Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1926, Page 32

The Star herewith presents a Latin of the encyclical of Pope Piu Lord Jesus Christ as King” sistory of December 11, 1925, This paper cver published the full text of The Star does so upon this occasion ance of the head of a church of and interest, both as to what is said An encyclical is. literally, “a has come to be applicd almost exc winch di in their techuical monly ¢ and bish, the " Unizersal Chur See” although they may ve addre of a particular country. An encyelical is not nec it is not, thercfore. invested with which any wtallible magisterium is circumstances and frem the languag While, o1 course. the communi heazen) are bound. under the pain Holy See touching faith and morals s of Kevs” and delizered by form ed only to the archb ssaril chureh to literal trans| s X1, estab ation from the original shing the feast of “Our the Pontiff al the con- is the first time a secular daily neres- such a document in Washington, and because it belivees so formal an ut 00000 ad'rerents is of real importance and the manner of the saying. circular letter.”” The ter iowezer Tusiwely to certain Papal documents, from eitier bulls or bricjs. ( 1o patciarchs. hom Communion i i hops ad bishops and i ¥ an_excathedra _pronouncemen infallible authority. The dearce committed must be_judged rom the e used in any given ¢ cants belics ng in the “Power of the bind and <oose upon carth in of sin. to obey any admonition of the and the admimrtration of the church, f and such admonitions do rot necessavily bear the imprin of infallibi When the Pope spe speaks to the wuzersal church localities) as “Prince of Apostles, Jesus Christ on Earth” defining as and, therefore, necessary to salvat some special n. the Pontiff fee For. according to the Catholic Chur doctrine, since the entire deposit of truth church, and the church has always tion that entire deposit of fuith and Since encyelicals are issued on very special accasions. they are of unusual importance becaise th subjects. The translatio . 1 xnne, edi oh or of the Cathol widely knosen and distinguished pricsts To ous erable brothers- triachs, primates. archbishops. bishops and other local ordinaries—in peace and communion with the Apostolic See.—Pius XI. Pope. Health and apostolic blessing! We yecall that in the first encyclical let pa ters which we addressed to the entire | sacred hierarchy at the beginning of our pontificate as we enumerated the chief causes of the calamities with which we bLeheld mankind oppressed and struggling, we said plainly not only that this deluge of evils had in vaded the world because so many m tals had put Jesus Christ and His most holy law out of their ordinary life, their domestic relations und pub lic a but also that the hope of a lasting peace among the nations and states would never dawn so long as individual men and states denied and excluded the empire of Our Saviour. Accordin that the peace of sought in the kingdom of we would do all in our power in the kingdom of Christ, we since for re-establishing and cor ing peace nothing seemed to us m efficacious than to work for the resto- ration of the empire of Our Lord. The popular interest. either just de veloped or far more earnestly aroused, in Christ and in His Church as the ohe of salvation have stirred with brighter hope of better times: and it would also appear that many who, despising the principality of the Redeemer, as if they had been ban ished from His kingdom. are ready to enter again and to persevere in their return to the duties of obedience Fruits of Holy Year. the events and accom plishments of the holy year, 30 worthy to be recorded and remem- hered, brought the greatest honor and glory to the Founder of the Church. Our Lord and Sovereign King. The publicexpositions of our holy mis- sions have deeply impressed on the minds and senses of mankind the In cessant labors of the church for the Kingdom of her Spouse, broadening out daily to every land and the most dis- tant islands of the seas: as also the great number of localities enrolled un der the name Catholic by a profusion of sweat and blood of most valiant &nd indomitable missionaries. and the vastness of the regions still left to be brought under the benign domination of our King. How very many. besides, during this holy tine, have come from every- where to the city, Jed by their prel- ates and priests, with the one thought in every mind to profess with souls truly contrite, at the tomb of the apostles and in our presence that they are and that they will remain under the empire of Christ! This very king- dom of Our Savior appeared resplen- dent with a certain new light as we with well merited praise of their most distinguished virtues decreed the hon- ors of saints in heaven to six con- fessors and virgins. Oh! what pleasure filled our soul and what consolation when, in the majestv of the Petrine temple, after the read- ing of our decreed decision, there arose the cry from the vast multitude of the faithful, as an act