Evening star., 1941-06-27
By the Associated Press.

gettable days. Wishing to become q
brother to us, the eternal Son of
God took unto Himself human flesh
and blood; that same flesh and blood
He leaves for us, to be the food of
our soul, so that we may become His
brothers, and if brothers, co-heirs of
God through Him (Cfr. S. Joannis |
Chrysost. N. "Johannen" homily |
46, No. 3, Migne "Patrolgia Graeca,"
tome &c. column 261)
Come From All Directions.
You have come, venerable BROTH
ers and dear children, from North
and South. from East and West of
the vast United States, from Can
ada. from Mexico and from the is
lands Of the Caribbeans. Our be-
loved son, the Cardinal Archbishop
of Philadelphia, has presided over
your gatherings in our name, and
ss our legate has brought us, as it
were. vlslbly present among you.
You have knelt in fervent PRAYER
before the tabernacle Of your hidden
God; you have raised your eyes and
bowed your heads in alteration be-
fore the sacred host exposed in the
priceless monstrance. But you
know that the bread and wine of
our sacrifice Of the new law has
not been transubstantiated into the
body and blood of Christ to find a
resting place in tabernacle or lu.
nette. No host is ever consecrated but
that 1t should find at last its way into
the breast OF man, and so during
THESE days as our thoughts have
taken frequent flight TO your Twin
Cities on the upper reaches of Pere
Marquette, father of streams, where
we had once the pleasure of visiting
our venerable brother. your devoted
archbishop-we seemed to see in
vision thousands, yes, tens of thou
sands, OF our dear children reverent-
ly. fervently receiving from the con-
secrated hands of Gods priests the
body and blood Of their Lord and
Master, their God and Redeemer.
The nations of the world are
there; there are no people of Eu-
rope but has children of its own
blood there among you: Asia, Africa,
Australia; and we see our dear
Negro children and our dear Indians
are there, all partaking of the one
victim Of Golgotha, all entering into
union with the Godhead through
Christ Jesus. who then abides in
them through His holy spirit.
Same Body for ALI.
o sacrament of tender love, o
sign Of unity! o bond of charity!
Exclaimed st. Augustine Gin joan
mis- Evang, tract rs. column 6, No.
13) and the jealous apostle of
the gentiles, whose honored name
your city has borne for just 100
years, has taught a divinely in
spired truth in these words: For
We. though we be many, are one
bread. one body, all that partake of
one bread" Il Corinthians, I'D,
For what gives the bread?" asked
st. John Crysostom. THE body of
Christ. And what do they become
who partake of this? The body
Christ; not many bodies, but one
body there is not one body
for thee, and another for thy
neighbor to be rourished by, but
the very same for all" Tin Epistle
One to the Corinthians, homily "a.
No. 2, Migne Patrologia Graeca,
tome 81. column 200.)
Yes, the sacrament Of our affairs
Is a source OF union which tran
scends all the accidents Of history,
all the diversifying traits and pc
cullarities which have divided our
scattered human family into dn-
ferent groups. 1t re-consecrates, 1t
elevates, 1t sanctifies that union
which our common nature and our
universal destiny proclaims. It
purifles that love which every hu-
man heart should cherish for all
his fellowmen that love which
quickens our zeal to come to the
spiritual and moral rights of our
fellowman-it deepens that love and
steadies 1t, so that no whitening
blast may make it droop and die.
BY this shall all men know that
you are my disciples. If you have
love one for another" Goann.
1889 and if through holy COM
munion we become one with Christ.
how can we fail to love all men, for
whose love Christ died on a cross?
Current of Black Paganism.
1t is Saint Augustine who has
expressed the sublime and awful
truth so tersely, when writing of
the blessed sacrament. "If you
have received worthily, you are
what you have received" (Ser-
mon 227-Migne Patrologia Latina,
tome 38, column 1,099). Saint
Thomas, following him, tells us
that we are transformed into Christ
(exposit-in epistle one to the
Corinthians, chapter 10, lecture
a and venerable brothers and
early beloved children, it is a VIC
tim we have received; 1t is into a
victim we are changed. Well may
you ask, what elements of victim
hood are to be found in your lives.
And 1t was eninently fitting that
you should have proposed as a SUBJ
ject to be discussed in the youth
section of your congress:
"Christ's Sacrifice and the I'M
portance of Personal Sacrifice"
Sacrifice, especially self-Sacrifice, is
an essential element in the life of
victim. Early explorers record in
their relations their utter amaze
ment at the mighty current that
sweeps down the Mississippi River.
There is stronger current Of black
paganism sweeping over peoples
today, carrying along in its onward
rush newspapers, magazines, moving
pictures, breaking down the bar
riers Of self-respect and decency,
undermining the foundations Of
Christian culture and education.
OnlV a yolIng man and woman of