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ST MARYS MARY'S CHURCH NOTES COMMENTS I I Sunday last lost Nov 22 22 Twenty-fourth Twenty after Pentecost finished the church churchs liturgical year now now we we approach another division of the Ecclesiastical calendar I known as The Holy Season of Advent or the coming of the Christ Child on onEarth onEarth onEarth I Earth over nineteen hundred years ago The gospel of Sunday Nov 22 Is a prophecy made by our Lord Himself of the he last day the end of the world I When you see the abomination of desolation des des- des 1 I Jesus said to His Hla Disciples which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet prophet prophet pro pro- I phet standing In the holy place place let let him who reads understand understand then then let I I those who are In Judea flee to the I I mountains and let him who is on the I housetop not go down to take anything I from his nl house and let him who is In Inthe Inthe n the field not turn back to take his cloak Matt 24 15 1535 And further on on In this thu gospel we read Amen I say to you this generation will not pass away till all these things have been accomplished accomplished which part undoubtedly refers to the destruction of the City of Jerusalem Jerusalem Jerusalem Jeru Jeru- salem which did take place with the fiercest fiendish cruelty In the year 70 A A. A D. D some forty years later Indeed Christians who heard our Lord uttering the above prophecy personally were warned and enabled to escape the slaughter by fleeing In good time to Pella beyond the Jordan and other places In fact having lived through It safely they some how got the idea that the end of the world foretold In the first part of the gospel would follow at atthe atthe atthe the end of ot their own century A A. A D. D This gave cave rise to a Christian community living together the first church Communism Communism Communism Com Com- and end also doomed to failure Abuses galore crept In clearer teaching showed the early Christians that about the date of Christs Christ's second coming the th e day of judgment for all mankind theris there ther e Is la nothing definite Our Lord knew when It would take place since lIe He possessed all knowledge but He lie refused refuse d to tell even His own apostles when the y asked Him about it Instead lie He urge d them as lie urges us to watch and pray to act as if U we expected that day ver verj y yr soon soon Live every day as If 1 It were you r i last and you shall not sin Next Sunday Nov 29 brings us th the e season of Advent most mysterious mos most t misunderstood yet most beautiful of althe all al the seasons of the church year The Th e I whole idea of Advent has been obscured and lost sight of every every- I I I I I I I I I I where except In the Liturgy of the Church which preserves in all Its splendor dor der the ancient significance of this time and reflects It with entrancing variety throughout the offices and masses of the theRoman theRoman theRoman Roman breviary and missal For Advent celebrates the coming of the Lord who brings redemption In His hand and it longs for the complete triumph of His redeeming work which will take place only at the end of time It is conceived in the pages of Liturgy on a scale much more moie vast than the popular conception of Advent as the preparation for the coming of Christ the Redeemer would have us think The Jews of old were not prepared for forI I 1 Christs Christ's coming on earth they were In InI darkness they were asleep So St. St Paul I bids us in the epistle of the thc first bunday Sun bun un- un day of Advent to awaken from the th e e t e slumber rise from sleep cast of darkness darkness darkness dark dark- I ness and be ready to put on Christ Brethren Understand for It Is now the hour for us to rise from sl p be beI because benow be- be I cause now our salvation Is nearer than when we came to believe The night is far advanced the day Is la at hand Let us u. therefore lay aside aalde the works of darkness dark dark- ness flees and put on the armor of ot light Letus Let Letus Letus us walk becomingly as In the day not In revelry and drunkenness not in debauchery debauchery debauchery de de- and wantonness not in n strife and jealousy Rom 13 11 1114 Our attention in the Liturgy of this Sunday is called to the second coming of Christ St. St Paul himself does not know when It t will take place but he knows that It will certainly come to pass We must prepare for It by giving up all the works of darkness and behave as enlightened Christians Darkness here symbolizes evil as light symbolizes good During Advent we we should like St St. John the Baptist fight earnestly against sin relying not on ourselves ourselves ourselves our our- selves but on the grace of God and andI I lit striving riving to bring ourselves under the Influence of this grace the grace the one thing necessary In honor of Thanksgiving Day mass r will be celebrated on Thursday Thurmay Nov ov 26 20 at 9 o'clock In the morning to which all al our parishioners and friend are kindly Invited No worthier manner of 1 returning thanks to God Cod on this day dayt 11 could be found than by attendance at atI l' l church Services in many may churches i throughout this country will be held on j Thursday next Not by bread alone does I I 1 Continued on Page Five St. St Marys Mary's Church Notes Comments Continued from Page Pa One man live the spiritual side needs nourIshment nourishment nourishment nour nour- dally daily hence the the necessity necessity in allour all allour allour our national celebrations to render first the he highest honor due to God the giver ot of if all good gifts gUts to man and naturally this his need Is fulfilled by being present at a II religious service The story of the Pilgrim fathers' fathers flight first to Holland Hollands Is s well known what Is not so well pointed point point- ed d out Is that Nit It all happened in the tiie reign of ot King James I of England