of thanks- giving Thou, Christ, King of glory. lv. as we szave warning must be Christ. so Have not Church Goes On. Whilst men and nations have siray- ed from God. going headlong io their end and destruction by the raging flames of envy and iuternal disturb ences, the Church of God goes on im- parting the food of spiritual life to the human race, begetting and nour ishing one after anuther most holy generations of men and women, never failing, after she has kept them most faithful and obedient members in the terrestrial kingdom to proclaim their eternal beatitude in the Heavenly Kingdom, During this jubilee also we ordained that the most important event, the sixteen hundredth anniversary of the Nicene Council, should be joyfully celebrated, and we commemorated ft in the Vatican Basil since that council approved and proposed as an article of Catholic faith that the Only Begotten Son is one in substance with the Father, and aiso inserted in Its formula of faith or symbol, “of whose xingdom there will be no end, thus afirming the roval-dignity of Ghrist Since, therefore. this holy vear has given an opportunity for illustrating the kingdom of Christ, we believe we shall be doing something entirely in keeping with our apostolical charge if. in answer to the prayers of very many of the faithful. addressed to us either by individuals, or by groups, we should close this holy vear by sntroductng into the ecclesiastical liturgy a special feast of our Lord Jesus Christ as king. This subject matter so delights us that we desire o speak of it more at Jength. venerable brothers. for it will be your part to accommodate whtever we shall say < concerning the worship of Christ as King to the popular mind and feeling, &0 that they may derive, and in future avail of. very many advantages by celebrating annually this solemnity. Figurative Meaning. That Christ should be styled King in the figurative meaning of the word has long been of common usage. on account of the exalted excellence_ by which He surpasses - eminently ~ail created things. Thus it happens that He is said to reign in the mind of man, not so much because of mental power or great extent of knowledge as because He is very Truth, and mortal man must necessarily derive and obediently accept truth from Him. He reigns likewise in the wills of men because in Him there is an al- together perfect integrity and com- pliance of the human will @ith the holiness of the Divine will, and He #0 subjects our free will by His own influence and impulses as ¢q- Juake. s infallibly (not sually comparatiiei for this: | il prefates or particular St Peter and Vicar “materia matter of faith) on, of fa tch, tor Is should no longer remam wndefined left by Christ to ndiz Successor i of of fi (a a e weith His 0 a- td and ta; morals at salz time of consistories tents and ar rare docu deal w0 extraordinary sitnations or Pery R ¢ and one of ' ) us aspire to all that Christ finadly is King of hearts on charity, surpassing (Ephesi iii.19), and benignity attracting souls. Never until now has any one been so much loved by all the peoples of the world nor will it ever happen in future | that any one will be loved as Christ Jesu However, 10 go more deeply into the subject, every one sees that the name and power of King in the strictest meaning of the word belongs rightful Iy to Christ as man (Daniel. Vil 13-14) For, unless as man He may be said 1o have received power and glory and kingdom from the Father. since He is the Word of God with the same sub stance us the Father, He cannot have all things in common with the Fathe and consequently th ¥ highest absolute empire over all crea ix most Acknowledzed s account of His Al knowledge s, id a meekness Seriptural Proof. we uot read - of Christ as King? styled “the Ruler the | of” Jacob™ (Numbers is constituted by the | His Holy Mount of Sion, and Who will receive the nations as His inheritance, and the things of the earth for His possessions” (Psalms, fi., v. % The nuptial hymu in which, the appearance and similitude of a most rvich and powerful King. is celebrated the true King of Isracl Who was Lo come, says: “Thy throne O God. 13 for ever and ever: the scep. ter of Thy Kingdom is a scepter of uprightness” (Psalms, xliv., 7) Omitting many other such citations, in another passage. as if to adum brate the figure of Christ more cle: Iy, it was prophesied that His Kin dom, without limit. or boundar would bestow in abundance gifts of justice and peace: “In His days shall justice spring up and abunda peace . . . and He shall rule sea o sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth” (Isalm: Lxxi., 8). in Scripture ever e Wh Father King over under Copious Oracles oracles of the prophets, that of Issias especially so frequently quoted: A Child s born to us, and a Son is given to us, and the government is upon His shoulder: and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor. God the Mighty, Father of the World to Conie, Prince of Peace. His empire shall be multiplied, and there shall be no end of