Quigley Preparatory Seminary - La Petit Seminaire Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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to refresh h1s knowledge he based each talk on the needs of h1s congregatlon and he prepared scrupulously Pope Plus X m h1s spare tlme arranged a umformly graded catechlsm book for use throughout Italy H also re maugurated diocesan synods wherem all the parlsh prlests could at least once a year be recharged wxth the electrzclty of age old Cathohc thought VVhen he became the Prlsoner of the Vatxcan and could no longer labor among the commonweal, he had h1s people come to h1m Each week m the Court of St Damasus, he would glve a homlly to the Cathollcs of a dlfferent parlsh Of all the names wh1ch the devout gave Blessed Plus X the ne he ap preclated most was bemg called the Pope of the Holy Eucharlst told his llsteners one day that Holy Commumon was the shortest and sur est way to heaven And to combat the error of ansemsm he defined fre quent Commumon to mean dally Commumon The Jansenlsts had taught that men should recelve the1r Creator but rarely and w1th great cautxon However, the story whlch best tells the feellng of Gluseppe Sarto concern mg the Sacrament of Love IS told as follows Once an Engllshman brought has four year old son to a private aud lence The father mentloned that h1s son would be makmg hls FIFSI Com munlon xn a few years VVell let us see what he knows Sald Plus X VVhom do you recelve m Holy Communlon my ch1ldP esus Chrlst said the boy promptly 24 And who IS esus Chrlstp He IS God the boy answered con fidently The Pope looked at the father Bring h1m to my Mass tomorrow mornxng and I w1ll glve hxm Holy Communlon myself Stlll the most endearmg quallty of Father Gnuseppe was h1s love of the poor If he could glve them materlal asslstance from hls small store, he dld so, lf not he gave them hope and faxth, and that was often better than money It sometlmes happened that hls char1ty exceeded hls lncome Then h1s two dollar pocket watch or later, his eplscopal rmg would go mto pawn VVherever he was sent Father Sarto soon exper1enced the love of a grate ful parxsh Dld he not eat thelr slmple fare w1th them play at cards w1th themp Dld he not V1Slt them when they were slck, teach them and thelr chlldren about God pray for them? The l1f!: and phxlosophy of Father Gluseppe Sarto as a parlsh priest IS well summed up 1n the followmg mean mgful quotatlon To hve m the mldSt of the world without w1sh1ng 1ts pleasures to be a member of each famlly, yet belongmg to none to share all sufferlngs t penetrate all secrets to heal all wounds to go from men to God and offer Hlm thelr prayers to return from God to men to brlng pardon and hope to have a heart of fire for char1ty and a heart of bronze for chast1ty to teach and to pardon console and bless al ways what a glorlous l1fe' And It IS yours O prlest of esus Chrlstl . l U . J . ,, , . ' it ' H 9 - D . . U. . . H . . . xc ' ' . e n n u n n u 7' 1- s . ,, ' 0 1 u D ' s ' . . . . . 3 ' I . . . D s 0 ' . . 3 at ' H ' . He . . . . . . , ' 1 . . . J ' cc n ' n ' H 3 ' . .. . . . , . - . . H . . . - S , . . . . . , , O - - - , 5 ' 1 . . . . ' 3 as as ' D 3 . . U I . . . ' 7 . . . H D ' I D - it-I . ,, . . . . . , 1 . . . H . , .

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St. ames Guardian of the Eucharist