The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-08
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After the transaction of some business the old men
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honor.
Father Gavazzis Sixth Lecture.
Father Gavazzi delivered bis sixth lecture wednes
day evening" In the Broadway Tabernacle, before very
Largo and respectable audience The subject Of his lee
MArioAtry and the Worship Of Saints especial
" Of Saint Patrick. After his Italian address, he pro
ceeded to give his lecture in English Why Is the Virgin
Mary wsrshippedS The Virgin Mary is worshipped BE-
shs - redeemer mediator and all pow erul'
in the Christian world. I find in ancient prophecy
that CArst called to fulfil his work Redeemer
but never did read that the Virgin Mary called to
take part IN the redemption. 1t is true says the Bishop
Of vlAneuve that Christ paid the price Of our redemp-
ton, but the Virgin Mary administered him to enable
him 70 pay the price And H Buenaventura says that
while Christ suffering his passion Mary was suf
fering BY compassion and therefore shs il redeemsr
rhsa David Abraham and Abel redeemers. We
virsi. Mary wers mis.d and insaaicent to make her
I do noe despise her. like her because the
Virgin Mary Is the poetry Of Christians What Christ
v: S.vs Il. Virgin Mary free from original .in :.
chrstiving life Of purity. Christ and Christ is
at present in heaven King Of all mankind, have also,
says the Eternal Father gave to Christ the kingdom of
Justice and TO the Virgin Mary the kingdom Of mercy
Of the holy fathers. know but one mediator be-
and God and that mediator is Christi and he
Of hts Eternal Father and msdiates for US to everlasting
But here in the Romish theory, and says
.sed another mediator between Christ and man.
S0me ruans here threw couple Of stones through
q the windows Of the Tsbsrnacle which caused
ctsoent, but Father Gavaszi said 0h, never mind it
then continued The Romansts say il you want recon-
mediation to Christ 60 TO Mary for the son will hear the
Christ says, "Come unto me all who labor Christ
talking nonsense and, In short, what shall
Prev Christ himself in the Church Of Rome is nothing
gin Mary destroying the mediation of Christ They the
Virgin Mary Is omnipo<ent, How do you prove thatf
Because the Virgin Mary the mother OF Cod Is she the
mother Of God 7 My conclusion is, that she was the
mother d Christ but not of God. e had two distinct
human part not Of the divine part The divinity Christ
does not belong to the Virgin Mary and therefore she
mains what she was-ths physical and material mother
Of tho humanity Of Christ The Virgin Mary the mother
sf God Christ himself, several occasions, excluded
hsr telling her not to interfere and another occasion
the y Of God" Ny oonelusOn therefore is that il the
Virgin Mary is not the mother Of Cod then she is not
ennpotent. II this title s not allowed to her by the
Scriptupsh 1t diseainsd by her own divine Son-we
wiu take part with Nestorus and dsclaim her power
But IN the Church Of Rome the Virgin Mary |. all
would hear some great blasphemy concerning her She's
called The treasury of Godthe door Of Heaven Noace
the Virgin Mary She Is the summit OF Jacobs ladder and
an that IL asked from the vrsn Mary sha be granted inn
~ after death the Mary viii and take yos
o. purgatoy What wonder that ignorant people should
BE- devoted to her Nv devotion to the Virgin has been
the Last thing for me to abandon always recon-
mending myself to her protection, and therefore to
abandon this poetica ideal worhp very difficult But
MrgD~hy. even the holy fathers say she is nothing
without her Son. Altogether II is the basest and most
stupid idolaty that ever va. in the ancient pasansm
father Gavazzi read Of the prayers to the Virgin
Mary, from Z" The Seven OMees OF Christi You know,
my dear friends, that Christ never enters into the
prayers Of the Roman Catholics, but the Virgin
Mary. Out of the two hundred millions OF Roman Catho
lies in the world two millions do not know Christ at all
and always Mary In her worst she has many
nanes-dfcrent dresses-dlTsrent attributes In Rome
the Virgin Mary ia whe and in Loretto she is black
We have all the in the Roman church as in the
Pagan church about the Queen Of Heaven Italy en-
Joys over twenty thousand different Virgin Marys In
Bologna counted three thousand sppellstions Of
the Virgin Mary. But you win say that is noAng, for
the Virgin Mary avays the same There you mistake.
Many people consider the black Virgin Mary power
ana n America the iy blue virgin Mary il very fashion
able. In Prussia whore was year two essions
Of the Virgin met in the street and there was great
boxing match among the conraternty 70 who should
have the right hand In Italy they put up to AUCTION
the license to have the honor Of carrying the doll of the
th. honor q carrying the Virgin Mary-two dearstwo
doHars-three dollars--goinsP Great sughter) Some
dimes the priests mako three or four hundred dollars
by this auction Father Gayaxyi read some prayers
from the ntany Of the Divine Heart Of the Virgin Mary
eome large stones again thrown through the win
but the ddre not long interrupted thereby but CON
susd-Wh Is the consequences Of such Worship It's
first Consequence Ia 10 dethrone Christ In the tine OF
DISTRESS anguish, In tribuson, in death prayers
always said the Virgin Mary In the Church Of Ro ne.
Tho Virgin Mary and her worship Is encouraging sinners
and multiplying ain. am right TO conclude this, from
the writings of Saint Alphonse Lgnori The rs fact
vas that an assaf killed in the act Of committing
robbery In the streets, and his bead cut of and
thrown in . we'll st. Dominic de suzms was passing by
ana hoard Q feeble voice asking for confession The
ssrt asked where he wAs and then getting the head Of
the robber raised 70 the surface Of the well and said 81
absciution and asked how hs had escaped from he'll and
he answered that he was about 70 be condemned to he'll
by Christ when the Virgin intsrercd and said he was
ono Of her devotees and said Ave Marie every day
Ihis the way 70 make good Christians 81 Aiphonse
Aguod also relates that was once abandoning her
convent With peramour; and In few weeks shs was
csturDng penent She had the housekeeper OF the
csnyont when abe knocked at the door opened II
shs the identical figure Of herself This asonishsd
nor but the nun, who the Virgin Mary said, Sis
CamsDce you were always devotce OF mine, and to
save ysur name and character 10 take your
plaos This Il Of the miracles related of bsr and
qip Mary conduces to immortality and crime Oh my Ro-
spa mist brethren your pisets say fear nothing Christ
not Jealous Of his mother Oh he Christ Is jealous OF
bs honor and glory and therefore Christ bs in
favor OF the worship of the Virgin Mary Others But
they say have recent miracIesamong them that OF
he figure at Rmin opening her eyes. deputation
ant rom Boogne 10 witness the opening OF her eyes,
t flor many DAYS they returned md mid that really
my had seen nothing. In the time Of Sextus v, \
rnci6s was weeping and issuing blood but some pc-"n
ing btoke H. there wore found inside wres ava i'n