peace. He shall sit upon the throne of David and upon His kingdom: to establish it and strengthen it with justice, from henceforth and forever” Isafas, ix.6-7). Nor do the other prophets foretell any different message 1 lsaias, Jeremias predicting “a branch {from the seed of David. Who. as Son of David il reign and shall be wis and_shall execute judgment in the earth (Jeremias, xxiii.5), or Daniel, who announced a kingdomn to be established Ly the God of Heaven which “shall never be destroyed . shall stand forever' (Daniel, ii.44); and somewhat further on. “I believe, therefore, in the vision of the night. and lo. one like the Son of Man.came with the cloud of heaven, and He came even to the ancient of days, and they presented { Him before Him, and He gave Him power, and glory and a kingdom: and all the peoples and tribes shall serve | Him: His power ing powe that shall not be taken away: and His kingdom shall not be destroyed (Dan- fel. vIL13-14). The Meek King. Do not all the holy writers of the ospels recognize that prediction of achary concerning the Meek King who, “riding upon an ass. and upon the foal of an ass, was to enter Jeru- salem, the Just One and Savior? (Zachary, ix.9). The same doctrine of Christ as King which we have found written in the books of the Old Testa- ment is not lacking in the pages of the New, but, on the contrary, magnifi- cently and splendidly confirmed, in which connection we need scarcely mention the message of the archangel by whom the virgin is instructed she was to bear a son, to Whom “the Lord God shall give the throne of David, His Father, and Who shall reign in the house of Jacob forever, and of Whose kingdom there will be no end” (Luke, i.33). Christ Himself gives testimony of His emplre, as when He spoke in His last sermon to the people con- cerning rewards and punishments to be meted out to the just and the wicked, when He answered the Ro- man _ governor inquiring publicly whether He was a king; when, after He had arisen, He committed to the ‘Apostles the charge to teach and baptize all nations as far as they could, attributing to Himself the name of King (Matthew, Xxv.31-40), openly proclaimed Himself King (John, xviii.37), and solemnly de- clared that all power was given (6 Him in Heaven and on earth (Mat- thew, xxviii.l18), by which words He can mean only the magnitude of His power and the infinitude of His Kingdom. 1t is surprising, therefore, if He who is called “Prince of the Kings of the Earth” (Apocalypse, i5) be the same who appeared to the Apos- tle in his vision of the future “having on His garment and on His thigh written: “King of Kings and Lord of Lords” (Apocalypse, Xix.16), “for the Father hath appointed Him (Christ) heir of all things” (Hebrews, i.1), and it behooveth Him to reign until at the end of the world He shall place all His enemies under the feet of God the Father? (I Corinthians, xv.25). From this common teaching of the sacred books it must certainly follow that the Catholic Church, whith is the kingdom of Christ on earch, in order to bring before all men and in all lands its author and founder, through the yearly cycle of the sacred -liturgy, should bail Him King and There are besides the more copious | T Lovd and King of Kings in manifold ceremonies of veneration. As in her oldest offices of pralse and in her ancient sacramentaries she has used these expressions of honor, all expressing one and the same thing Is o marvelous variety of ces. 1 her public prayers of- fered daily to the bivine Majesty and in the immolation of the Immaculate Victim uses them at present; In this perpetual laudation of Christ as Ki it is easy to perceive the most healtiful agreement between our own ind the Oriental Rites, that In this matter also it right to sa law of prayer determines the law of Lelier.” < The Hypostati Cyril of Alexandria indicates the foundation on_which this dignity and power of Our Lord rest: “In one word, He ahas dominion over every crea- ture. not extorted by violence, nor acquired from any sources other than His essence and nature (Luke, X.) that is, His principality is founded on the admirable union which is called “hy postatic whence it follows not only that Christ Is to be adored hy angels and men, but also that and men must obey sub- jects His empire as man Thus, by the very title of “hypo static” union Christ possesses power over every creature. What could be more agreeable, or sweet, to thir upon than that Christ has empire over us, not only by a natural right but by an acquired right’ also, viz., Ly His redemption: Would that all forgetful men would recall of what v we nre in the Savior's eye: not redeemed with cor- 15 wold or silver the precious blood of lamb unspotted: and a L 118-19) no lonser our own, bought us®with a Corinthians, vi.20). bodies “are the members (0 Corinthians. vi15). in order to show briefly the effect and the nature of this princi- | pality, it consisis, as need scarcely be suid. of that threefold pow I out which principality is meaning- | us. The testimonies