The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-10-17
2 NEW 0RLEANs SUNDAY MORNING, OCToBER L. 1869.

)RNlNG, OGTOBER IL, 1869.
list, If it was not you, it was Your brother,
The charge of idolatry is so hackneyed, that
| of Rome"
''But at least explain to me the belief in the
] Real Presence of Christ in the Sacrament" |
again asked the general.
| ''Most willingly would do if l could ex- /
| plain it to myself replied the priest. No
more can, explain the termination of wheat. |
| But again resort to the Holy Scriptures.
| The Jews therefore strove among themselves,
saying, How can this Man give us His Hesll to
| eat p {St John, vi. 52.) This question, you
perceive, asked even in the lifetime of onr
! Lord Farther on it is said, Many therefore of
His disciples, when they had heard this, said,
This is n hard saying, who can hear it Y To
this day Professionals say, Who can hear it y
Yet our Lord by one word could have explained
it to them in the simplest sense; for Jesus
know in Himself that His disciples murmnred
at it, He said unto them, Doth this offend
your Further on in the holy text we read,
| From that time many of His disciples went
back, and walked no more with Him. Do You
think they We're right to desert the Savieurs
side on this accountR"s
For moment the general unused ere reply
ing, then said " 1t seems to mo to circuniSer1be
the Deity in wafer"
, .'Circnmscrfbe the Deity.D repeated the
, priest, in astonishment. !" Here, indeed, our
mutual understanding ends e y, You who
hs islss
: Church in the different chapels, the solemn
mystery of Observation-Disclosures Is proceeding
nay, upon rnyriads and myriads of CathohS
affairs all over the universe the same r rcls
; but our Faith bows us down lower than be-
! fore any earthly power or potentate.D =, o;5
''Would that | could believe ike you saa
i the general, impressed at the vehemehce OIL Ihe
!, | good old priesk= -
!, Would, indeed that were brothers IN
faith ~ reioined Father Paul " But IL y as
. impossible for me to doubt the awful mystery OF
o our affairs as to explain it. can 1S longer
} argue with you but will pray that you may be
- enlightened. Yet you will do me the justice
" to acknowledge that did not eptrap you lntc
"f this conversation, for you sought 1t $ourseit
d Though you shrank from the worlds dreae
III laugh, and spurned botlI the fallen moline
- and innocent child that were outoasts indeed
"a upon earth, yet, were/ you once convinced,
IA cannot but think you would havesnoral cour
age enough to boldly avow-y your chhhS"u I'iVh
: or ut least not side with its persecutofs'
S In thus COMPRISING the dreary hours OF nigh
VI had passed away, and with the early ilorhn
came the 1ndertakers to finish their last sa
>, yvetT,-aAA to nail down the coffin NOW, III
,,51 deed poor Father Paul broke down, and soone
y" as Ne placed lovely wreath OF white swFeT ny
-, smelling roses in Ceciiias lifcless hands, -
ii1 LErneral bent her, as if to take lasU 100
~ at those calm features, which, alas, to MI
I Iss &erG1hnse OIL stEnnS@ectz-
lar How indseriminatey falls our blame {
it praise! Even the uudertakers were struck
the lpsk of deep woe imprinted ON the genera
?" face and remarked the goodness OF his near
which made him thus grieve over an accl"eh'
I mg Now the Sisters of the Poor were seen a
ps vancing slowly to conduct poor Cec'ii9 20 II
wv last resting place. The whole household peg
10 SIR and s1urr-CvT-rr
for appearance, saying she was going to fTlen'
/, of house to he out of all the fuss.
,rs She also remarked tho change IN hcr NJ
ave bands face, and said, why, generai, II s
ana had been your oSSn child you NseH4a nov So'''
rth more - 4,o1 t
eld The general started as II serpent nau sS'1
inc him This time his emotion so surprised
wife that she turned upon him her deep SCI
Il 7" tiniZing gaze, as II to read ihIo ms nm
the heart. Then passing near Father fanl, sne 81
in low voice, What was her mother r.
are az Catholic responded the priest, in CO
rom and almost solemn reserve.
nos His answer seemed to have pleased the li'
,rge for she passed OH with lightcned step
rnal vague vision of poor Norma had passed oei
in her, but the intimation that the mother oil
lain young nun had been Catholic completely
Mon the chain of thought. =. :.
- in Alas alas how sad masquerade is IL
hes MethnEs that it, will only be on the other
: az of the crave shat we shall literally see e'
ions other face to face. Then, and only Ihen
,1en the dense web of falsehoOd so cunhjngly W.
ernfe | by our words be torn. =,
= En- The general followed his long forsaken eli
to the grave. But such violent ana var
Won emotions had been condensed in SO short a u
that on his return he was seized with shlVer
;-;ts fits accompanied by fever. He sent Tor
mere same young doctor who had attended Gee
&c is after her accident, and would scarcely III
nv Father Paul to leave his side. =,
n Of . This fresh grievance TO Lazy MAJ Ia,
per- who called the poor priest an artiui ny
ear crite" and scrupied not to treat biin win .
With courtesy. But Father Paul needed her not
with ntently was he watching the first FAINT g
the merings of light breaking over the Wlid DC
'erds OF renorse heaNlhg IN inc genNtlt 5ei, =
Sc of As if involuntary, Gen. st: LegeIs. ln ~. y
Gent confidential conversations, laid open ms mn
may heart to the priest, who. one day salu 70 !
the smiling, why, slT' you nave Deo" '''i'
10 10 unawaresW ,.r
. The general was yet in the prime OF lie
,ter" in the full vigor of manhood so be eas'S b.
oil .ti.,s attack OF illness. But ne arose
fabu- his bed OF suffering an altered man One