Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1908 — PATRIOTIC CONCERT [ARTICLE]

PATRIOTIC CONCERT

" 1 IU ' ' ll 1 . • Old Soldiers Night, Thursday, August 18th. f* arc h .Gentry’s Triumphal sfedley..War Song of the Boys In I! Blue. Two step Victory Commandery flection American Patrol March on the Field of Glory Overture American Triumph Two step .The Bugles Selection Conquering Heroes March Honor and~olory Star Spangled ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. Saturday, August 11W Every year, on the 15th of August, the Catholic Church v solemnly celebrates the great feast of the assumption of the Blessed Virgin into Heaven. It is a feast of obligation, on which good Catholics hear Mass, abstain from servile work and attend divine services the same as on Sundays. Three events are commemorated on this feast, namely, the death of the dear mother of Jesus, her resurrection, and her coronation in Heaven. Historically the feast of the Assumption, as it is commonly called, dates back to the time of the Apostles. It was celebrated in the first century of the Christian era and has been kept with great solemnity ever since. Since the Catholic Church encircles the globe, and since the feast is celebrated throughout „the whole Church as a feast of obliga-. tlon, and since the three hundred million members of the Church are divided among all nations and tongues, the praises of the Blessed Virgin Mary resound In every language in every part of the world on this feast. The songs and the prayers of the feast, so very numerous, breathe the deep, heartfelt love of Catholics towards the Mother of God. The Church thanks God for the many and extraordinary favors granted to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, "Our tainted nature’s solitary boast.’’ The Catholic Church venerates the Blessed Virgin as God’s most perfect, most privileged creature, who served God most faithfully and loved God most cordially. Her relation to God the Son is that of a mother to her child. FATHER V. H. KRULL, C. PP. S.