z the | universal empire of our Redeemer | already adduced and cited from the sacred Seriptures are more than suffl- cient proof of this, and it is an ar ticle of Catholic faith that Christ Jesus has been given to all men as Redeemer in Whom . they trust and as lawmaker also Whom they obey. The gowpels narrate not much that He founded laws as that the law constituted Him a founder. Whosoever shall keep His precepts, they ni to the Divine Muste u pirase and now in an ience His charity Il in His love (John, xiv.15 S0 Union. You ruptibe thing with Chyist of undet We Christ | prive very | Chriwt ow a has 1] since “great Our of 100! one tual Kingdom. The cal power g his His Father, Jesus spoke of to Jews, when they accused liim of vivlating the Sabbath rest by His mar velous cure of the intirm man: “For neither doth the Father judge z2ny man, but hath 1l judgment to the Son” (J in which comprised, since it cannot be sepa. vated from judgment, that He may confer by His own right reward and punishment on men still iving. Besides, that power which is called futive must also be attributed to Christ. since it is necessary that all |obey T1is Empire and submit to that imposition of punishments on the contumacious from which there can be no escape However. the texts which We have cited above plainly show, and Christ Our Lord by His manner of action confirms the fact. that this kingidon is in a special manner spiritual and concerned with spiritual things. In fuct. on more than one occasion when the Jews and even the Apostles them selves erroneously thought that Christ would establish liberty for the people and restore the gdom of Tsrael, He deprived them of this vain opinion and hope Proclaimed King by a surrounding multitude of admirers, He deprecated both the name and the honor by fleeing and hiding. Before the Roman governor, He declared His Kingdom is not of this earth. It is a kingdom as described in the (ospels into which men n prepare to enter by doing penance . into which they can not enter except by faith nd bap. tism. This baptism, though an ex ternal rite. signifies nevertheless and effects interlor regeneration. This kingdom is opposed only by that of an and the powers of darkness, and {i requires of its citizens not only that, with anind detached from riches and earthly goods, they cultivate re- finement of morals and thirst and hunger after justice, but also that thes deny themselves and take upr their cross A Perpetual Victim. Since. however, Christ has acquired the Church as its Redeemer by His blood. and as Priest He is perpetu- ally offering himself as a victim for sin. who does mot see that this His roval function itself takes on and hares in the nature of hoth these titles” 1t 4 shameful error to deny 10 Christ as man has empire over any civil thing whatsoever, since He has from His Father the most absolute right over ail created things, as all things have been placed in His power. However, as long as He lived on the earth He abstained from exer- cising such dominion and. although He despised the possession and the effort to acquire human things, yet He allowed and still allows them to their possessors. According to the very beautiful words, “He depriveth not of mortul things who giveth heavenly kingdom” (hymn, Eplph- any). Therefore, the principality of Our Redeemer embraces all men, on which point we gladly make our own the words of our predecessor of im- mortal memory, Leo XII1: “His empire extends not only over Catholic nations and those who, hav- ing been duly washed in the waters of holy baptism, belong of right to the church. although erroneous opin- ions keep them astray, or dissent from her teaching cuts them off from her care; it comprises also all those who are deprived of the Christian faith, so that the whole human race is most truly under the power of Jesus Christ.” Nor should individuals think that domestic and civil groups, because they form a society, are less under | the power of Christ than the indi- | vidual. There is but vne and the same source of salvation for an in. | dividual and for the community. “Neither is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given to man whereby we must be saved” (Acts, iv., 12). There is but one and same awuthor of public prosperity and true sal- vation for the citizen as for the com- monwealth, Shut Out From Law. “Not by one cause is a State blessed, and man by another, since the State is nothing else but a muititude of men dwelling in-harmony" (Augustine, ad Macedonium 18, c.I1I). ' Let not, there- fore, the rulers of states refuse themselves to give, or to let the peo- ple give, public manifestation of rev- erence and of service to the empire of Christ, if they wish with unim- paired authority to advance and in- crease the fortunes of thelr country. For what we wrote at the beginning of our pontificate of the rapldly diminishing rights of authority and respect for power may be repeated now as not less true and applicable. “For with God and Jesus C| as en 1o ki the a HE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. YHBERW D YNDE RIS POPE PIUS X1 shit from the qonwenlth, with auth om God th. we deplored Taws and the co ity no longer deriy from man. it m the very foundat crumble with cipal reasor the right t duty to abes human socigt rests no loneer support Wherefq sublic and roval power tits will ne civil comin tice and liberty, vrde concord and peice | dignity of our 1 imbues the authority of nd with religion Anoble duties and se the Apostle Paul, when wives and servanis tiat venerate Christ in the in the master. warn they are not to but only of Christ that men be subject with « of men (Lhi oW priva o con hiey husband howsver. 