The Indian Advocate (Sacred Heart Mission, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1, Monday, January 1, 1906 Page: 14 of 32
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H
THE INDIAN ADVUCA1E
From both sides of what formerly was the high altar of the
Basilica a double staircase leads down to the grotto of the
Nativity. In the soft light of thirty beautiful lamps a silver
star shines on the marble pavement markingwith a latin inscrip
tion the authentic place of the Cradle of Jesus. Thus are the
rights of Catholicity always asserted over this most venera-
ble sanctuary which by means of bribes and violence has
fallen into the hands of Shismatics- -those worthy scions of
the worthless Greeks of the Lower Empire whose hereditary
pride and perfidy must account for the fact that on the two
most sacred altars in the world at the Crib and on Calvary
the Sacrifice of the Mass is only offered by the hands of a
effeminate priesthood.
While all Christian hearts are thrilling with joy at the an-
niversary of Christmas it is not without an intense feeling of
devotion that one may kneel at the very place where Jesus
was born of the Virgin Mary and received the adoration of
the Shepherds and the Magi. When He was not resting in
His Mother's arms the Divine Infant must often have been
laid in this cavity of the rock like the dove in Canticle "in
foraminibus petraj in caverna maceriaj." and the Word
of God must have shown some exquisite condescension for
those humble Shepherds whose functions He would one day
assume in the mystical Flock of His Heavenly Father. Mary
from whose Immaculate heart nothing could be concealed
that pertained to her Divine Son must have then foreseen and
pondered in her soul all the mysteries of abasement and sor-
row that were to fill with bitter anguish the mortal life of Je-
sus;she realized how those prophecies would receive their ful-
fillment which foretold the circumstances of His birth and of
His Sacred Passion.
Let us listen in spirit to the ineffable colloquies which uni-
ted the hearts of Jesus Mary and Joseph on that blessed
Christmas night. The Divine Child in His Eternal Wisdom
was conversing with the Virgin mother and her chaste spouse
unveiling before them the wonderful mysteries of God's love
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