New Britain herald., 1924-05-26

presence among men reminds us that
 the Church. operating within it's walls,
 civilizes, sanctifies, opens Heaven.
 Your church ciNilizcs because from
 Catholic p'Ilpit. error will never be
 dispensed. Now error just because it
 is the offspring Of satan produces evil.
 It fattcrs the corrupt heart of man in
 order 10 gain the small gifts of his
 hand. It coddles h,s debascd mind
 ard heart in order to enjoy his tenn poral benefits but from the church pulpit civilization will flow h"caUne
 truth will ever hc held Hu like a ! lriGht mirror before your eyes where-
 by you may distinguish right from
 wrong. nobility from bascncss. world-
 ly mindedncss-- Nhich St. AmbroS', long ago called the giIded name for
 organism of manners wCrldlinpss
 from that other worldliness hintcd in .
 the gospel words: our conNCrsation is |.
 in i'caVcn.' Nour Catholic pulpit in ! this church will he solid. permanent
 thing so as 10 remind you that your
 teaching viii be the Papa and Ro-
 man, because Christ ordained it so:
 that your teaching will be Episcopal
 because the bishops in their given
 territories are the legitimate reprcscn-
 tativcs of the Pope throughout tho
 world: your teaching will be parochial
 because y0ur good pastur--Whom may
 God long Sparc.-and his successors
 will not preach in th" lofty words of
 human wisdom hnt because leGitin- atciy sent by the bishop as men hay ing authority
 TO every Catholic, Christ Jesus is the all and all. We positively refuse to believe in any of the modern make shifts. created by n proud generation ,, to usurp his place. We accept His truths. and His alone for He is yer ily the Son of God. We refuse to ( talk oNcr any other way, since He, | snd T am the Way, the y Truth, and the Life; no one cometh V to the Father but through Me We ! rc fuse to live our lives for any VthA C since it is His ambition that we have [ fife and have it more abunda ntly,' not c indeed the physical life Of the body. | ,ut the life hid with Christ and God Without this cornerstone, without V 'hrist. individual life would become a s ucre chip. tossed on tho surging sea l! ,r opinion. Individual life without Il ,hrist would be merely a series of ti luick moral transformations and ad- W ustmcnts. Individual life without | 'hrist would merely become a moan n rucliling to those passing whims of W he hour, foisted upon the world by " nen, who are eGotists. when not pure d Individual life with h ut Christ would be a bleak. drab ol hing, bounded by earthly horizons, Ia without hope, without real motives, tl noral power, without an adequate bl to force us to sacrifice our o' elves for the sake of the brethren M hat blessed cornerstone bears on it's fo utward face the sign Of the cross as to to remind the passcrby that just flt s christ's life would have been in rownless if crossless, so the individ- fla al's life must be crownless if crosa- fo .ss cn
 "fhc community of Bristol passing re efore this cornerstone. if it have any pr yo to soc at all cannot but recognize SC nat without Christ as a solid rafter DC ,r society there can be no such Ei ling ns cihie welfare. civic progress,
 iyic helpfuness for men, who want
 fuller and better lfe. This, then,
 the triple message Of the corner pr lone, blessed today, a message 10 ar le individual. 10 the family. 10 so- pl cty al large. at
 And for you. parishioners Of old mi {. Joseph's, this cornerstone will re- eri lI tho work that has gone to mak- or g. not only on this day, but also 10 tn,