The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-05-16
Address or BISHOP rrn.s
ON THE OCCASION or DREAMING oRoys,, =
ST. JosErH's NEW CHURCH

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ST. JosEpH's NEW CHURCH
The Bishops text was I" Seek va a..
Kingdom OF God and His justice, and All ~ =, tn
things shall be added to youP afi ines
He said that they were assemb,.a -,
act IN opediehce to this precept and t, w III
they would do their portion towards ~. ne eb
h menI az 81 Inns promise. They were going !,
Oh the Divine Master and for the sanct is gu
| OF men, and thereby they would S ,sn.o:sio
largely 70 the temporal welfare of the cornt..e
Catholic church is not merely an srnn!ty
turai ornament to a city and a coi,yar;ana
few worshippers, it is an institution s ior
practical use of the people--rioh and nonr s -
i anu young, learned and ignorant, and for = :
account of the large number that ti,;s NJ: On
was going to be erected IL lvas ros SSsflnco
measure gss, feet by 100 inside, because a, 20
n nmaIer dimensions would not spfice for ths
church, this morning, which had seats ~ =
hundred, filled four times over Nv fs MI esignt
cessive congregations--once by the bow sass,
outside the doors, besides large M, ~. many
find no place. IN ',j79-s,a Ivy Wonid
new Catholic church. then is real L nra,.,
cai, nviag institution of the people, in III th"s
eXtent--where the workingi1lan ard IL s. ae
pioyer, the banker aud the drayman, Ith em-
girl and the fashionable lady, all meet
to learn the lessons most needed in H. Seoner
OF the times, and to obtain the praces rs
tn9se lessons in practice and the chi,,p .
VIII meet to learn those Lessons not in ne,Se an
life. ifi z'TH 7'- = ttH-9 tShristian
Here the people will render the loft;ast -
. ed 10 h mpa, &Herlns not only therown prayers
OF the mass, in which the Eternal san 81 n I've
is himself the victim for the glory Of Goa apJ
rms v o, men en- And here the people Viii
IgcGlve eSacliS what they need to r,irvnt
hem above the passions and vices which affi;Se
he country, and thus far to Diminish t thnsa
Msrn t,. over +, which we AT lament
sons of God, and give them that higher CLAIM lain;
to the protection OF ffiefr Father f1..b oialm
continuation, to- AXE them His soldiers anj
~ , nfI1 them to light brayeiy and to suffer
WI; the Sacrament of Peranee, to Stta;%
5ods pardon, and diminish therebSP' 1911 IN
;ha az, the temporal evils of ths day.
Holy Eucharist, to strengthen them IN 5n;3S
,onrageously all their duties to God ana "
heir fellow men; the holy Sacrament Of Matr;
nony to givea foundation to society, a bond
1t iee family nsaSsa and the graees l those
ove and parental care and wisdom. The sdS-
ole sacrifice of the Mass, which daily nffars =
,oa Worship worthy of Himself, and MAKES
arth."i - ~ ~ n 49,, 'iiinihai
There will be celebrated almost eva,rx- AL.
ne festivals OF Saints, which keep before tx
ance, have done weI their part in tba cum
Gsy world that we are in '--' '''''.S
IL n'r g. taught am sys e .s safety Of they
le virtues most needed in dasiv Ia
virtues without show-mo desty. meaE'
20; aSrSearsnee quiet bravery in oontending
,own only to God, fear of God ave., kas
re from the eyes of men, temper snca in -
res as well as in actions, lf.deniaI- devot;n.
o sn1 sha 70 the suffering of every kind-in
len are complaining of the decentralization
. .ne country, and 1t is precisely virtues Lilo
the Mh,G h must degenerate it and it is in
ughtCnot hesitatingly and with uneerta;n
und-but clearly, strongly, authoritatiyejv a y
saviour taught them, and as, after all, men
litltude were in admiration of His doct,;na
cause he Taught as one having authorize
q NOT as their Scribes and Pharisees n-5St
.tthew, vii; %, 49, = W.
n til is church these trptbs ,,;,, :,
vi authority, under the divine cofnmissioff1---
$ my Father sent me, SO send Won - Ist
it, AAi 2D ana grace will be given to
'etlee them--through those Sacrarnenta and
It Holy Sacrifice. esia
len complain of our times Thew talk abont
usDlcanlsm having failed, and some few call
roI imperialism to take its place But ;f
n blicanism fails, it is the peonle wbo' fa;i
.ne virtues needed to discharge their mighty
81 OF governing the country. n So
r WE tna s there are points of resemblance
ween our times and those of the depenerata
u, 10 oilc OF Rome. Then too did public wr;Aers
lore the rapid growth of the same wees
en- we are now complaining of-fraud. er-
,agance, devotion to pIeasure-and that
hysteriou2 evil which seems IL crow ~
shadow of all the others, suicide Beyot;ann
lssssgre and to gain.-diasiratin s,,s
tr'rvagaucg IN dress, gambIin
uality and friyoiity, grew every Year more
u. divorces became easy aud freoIlenf =
TICS were broken up or died out ~ +fTfpFTT
great became the prevalence Of all thaaa
, mat men lost all confidence in the r,nbIic
ao last they requested the Commander ~
armies to direct the State accbrdfna -
5ooo sense, and thus established iunpeTfaI
= III was soon found that a yicions II,e.,,1a
!" nor pg grow Wirtuous by q chanyeiof povefn.
=, Iheir rulers grew as deeen6rated 1s
selves serves Their ernperors took the lead in
tceS OF the day-in all that was saJfisI,--
,a IA ana orutal-and the people sank dow,
Ign wee into imbecility and stolid indifFer-
lhey let themselves be ruled NV a,,1,
. tnperor who had spirit or cunning e1opob
rid OF his predecessor, or any one t5e
to0k fancy to; and on one OCCASION
suffered the soldiers literally to put m
umpire to public auction, and with the
1Grnis OF auction the whole Roman neonIe
sold TO the man who offered the Iast and
70 Dld And SO the unfortunate peonIa~
!, oh IN misery, confusion, rapine; the