Berkshire Chronicle Reading 06-1918

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Israelites were fed 117
DllIDDa duriDlr
their lI'aaderiugs, so U
Chriatiaa to be
nourished' bJ the BodJ of 'Christ if he is to
arrive at . the desired goal. The Dl"OC/l8IIioD
bl1 Sl11lday afternoon 'rted from ihe
Catholic Chllrch of St.
iUiam of Yor),
ud lI'epded its way tll.~ll the ConTent
grounds) lI'hich lI'ere gai17 feetooued with
bunti~ and banaerettes. At the -head
.Ilr. B.iehard lJancroft, 11'.0 -acted as cere~onius, and behind tb, banner of the
nJIIII8ed Virgin there folJoll'eci about liO
Thea folloWed 1I2 .,,-edwhite-veiled girl¥.
p88hed boy. ~d U dark-ro~ sbtere beJcjJ\~iq tri the Conv.. t. Acolytes followed
- with torehell, as w.ll .. f~ little cirJ. who
dropped roes Pfltale before th. · Hoat, which
.... 1iome imDieiIiately be
by the Fath.r
Prior of FaraboriUCh A
, asBiated ' by
Father Couturier all deibon and Father
](cDoaaelt a8 sub-deaoon.
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Two alta1'8 of Repose W been erected hi
*118 grounds and at dieM benediction 11'1\8
~"'D. At the tlnt of th_ stations Father
.Ientan 01 St. lames', Mid that all Catlaoliee
l1Iey belieVed Our Lord w_ked a .oet atupeadoua miracle on )(au.., Thureday.
.poke .that ni8ht as B. spNe at fh. dall'n
of the world', history, 11'_ He laid, II Let
there be light." 'Ile truth tbl: 1eeus Christ
was God-lliade maD went ~t ~inet their
moderil thought.
The JL~thohc Chun:hl
however, stuck ' fAst tIl _
mORt esaential
doctriIe-The Incarnation. On that event.
ful Haundy Thunday Ollr Lord took .bread
:into His ban<k aneluili, .. 'rhu is1(y ~."
If He were merely Dl4II.
ose words oould
oDli be symbolic; if he ......" Goa, creating
all things lIlaterm aDd lPiritual it was
obvioUIJly DOt an im~ble thilttr for bread
to be traDSformed into Hia .wn BOdy. That,
iDdeed, had been the teachbla of the Catholie Church lor ~ thoueaad years; it was
he belie'. -in laC of tbw Feateet majority
"f Christians At t e p:retle.~ moment. Per.
lluacied of the fact tliat the Godhead oould
b;) oomplWll!ed in the outliae of a buman
form, and thit Christ ~ld lurther im..prison Himself under th_ form of Qread,
they had met that afterllOOn tp dO lJjm
lionour.
NothiQlf oould
too mI1ll'IOUI
witb wbioh tn do Him ho
e in ~ Ador-

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With its cream-veiled aDd IJCl\rll!l-lledecked
, rich!T-v.ted
prltats, and gally,attired eongrep.tlOn, tbe
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OUR LADY AND ~T. ANN
A vet] successful p~ion' .took. ,place
on St1.Dda,y evening at Ute Roman Ca'tb.oJio
Chn1'C\l at CAvershluo, ,lid the glorioUll
wu~er made all complete.
lit. .tIeautiful
alfar, bedllf)ked with 1Iowers and f liate, 11'88
. erected on the lawn.
At the (KocessioD
of rose
emerged froni the , Bbad,Y
frees into the o])(\n. Lb••lew of twelve smaU
- and sweet ,eiled IIiI'll bp. .ding the way
....ith rose Iea.""801 11'88 delig.tfuI. The ~on.
drance WIUI carried benuth a b&ldachillo
by Father .Ho.yden, and the llymna and
Ulotet'R included .. Sweet 8aerament Divine,"
.. TQ Jesn's Heart," Gounod' "Ave Verum,"
and II Jesb, the only though{ of Thee."
During the procee(linlts Fut.er Crowl~y gave
,
111, exhortation bMtd on t1te excusea given
~ by those who we~e bidden to the BUJ.lper.
As Catbolics Oloy believfOd Our Divine Lord
WII8 present in the BI
Sacrament
t.moagst them. In the muitipiyinlt of the
Ioav8$ and fishes He had prepared His dillrifles for that lJ'H.t mY8te'7. The Chureb,
..I ti).r!lnlJh tbe dietant
,. had alwa,s
bel~ved in tb~ ~ ~n . The majority
in 'Enllt.nd 'llad rejeeted he Sacraments.
in the calli! 01 Holy Matrimony. tbe
dj6 uttias ~whlch tbe JIMIIle found them.
tlelv
could onlY be rem ed when th.i r
cou.n.trT returned to tbe true faith. A8 of
old. He pVe faith to tbe blinl! miln, so
miltht He make those onllAde the fold see
aDd believe witb all tlleir h.rt. in the -ever.
lastiall' souvenir He had left with His
Churcll in the mol!t Ade~ble Sacrament.
Benediction in the adjoining- church con•
Ilufted the 54!1rvice.
....ECCLESll ANGUCANA. .
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of the milre advanced
AlIllll'~'
Clui ti . was
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