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which is different thing. Sometimes
they adorn their portraits; at other
times they incline before them, as we
incline before the great of earth. How
men consider him blackguard who re-
spects not honorable men while they
are upon earth, and would wish to en-
gendera quarrel with the Catholics
who venerate honorable men who are
are dead. Where is the consistency /?
The catholics do nothing more than the
professionals. They honor and respect
the images oftheir great men. The APP
ostles, the Chrysostoms, the Thomas
Aquinas the Francis Xayiers, the AIph-
onso of Liguori; and the Protestants
honor and respect the images OF their
greatmen. They raise monuments to
them. e. g. Henry VIII, Elizabeth, Cal
win, Luther, Washington, &c. Where
is the difference between these two
manners OF actions In truth, dear
sir, if the worship of images binders
you from being Catholic, it ought
also to hinder you from being "a Prot
estant if you are logical.
Question LII. Prove me any COM
mandmeut of Christ or his disciples
to render any religious l0Orship to the
Virgin Mary.
Reply. My dear sir, you prove to
me that you do not belong to the YER
itibIe religious family. The Holy
Virgin Has she not prOphesicd that
all nations who truly recognise her
son shall call her blessed? Feel
enim ex hoe beatam me dicerem
omnes generationes," (Behold even on
account of him shall all nations call
me blessed) and you. you do not wish
to call her blessed You do not wish
to unite your voice with the universal
concert? For you she is not the
Holy Virgin, the blessed Virgin, but
the Virgin Mary. | have much fear
that your ins0lent voice will be spent
in vain in the midst OF the melodious
accents of the angels and the sweet
and loving cauticIes d! rcgenerate
men. Prove to me that d command
meut exists which requires honor to
the Holy Virgin! Truly, dear sir,
are YOU capable Of drawing any con
clusion ? am myself about to estab-
fish the premises, The angel Gabriel
called her "luII of graces So Luke l :28.
The same angel also accosted her only
after having salutcd her, as we NAV
say, after having Frustrated himself
before her, tor in this way we salute
in these times Are YOU able to dis
Germ that YOU will not dishonor your
self by giving the same title to her
and Prostrating yourself before her
/ images The EvaDgeIiSts often call.
ed her the Mother OF Jesus. She
even could say to The saviour of the
world, 4" Ny son. VII, hast thou deait
thus with US; and Won, sir, it will be
necessary tina, our prove TO you thai
Jesus Christ or his disciples require
you to honor her. But the angels
Frustrated themselves before her.
The Saviour has hOnored her even to
Obeyiug her Tor thirty years. The
apostles did sympathise with her il
the Upper Chamber, and the apostle
St. John was charged by the dying
Saviour TO watch for her least want
You, sir, it may be necessary to prove
to YOU that Jesus Christ or his disci
pies direct YOU 10 honor her. They
have moi hidden Won but have givel
you an example, and the Goldman ha,
more hOnored her by one single &C
Of obedience than all his creatures
together with you, sir can ever b,
able to during eternity Permit mt
to say that the Catholics have NOR,
discernment than you. And they un
derstand better that it is impossible
to please the Son, if it please then
to villify the mother, or if they miser
ably refuse to her the little honor the
owe her As is the Lord. so is th
honor. The Holy Virgin Mary is th
mother Of God,-honor unspeakabl
great. She merits and she has a RICH
to all kinds of honors and worship
as long as nothing shall enter int
the alteration which belongs to Coz
alone.
Question ", Prove me any com
; mandmcnt Of Christ or his disciple
to render any religious ocorship to til
SAINTS and the angels.
, Reply. There is none, and so tn
) Catholic church does not make for he
= children any formal obligation upo
| this subject. But really it exists il
7 one which is very explicit. aye ar
4 my friends" said the Saviour of tn
world, "if ye do whatsoever | con
e mand you"
/ Because the saints are the friend
of God, the Holy Virgin is the frien
D OF God and from the moment tina
= you know that they are the friends c
C God, do you believe that you will b
permitted to cast contempt upon then
n as by speaking fguratively in thi