Morning Reading from Sirach 45:7, 17
God made him perpetual in his office when he bestowed on him the priesthood of his people; He established him in honor and crowned him with lofty majesty. He gave to him his laws, and authority to prescribe and to judge: To teach the precepts to his people, and the ritual to the descendants of Israel.
From Pope St. Pius X
"It is an error to believe that Christ did
not teach a determined body of doctrine applicable to all times and to
all men, but rather that He inaugurated a religious movement adapted,
or
to be adapted, to different times and different places".
Pope Saint Pius X
Saint Pius X understood that a life lived in the truth of the faith takes enduring root only in the community of worship. His vision for the Church included a strong emphasis of liturgical renewal. His work to open the Eucharist more widely to the faithful, especially to children, was one of his enduring gifts to the Church.
Pope Pius X was elected pope in 1903. He took as the motto of his reign 'to renew all things in Christ.' He fulfilled this task in the spirit of simplicity, poverty, and courage, arousing the faithful to a Christian way of life and waging constant warfare against the errors of his age. He died August 20, 1914.
From the August Magnificat Magazine, page 286 and page 288, on the feast day of Saint Pius X
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