St. Louis College Bulletin (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 3, Ed. 1, December 1921 Page: 4 of 12
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ST. LOUIS COLLEGE BULLETIN
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all
love
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it ’ his
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release. ’’ " ‘The mass pro.
And with His Father work us aHtic .soIr~ "
perpetual peace.” ' G
Then let us I hank (lie HeavcnlvW
bather from all our hearts oil!®
Christmas morn for this great boon.®
Jp ,.us. pp happy and trulv merrvHi
on (hat bossed day, as the poet cn-Bi
joins, and endeavor Io be of tiioK
number of those of whom the holvlffi
nfeht- SanS °n lh° firsl Christmasl|
“Glory to God in (he highest. B Wterh^
And peace to mon of god will.” B middle “
A CHRISTMAS HOME-COMING
n„?iI?e1litt,c villag0 nf Mon Pierre!
inJ' among mountains and beet-
hng erags. All the beauties 1
melt resqun Switzerland had
shXevallePy°n U,iS litt,c
In the dar
a gentleman
buried in his
fashionable
did not belo
evidently hai
on the eastei
The Brotlii
the arm, air
his head froi
look met tl:
deep sufferii
countenance.
Father Thee
The reply \
and the B
him. A few
tottering old
Father T
Herman Ret
gentleman’s
home some
only too wel
his room.
Herman si
Father, and
passed abovi
left. He tok
the fabulous
said the sigl
receiving th
time, had re
when he hai
in that very
whole life w
Tn the li
Theodorus a
of sinning i
trite heart,
his mother
him contin
years. He '
of the povi
her when he
The old r
recognize he
the door of
Herman the
he spoke, sh
and wept wi
for His Ghri
house was
wife and I
came to gla
aged mo the)
One Sun
months late
covered in 1
know wher
but Father
“Wonderful
frames permitted, Lake part in the
noisy gaieties of the youthful roust-
a-bouts.
Truly, Christmas has a rathen
mysterious charm all its own. It
drives away all traces of envy from
the fireside, all jealousy and inclin-
ations of revenge from associates
and companions. What human hand
will not extend itself in forgiveness
of past injuries? Who will not be
prepared to strengthen friendship’s
bond anew by a bestowal of some
kindness? And who can bear to for-
get the poor, Christ’s own, on
day, when the Saviour Hin
enriched with His blessings
wretched earth, sin-soiled and
saken by the Heavenly Father?
The historical narrative of that
which we celebrate, and which in-
spires humanity with the sentiments
above mentioned, is so familiar to
all. that I deem it unnecessary to
furnish even a brief history of it in
this paper. The story, as told by
St. Luke is short, ’Lis I rue; yet does
it recall to our minds the me'
momentous event in history, situ
by Christ’s coining we were ;
restored to God (lie Father’s 1'
and friendship again, as (he blL...
bard, Millon, so beautifully tells us
in his hymn of (he Nativity:
“This is the. month, and
°f HeaVen>S 0t0'\ii“yandCriS ^h^U^
Of wedded maid and virgin mother|£~ ™Adest^ide^. They
Our great redempl ion from above WP,roccc/,cfl ,hp main altar when
did Tiring; lil) T lar finished, and the Abbot
For so I he holy sages once did sing: 1 ,lis asSisfnnfs camo from the
That He our deadly forfeit shou,dfflvc™ry lo offer the Holy Sacrifice.
ease. M The mass proceeded with monas-
with His Father work ns a® ’'c .solemnity and the fervent folk
assisted with (hat robust, reverend
piety which proceeds from faith
and simplicity. When the Com-
munion was reached, the gates of
the sanctuary wore opened Io the
. twelve First Communicants, and as
|i 'hey knelt in thanksgiving the
ent.ire congregation likewise ap-
a proached the sacred (able.
I'i Hie solemnities had ended,
’ village folk had gone, a
o men 01 gon will” I !'• mimim'S "V1 ,af,X s|rugglcd up the
■HENRY SCHROEDER. I "a'il t^tlm ^ilC’and^t ip fervent
rf/1 r)1'tWcr. When Brother Fulgent’us
Mr close the. church a little
ItL- • s,!e "‘‘Hsped his hand and
sobbed forth Ihp desire
‘E B,of ,lpl' ,nnol>' heart: “Oh. that my
„ boy would come back Io mo.” Her
hnnnl1 i X010;0 wa<! fracked and feeble but
hm.,1 rar1’n*hflr Fnlgontius understood. for
V Ijjhe bad often consoled (ho grief-
’■strickcn mother.
In the east and north rose two
minor peaks, thickly wooded, and in
the face of the setting sun loomed
the lowering crags, whose snowy
tops were dimly reflected by Hie
frozen surface of the lake below.
The Abbey church formed a
nucleus for some thirty neat little
snow-covered cottages. It had
turned suddenly cold, and out of the
h.ineys the smoke floated lazily
" the crisp, frosty air.
frother Fulgenlius, aided by a
■itable army of small boys, could
>c seen carrying loads of evergreen
ind holly, for decorating the church.
lyone happening into the village
mid not need a calendar to know
was Christmas eve; the spirit
it was in the air.
By eight o’clock that night, the
1 Abbey church had been trans-
::l from a dark, stone structure
into a fairyland of light and glory.
Brother Fulgenlius certainly had
done his part well, and the splendid
decorations were much admired by
the simple, but pious village folk.
A little before twelve the parish-
oners began Io drift slowly towards
the church, and promptly as the
twelve chimes of the old clock rang
out. twenty altar boys made their
appearance from the sacristy. They
this the marched slowly and solemnly to the
p loot of the crib constructed bv the
, saintly sacristan at Our t
J/, altar, and then with ric..
•.^mqnious voices sang that
>te Fideles.
lain alt al-
and the
isislants i
for the B
rocei
and ... ...
that robust. ..
—----’3 from
When the Con
was reached, the gates
icfuary were opened Io
First Communicants.
in thanksgivii
Hkei
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