1 whey them o cause they hold the since it would not b red by Ch “You nirde bon anding <houid ved o mer price « Cor! cd Coney nd P Now. if rulersand imately chosen they rule not by by ‘the 1 the Divine holily and w Luthor and b would be in maki laws for th nmor man dign; tl this the surely of nent. Whereas, when a citizen beholds in a pring any other of the wealth!, men by nat for one cause or othe censurable, h wn r the not wor ndate l I good nd tr ow and, with eve removed, become perma re his equal unworth will not on that accou Ignore their right of rule when them he will perceive the imase and authority of Christ as God and M: As for the principal funetions concord and peuce, it is clear that th broader this kinsdou nes and spreads among men universally, all the more will they become conscious of the common interest which binds them together, and this consciousness besides anticipatinz and preventing frequent dissens will 1t and diminish their asper Nay, if the kingdom of Christ sh in fact embrace all as it does b could we despair of that the King of Peace brought earth? He who came to recon, things, who did not come to b istered unto but to minister, and, al though He was God of all, gave an ex- ample of humility. establishing a spe- clal law connected with the precepts of charity, saving besides: “My voke is sweet and My burden light.” Oh, what blessings we should enjoy if in- dividuals and families and states would allow themselves to be governed by Christ! “Then at length,” to use the words which our predecessor Leo XIII'ad dressed to thé entire sacred hierarchy 25 vears ago. “it_will be possible to I wounds, then every right will revive again the hope of pristine au- thority, then will the ornaments of peace be restored, and then will swords be shattered and arms fall from the hands, when all shall accept willingly and obey the empire of Christ, and every tongue confexs that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father” (Annum Sanctum, 25 May, 1899). A Special Feast. Now since for this it is necessary to spread abroad as widely as possible knowledge of the royal dignity of our Savior in order that these most desir- able advanfages be more properly ap- preciated and that they become more stable in Christian society. it would seem that nothing will be better for this purpgge than to establish a proper and special feast day of Christ as King. For imbuing the people with the faith and Jeading them by faith to the interfor jovs of life, far more efficacious are the annual celebrations of the sacred mysterfes than even the most weighty documents of ecclesias- tical teaching. As a rule these latter reach only the few and the more learned, whereas the former impress and teach all the faithful. One means, We may say, speaks but once: the other speaks every year and forever. The document appeals effectively to the mind, the feast to mind and heart; that is, to the whole man. Since man consists of soul and body, he should be so moved and interested as to drink in divine doctrine more abundantly through the variety and beauty of the sacred rites and, converting it into vigor and blood, make it serve him for progress in the spiritual life. It is, besides, handed down by tradition that celebrations of this kind in the course of the centuries have grown one out of the' other whenever the necessity or utility of the Christian people seemed to demand them; when, for instance, the people were to be Strengthened in some common crisis, to be fortified against the spread of heretical error, or moved with more vivid recollection and emotion to re- call with more earnest plety some beec ns also sc all upo pon | | of faith bless- {ine of the divine goodness 3 was from the lemution when e persecuted stery ime great first ages Christians they artvr n coni ol exhor mon 4 ws). The 1o ws ) encotrag- the pursuit needed in I, the cele- which were in- Most Blessed At Christians her us the Mothe intimat her to will e on W more them and | other left |v 5 by { < connection we admire the most provident God wont to draw zood itsalt. permits at times popular faith and picty at false doc- atholic truth, that these with a certain former. will 2 holier it as He evil that out 1 the gishre hixher tand ne otherwise in their when revers the August S cold. the colebra in sart Jesus | the minds of men courzged t severity sf the | cocled and ix | the Tove of God tion. | Disease of Laicism ordering that Christ should be sped as King by the universal © body. we are ut one and the providing for the necessi- these times and applying the ! principal remedy for the disease which |38 affecting human society. We are speaking of the of our age, . as it s . with its errors and nefarious mover and im- piety, which, #s you know, venerable | brethren,. has ed not’ overn - it has already long infected the organism of states, with denfal of the empire of Christ ver all nations. denying what exists by the very right of Christ, the right of the church 1o teach the human race, to make laws, to rule its people and to bring them to eternal happi- | ne ion 4 oduced when debilitated and dis- and morose had utterly 1 frightened away from and contidence in sal- o was | B sudness senists, { in orsh Cath ti disease Gradually, in the | way, it has put the relizion of Christ {on’a footing with false religlons, and then permitted it to be subject to civil power and to the will of princes ana maglistrates. Going further, Some be- lieve it proper to substitute a sort of natural religion and of natural emo- tion for the divine. Nor are there wanting states which believe they can do without God and which put their religion and impiety in neglect of God The very bitter fruits which such defection from Christ on the part of individual citizens and states has brought so permanently, we complain of in our Encyclical Letters Ubi Ar- and we complain of them again today: mamely, the sowing everywhere of the seeds of discord; the Kindling of the flanies of envy, and of dissen- sions among the peoptes which cause such delays of reconciliation and peace; excessive cupidity, which is so often concealed under the pretext of the public good and love of country; the consequent strife among citizens and a blind and immoderate selfish- | ness which, seeking nothing except its own advantage and emolument, meas- ures all things by these; the profound disturbances of domestic peace, owing to oversight and negligence' of duty; the impairing of the union and sta- bility of the family; the shattering & human society to the verge of ruin. Duty of Faithful. It is this annual observance hence- forth of Christ as King which moves us to the highest hope that human cociety may auspiciously hasten to return to the most loving Savior. It should be the part of Catholics to mature and hasten this return by ac- tive effort, though many of them do not seem to have social position or to possess the authority which those should have who bear the torch of truth. This disadvantage may be due to the inactivity or the timidity of good men, who either avold op- position or face it weakly, with the result that the enemies of the church grow in rashness and audacity. If, however, the faithful commonly understand that they are to struggle bravely and continuopsly under the standards as Christ as King, they will, with the zeal of the apostleship, be zealous in bringing back to their Lord souls that are astray or unin- structed, and they will strive to safe- guard His rights. Besldes, will not the celebration of most unseemly | rights. pa- | beginning | FEBRUARY 14, 1926—PART 1. Father, and on this foundation the empi; Christ over all people the solemnity of Christ as King every year in every part of the world greatly help to expose and in some manner repair the public defection which lafcism has brought about with so much damage to society? Indeed, the greater the indignity offered to the sweetest name of our Redeemer in in- ternational conventions, and the greater the silence about Him in the courts, all the louder should He be proclaimed and the more broadly the rights of the roval dignity and power of Christ be affirmed. Have we not seen the way to fnsti tute the celebration of this feast hap- pily and impressively prepwred from the very end of the last century? Every one knowns how wisely and how excellently well this devotion has been advocated in every part of the world in books in many languages: and also how the principality and empire of Christ hus been recognized in the custom by which innumerable congregations have dedicated and d voted themselves to the most sacred heart of Jesus. Under Eucharistic Veil. congregations only -have done this, but states also and kingdoms: nay, the whole buman race, with Leo XIIT inspiring and guiding. was aus piciously consecrated to the same I vine Heart in the holy vear of 1900, Nor should we overlook how wonder- fully the crowded eucharistic conven tions peculiar to our day have con tributed to the solemn declaration of this royal power of Christ over human soclety, having in view either that special dioceses and localities and na- tions or thut the peopls of the universe rerate and worship Institutes Therefore, by ‘thorit Lord Jesus Christ as and in all the world day of the month of the one just preced tion of all the saints. also that on that da ou ruce to the most of holy memory, peated each year. we wish that