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Notre Dame Campus Religious Services - 1944!06!07
Notre Dame Campus Religious Services - 1944!06!07
Notre Dame Campus Religious Services - 1944!06!07
W ill you make one half-hour period o f Adoration before the B1essed Sacrament in the
Church? We have presumed th a t you want to make t h is your part in the prayer at the
time of invasion# We have presumed, a ls o , th a t you w i l l volunteer for th e same periods
of Ador a t i on you took dur in g May. The Adoration w i l l s ta r t Thursday, the f e a s t of
Cor pus Ohri s t i * and w i l l continue fo r nine d ays, ending on the fe a s t o f the 8 acred
Heart * Inc id e n t a lly , t h i 23 can be part o f your pr ayer for suoc e ss in your examinati ons *
The boys In th e in vasion expect us t o ; ray, a l l o f u s , They are making tremendous
s a c r if ic e s - many are d yin g, don *t f o r g e t ; th ey can expe c t us to make s a c r if ic e 23 t o o .
Our s a c r ific e must be the Holy Sacr i f ic e of th e n ft as , In t h is hour of need, no one
can afford to m iss the opportunity o f o ffe r in g the m erits of C hrist fo r a l l the
per sons in v o lv ed , Remember the a n x iety o f mother st whose boys are overseas,
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D ally Adoration
S ta r t 23 Thur sday
11; 00 A*M, to 4:30 P
Benedi o tio n and Rosary 4:30 P, M*
Church.
Tlu=) eeleb ra tio n o f Corpus C h r is ti has been tra n sfe rr ed to Sunday to enable the
students and fa c u lty to p a r tic ip a te in th e ceremonies* A fter the 8:15 A*K. Solemn
Mass th ere w i l l be & p rocession o f th e Blesseel Sacrament around the Quadrangle of the
campus, with B enediction given four d iffe r e n t tid ies on the way, on the step s of
Walsh and Science H a lls, on the porch of the Main Building and in the Church
Everyone owes gratitu de to C hrist for th e graces and b le ssin g s lie has bestowed on
them through the Eucharist # R a rticip a tio n in the coremonie s wi 11 be a m an ifestation
of your apprec ia tio n * Ther e wi 11 be no 9 2 CO A* 1 1 + Ifas s Sunday*
The Chur ch has made th i s pronouncement about Cor pus Chr i s t i , "I t i s most ju st th a t
c e r ta in h olid ays should be appointed, whereon a l l C hristians should, with sp ecia l and
unusual dem onstrations, evince th e ir g ra titu d e and mindfulno ss towards th e ir common
Lord and Redeemer, for t h is so unspeakable and tr u ly d ivin e fa v o r, in which i s
represented His v ic to r y and triumph over death*
Carry Your Cl]?oss.
"Once there was a man vdio was a C hrist h a te r He began by refu sin g to have a cross
in h is hone, and around h i s w ife ' s neck, As time went on lie grew more b it t e r and lie
dostroyed a l l cro sses by th e r oadside * F in a lly in the tieight o f h is frenzy lie (3 limbed
the steep le o f h i s par is h church and tor e down the cro sis * Then one summer evenl ng as
lie was ip?a Iking along th e lane th a t led to h i s homo, the chirpin gs o f a b ir d caught h is
ear* He looked up ju st a a the bird was f ly in g away from i t s perch and saw th a t the
l i t t l e creature was made in the form of a or 0 s s * Hatred c ame in to hi s heart * The
branch on which the bird had r esto d was made in the form of a c r o ss* . .He) looked in to
the mirror and saw h is body made in th e form of a cross# *, lie broke h is fu rn itu re
because i t was made o f c r o sse s; he burnt h is house because i t was made o f crosses#
They found him in the r iv e r ," such i s th e parable of those who hate the c r o ss.________