who ruled from 1603 to 1625 He was of ot the Episcopalian Church was In his own attachment to a church ruled by a Hierarchy proven by his own cry No BIshops no Kings One system maintained maintained maintained main main- the other and believing In the divine right of at himself as a king we can understand his kingly hatred for tor all non conformists to which the Puritans II our Pilgrim Fathers belonged Their I faith alth was of 01 a calvinistic color confirmed confirm confirm- confirm I I ed cd more strongly by their residence In inthe i ithe I the Netherlands What persecution they they suffered In England under the Stuart I i iRule Rule was slight In comparison to what I the Catholics underwent In the same Bame period of ot history and for lor long years af at- at The teachings of Calvin were pretty narrow they divided all men In Into Into into In- In to the elect members of ot their own creed and the non-elect non which embraced all others The founders lounders of ot our country found freedom in a new land to practice their religion according to their own lights it was a strange age In the story of ot early America with so many holding the same tenets of ot belief beller conditions among themselves ran smoothly With the ar arrival arrival arrival ar- ar rival of thousands of other emigrants of ot different creeds the fight for tolerance tolerance tolerance toler toler- ance began that Is still shaping itself in this mighty nation of ot ours where the foundations were laid by those Pilgrim Pilgrim Pilgrim Pil Pil- grim pioneers of 1620 The up build-up of at this nation demanded Herculean efforts with the Declaration of at and the up drawing of the constitutions freedom was on the march the release from Imperial restraint swung to an In Intense Intense intense In- In tense Individualism that is a mark hall-mark of at life lite In the states today No longer any royalty nor regal egal pomp to bother I citizens of ot a new land that set up a glorious democracy free and led far beyond the dreams of Spartan citizenship In Ancient Greece from which the very term and Idea of ot democracy democracy demo- demo cracy had been borrowed The funeral of at Mr John J J. J Ryan took place on Friday Nov 20 last High Requiem mass was celebrated at 10 am a.m. toll followed owed by the last blessings and pan- pan pani i i in which the gentle ways of the deceased were commented on He was 1 I natures nature's gentleman in which all his kindly elements were so mixed that one i j I might say here was a II man to be proud of ot i Attending the services were his sister i Mrs James Ross her daughter Mrs Hugh Duffey DuHey and her husband Mrs j i Harry Ryan from Ogden representing I II I her husband Ill in St. St Benedicts Benedict's hospital hos- hos hosi i I I pital and Mrs Annie Kearns and her brother The cortege leaving St. St Marys Mary's on conclusion of at the rites made Its way I to Park City cemetery where the last I prayers were said at the grave duly I blessed In accordance to the Liturgy of ot the chun chur h h. I Owing to the change in date date for lor our ourI future monthly social we again remind I all our friends that Thursday Dec 17 Is the next occasion a pre Christmas I party to which we invite all to come I I Something new will be the display of ot religious articles suitable for tor use and I gUts gilts at the Christmas time also articles i of handwork and crochet of at I at the recent bazaar yet beautifully i done by y expert donors and sure to be I up snapped by our clients at very reasonable reasonable rea rea- prices Mrs Mra Mary I will contact all the necessary helpers Ind in hood good d time she hopes that Thursday I may prove a better evening for tor people i to come hence the move from Mondays Monday's i I when many the men especially had other meetings to attend We do appeal to more of ot them to be present on Dec 17 next The football season is giving away to I basketball Already preparations for tor contests con COI tests of ot teams are being made St St. Marls Mans MansIs is pretty sure of ot a II Junior squad for the G C C. Y O. O league and tournament but to toi i get together a Senior team may be a aI aI I little more difficult The meeting to determine what parishes will compete will b be held in the K C C. C hall Salt Lake I City on Nov 30 by which state date ate It Is U hoped all our difficulties may be ironed out ou Basketball season Is the best of I I the year competing in the C. C Y O 0 O. O league lea lea- I gue gue means on many Sundays Sunday's to Salt Lake City for tor the team and pastor It n Is exertion to arise and go but fin tin finally ally its it's worth It all to win out and bring honor to our little city We fortunately fortunately fortun fortun- have uniforms for tor Seniors and I Juniors but I do feel teel that warm warm-up I Jackets are very ery much needed by both bothI I I teams By Ily running a few tew socials our ourI boys I can and will possess them too St. St Marys Mary's hall hell will be available for lor such lIuch t I parties parties at any time I By this time the Catholic Salt Lake hake drive ha hat has obtained its Ita Ideal amount of ot In honor of ot HI m. m Excellency Bishop Hunt who will now be able to i realize his lifes life's ambition to build more schools In Salt Lake City This huge amount in pledges speaks In excellent terms for tor his people who are determined ed to provide Catholic education for their children many of whom could not hitherto find find- place In the existing Catholic schools in that city We hasten to congratulate the Rev Father Mark Benvegnu on his hie new appointment appointment ap up- ap- ap as first aS assistant at the the- Cathedral of ot the Madeleine Salt Lake Lake- City Father Benvegnu has connection with our own Park City where once he he- dwelt In his student days In St. St Marys Mary's rectory He then worked at the King I mine and has ever since shown his deep interest in the welfare of ot this city |