this 31st of this month, o ourselves with ponti celebrate mass in hon King, ordaining that secration be made in We believe we c Holy year better, . nor give a greater e of ages, interpreting i Not ful wishes also of thy and upon the whole Nor is there any r brethren, why we or in detail on the ¢ from those others in some intimation and c royal dignity. Suffic that although in all t Lord the material called, be Christ, the altoget distinet power aud title of Ch for designating Sund hidden under the iy the \ veil, 50 that by sermons in | vances by hall and temple, by common adoration | i) the office, but tha of the ust sacrament publicly ex- | g ot Tha b by magnificent processions. | may in the spirit of should be hailed as our King | ence and service give vinely given. mony to Christ. Very properly. therefore The Jast Sunday agree that the Christian the liturgical year by a divine instinet. wish has seemed 1o us me to this Jesus, Whom other days for were unwilling to receive when e | thus it will happen th came unto His owm all His roval|of the life of Jesus leading Him as thev do from |orated during the the silence und hiddenness of the|pleted and fulfilled b siacred temples throughout the streets | emnity of Christ of the cities after the manner of one | fore celebrating the who is triumphant saints, the glory Therefc o complete umphs in all the sain which we have mentioned, the holy v now closing ds the most favorable opportunity, since the mos benign God. either by increased gifts of His grace or by n 1o fi the iwtter you will people, led to restore impious men e. the design Advantages to Let this, ther ses be your in| 1 be preached parish s ane Lo the nforming and u the nat tance of the may arrange i such <es all addressed ord what huppened | dur great there every sun why we should at length appot e day. earnestly desired by | abl. on which we decide CLrist is to be waorshiped King of the whole hu man 4 proper and impc they to consider the pet s oor ¥ race special s h brie vew | this public wors new to | both for ciety and for the g ful.” By paving For this ginning, t derful vear. as we said in the be- s divine King., tr won- His s with array His" soldiers raised the heavenly honors, has been gloti ously magnified: this yvear also. by the unusual exposition of objects, and to some extent these labol it has been possible for all to adm the victories won by the heralds of the in * spreading His kingdon finally, by the solemn anni of the Nicene Council. we e commemorated the establish nt of the truth that the incarnate rd i consubstantial with the call to mind that tuted it is Christ, with a na cannot relinquish th of power vinely committed 1o ruling and leading t ness all those whao in pe v, we institute the Feast of Our renewed the dedication of the human Sacred Jesus which our predecessor, ordered For this year only be or gratitude to Christ the Immo; world for the benefits conferred upon us during this holy time of the church hould ing 1 feast of Christ the King distine object, from celebrating m is near this celebration. v ¥ vear will of Him be preached and emph these prineipality of Our Lord liberty and immunity from the ci forming rests as on re of its Kingdom. cannot be dependent on an the same | foreign power Nay. more, commonwe give similar liberty and congregatic of relig sexes, who, since theyv a powerful auxiliaries of the the church in promoting lishing the kingdom of Christ. thet principal labor, and in overcoming the threefold concupiscenc of the world by their religious voy nd by the profession of @ more perfect that the holiness v the Founder commended a ing mark of the ch creased splendor fo stand out luminou of all The Iths should to orde is of hoti the most pastors of and e Feast. i r apostolic au King every year on the last Sun October, that is, ing the We command year be celebra e ay each 4 ith ir aa of X Heart Pius to be very celebration of ¥ day anvually throughout the will remind states that private individuals istrates and rule worship and obey Chris will recall to them t that last judgment not only rejected from but also contempty and ignored. will mi such injus ity requir wealth cont mandments in making and in tr voung to integ festa world as mag duty to pub! It thought of which Chris ne; His every the d Christian prine in determining the mind doctrine done on the n which day we fical ritual will wor of Christ the this same con our presence. annot close the more fittingly, xpression of our 1 King n this the grate e whole Catholic pus ted ivenge th: 1 nd ws sound “atholic budy. -eason, venerable dwell long for decre and wuse which there i Nothing Exempt. clebration of Hi is marvelous how e it to remark a the Christiar he feasts of Our | faithiul will derive from the conside: it s | of thi in fashior formal object is the model of a gen If to Christ the royal| Our reason wer in Heaver bought Llood are sut certain new er embrace ar from such an irtue as ation their uine Ch rist. 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