
who has so worthily discharged the du-
ties of this office. And, dearly be-
loved, | have before me his standing
at the altar from day to day. | have
him before my eyes in that Confession
al which was for many years the place
of his labor; many q son and many q
falling soul and many a pilgrim found
IL him a kind Father, a sympathetic
and gentle admontor have him be-
fore me as from day to day during
these fifty years teaching the children,
presenting to them as it were type
that spoke to them of Christ among
the little ones. ! have him before me
as the quiet, sincere, earnest, faithful
servant, responsive at all times to the
call Of the duties of the Priesthood.
lie is indeed before us today on the
50th anniversary Of his ordination. lie
was true lsraelite in whom there was
no guile Father Peil was quiet and