Show I ST. ST MARYS MARY'S CHURCH NOTES COMMENTS I a The attendance at the Sunday masses January 17 was quite good many extra people were present at the last mass which was followed by the Devotions to tour Our ur Lady of Perpetual Help The ordination ordination ordina- ordina I tion on of Rev Lawrence P. P Sweeney at atOur atOur atur Our ur Lady of Lourdes Sunday January 24 4 was announced as also that of Rev Rudolph ludolph Daz in St. St Josephs Joseph's Church Ogden same day at 11 1130 30 am a.m. His Excellency Excellency Ex- Ex Bishop Hunt will wUl be the ordaining ordaining or- or daining prelate at Our Lady of Lourdes Church hurch where the assistant altar servers will be Jack and William Sweeney brothers of the new new priest both live at Hailstone Hallstone and are members of St. St Marys Mary's parish Park City Our congratulations t are Eire oer offered t to all n the he members em ers pf f the Sweeney family here herer or r In Salt Lake City Only his eldest brother rother Dr James Sweeney now Sweeney-now ow en rou route oute for the thep U. U S S. Navy y from Philadel- Philadel l- l phi phia hla to French Morocco North Africa Africa- will be un unable ble to att attend nd Parishioners wishing to attend the ceremonies of or ordination c can n attend the ten o'clock mass next Sunday and nd still stUl b be i in time e for or them provided room Is available in inthe inthe the he Lourdes Church which Is hardly likely In view of the numbers from rom Salt Lake City Itself The gospel of last Sunday relates the I story tory of The Wedding Feast Of Of Cana Cans where Our Lord at his mothers mother's bidding changed hanged the water into wine In lavish I quantities for the six stone water Jars I were filled to the brim representing several everal gallons each vessel containing two wo or three measures apiece St. St Johns John's I main purpose In telling this tale was not nota notto I to a instruct us concerning Marys Mary's power of Intercession although it does certainly cerI I Illustrate It to a a. great degree but rather to record a miracle which demonstrated J Jesus Jesus' sus' sus power to meet the e I needs of men and a saying which re revealed revealed re- re something of or His nature and I mission His attitude toward His mother I brings out the truth that as a divine envoy in the exercise of His supernatural I powers he does not act on the Initiative I of men His Ins words are thus thus paraphrased 1 by jy a commentator In matters touch touch- touch touch-I ing ng my charge and the commission of my father for tor pr preaching aching working miracles miracles mir mir- i acles and other graces I must not be tied to flesh and blood As he himself I had lad said at twelve years of age ge when found by his parents In the temple Why have haye you sought me Did y you u not o know that I must be about my fathers father's business His divine mission on earth was never to be bo lost sight of no blood ties bles or their then obligations were to stand in its way hence His cry He that the will of my father tather In He Heaven yen is my mother and brother on earth there the real tie with our Lord to todo todo todo do Gods God's will His mS holy will In all things I I J i and so be In union with him I In a gentler setting we e can picture our Blessed Mother as she eat sat unobtruSively unobtrusively I at this Marriage Feast of ot Cana and watched with a mothers mother's delight the celebration n of a a. young couple possibly possibly pos pos- os' os sibly re relatives entering the solemn pact of matrimony blessed by Our Lords Lord's rd's presence wherein they would d become cooperators Wi with God In lathe the propagation of the race The e powerful intercession of Our Lady Lody with her divine son is arrest- arrest Ing The church for tor her part has been aware of her tremendous influence with God It is such a warm and consoling doctrine ln that at at we wonder d I how Q the nonI non- non I Catholic world can get along without it Perhaps they cant can't picture her at Cana Can a I seeing the flurry in the kitchen as the I servants discover that the wine has run I I I out and that they will not be able to I serve v all the guests Certainly we all have the memories of ot little parties at home where our pw own xi mothers foresaw that the enjoyment would would b be curtailed because of some rall failure e In t the e preparations preparations which mother remembered and took care of without saying a word to any anyone n On that occasion cas on also ls M Mary ry I quietly i made ad her way through the crowds t to her divine sOn son and whispered 1 they h have ve no win wine t From al all e eternity God took countenance of or that simple I phrase and willed tl the ex exception eption i inthe the ord order r He had est established blish d by permitting I His Ins divine son son to w work rk a miracle b before fore I the appointed appoint d time bec because use His rii mother r asked It 1 Down through gh the ages our pur mother Mary has been asking things like that I from her divine divin son even even though we didn't think of them ourselves The centuries centuries cen cen- tunics have been filled with the miracles I 4 of grace as well as external miracles wrought through the intercession of the blessed virgin Is it any wonder then I that the church has taken every possible opportunity of glorifying the virgin I I mother of God Popes and saints have view with one another in extolling her glories and not the least of these has I been our own beloved Pope Pius Plus XIII who has recently announced a special Ma Marian MacIan ian Year during which many many special blessings and indulgences may be gained by all the faithful uI who turn to Mary for help In all their needs For sometime In St. St Marys Mary's parish mentIon has made of the Family COmmunion Communion Communion Com COm- munion Crusade in the hopes that families together may be at the altar rails ralls on Sundays Sunday's now for a word about Its origin It Is a matter of three short years since Arch Bishop Molloy of of Brooklyn New York gave official recognition and s sanction to a movement started by a group of the laity in his diocese A Ac c certain family had practiced group communion com corn munion for thirty five years and the custom was being followed also by other families These lay people Joined together together together to to- to- to gether for the purpose of encouraging the spread of the practice Today the Family I Communion Crusade is nation nation- wide During the Jubilee Year It was honored by the personal blessing of the Holy Father Also it has received the notice and mid approval of the hierarchy in various parts of ot the United States and andIn andin In iii foreign countries The Crusade now has on Its rolls families in every state and in foreign and distant places such as India a New Zealand England and I Hawaii Our own Bishop Hunt wishes it to be II strong in every parish knowing full well the rich source of blessings and over-flowing over fountain of or graces for tor the di diocese cese of Salt Lake City when whenever ver this I crusade flourishes nourishes and waxes strongly Much has been writt written n concerning the disintegration of the present day family unit nit by the forces of secularism and paganism The Family Communion CrUsade Crusade Crusado Cru CrU- sade sado endeavors to strengthen the horn home unit by appealing for for assistance to the Heavenly Father through prayer and use useI of ot the most powerful means the means the reception reception recep recep- I tion of the Holy Eucharist by the family II I group Its motto is ia Family unity through family sanctity family sanctity I through family communion and imitation I tion of the holy family While thou thou- thou thou-j I sands of at families now approach the I sacrament each ench month In keeping with j i I Ithe I the tho spirit of the movement the Crusade Crusade I I I makes its special effort eUort yearly in con con- Continued on rap rage Five con I |