The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-04-11
OUR MOTHERS MESSAGES.

OUR MOTHERS MESSAGES.
Do you think that am coming to chat
| with you this afternoon, dear children If
so, you are very much mistaken; / have
| come for nothing less than to give you a
lecture. You need not loak SO grave it
is not a scolding I mean; that is- only for
naughty children, and therefore it can have
nothing to do with you-
] You knew, dear children, how hard it is
to enjoy anything alone. found this more
than ever true this afternoon, when reading
the dear little book on the Cure d'Ars, and
at last, could not resist the temptation of
coming to read chapter with my little
| friends.
| Who is the Cure d'Arsq you ask.
| You don't know the Cure OARS Whys
it is quite worth while coming to see you,
only to tell you of him. 80.
The Cure dArs, dear children, was a
great saint, a saint of our time too. 1t is
but few years Aince he left us to go to
heaven indeed one of my sisters had the
happiness not only of seeing him but also
of going to confession to him, and receiving
! the scapular and a pretty medal from his
/ hand. But this is not telling you how holy
he was. Well then, the Cure of AIRS was
one of those great saints, dear children,
who lived only for God and in God, for his
fasts used to continue sometimes Tor days
| together; the long nights were spent in
/ prayer, the days in his confession box or at
the altar of the Blessed Sacramento and
! oh he loved God so much that he could
think or speak of nothing else. OF course
he loved the Virgin Mary very dearly too,
as all the saints do and always have done.
He used to say such beautiful things about
his dear mother, as he called her, That only
to listen to him made everybody love her
better.
Then the good Cure OARS loved little
children very much that he was never
happier than when he could gather together
all the little ones of his parish and talk to
them about God. Some grown-up persons
who were there remembered what he said
to them, and wrote it down-and to them
we are indebted to this dear little book
called the .Catechism the of Cure -d'Ars,"
from which | want to read you chapter.
) Now you must listen very attentively,
dear children, for all pious reading is the
, word of God. When you are throwing
! away bread, your mamma says, 'Don't
waste bread, my child, for it cost very dear
and there are many little children who
, have none" The word of God is the bread
of our souls, dear children, and it cost dear
oh very dear for the price of it is
our Saviour's precious blood, and there are,
: alas! many poor souls dying for want
| OF this heavenly food.
But what shall read to you day Oh
here is chapter on the Holy Communion.
Would you not like to hear it? Listen
then,-it-is the good cure who is speaking.
"Our Lord is hidden there, in His sanctu-
} and visit Him, and make our requests to
/, Him. See how good He is He aceomo-
: dates Himself to our weakness. In, heaven,
where we shall be glorious and triumphant,
] we shall see Him III all His glory. If He
= had presented Himself before us in that
9 glory now, we should not have dared to
= approach Him; but He hides Himself, like
' IL person in n prison, who might say to us,
'You do not see me, but that is no matter
ask of me all you wish, and will grant It,
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signing and intercediug necessarily with
. His Father FOR afnneTs. 70 Whit 0utFuges
-f4iaes HsnaEsxpos ezH inlself,z that He=Bssas
. remain in the midst of us
S Il lie is there to console us and therefore
, we ought often to visit Him. How pleasing
to Him is q short quarter of an hour that
we steal from our occupations, from some
thing of no use, to come and pray to Him
to visit Him, to console Him tor all the
outrages He receives! When He sees pure
: souls coming eagerly to Him, he smile.
d upon them. All! dear children, if we bao
i the eyes of angels with which to see oul
# Lord Jesus Christ who is here present or
II this altar, aud who is looking at us, how
g we should love Him We should never
Q more wish to part from Him. He has His
t hands full of graces, seeking to whom t.
}, distribute them, and no one, alas! vii
8 have them. Oh, what indifference! Oh
y what ingratitude! My dear children, W.
# are most unhappy that we do not under
o stand these things! We shall understand
them well one day !; but it will then be too
II late When we are before the Blessed
n Sacrament, instead of looking about let u
n shut our eyes and our mouth; let us opel
g our heart, our good God will open His; W.
q shall go to Him, He will come to usr-th'
o one to ask, the other to receive; it will b'
II like a breath from one to the other. Whel
V God wished to give nourishment to ou
It soul to sustain it in the pilgrimage of life
t He looked over creation and found nothing
e that was worthy of it. He then turned Il
: Himself, and resolved to give Himself.
!" ''Dear children, when the bell calls yol
! tn chnrch. If yor, were asked where ar
o you goingT you might answer, am goin!
g TO feed my SOUL If some one were to asl
IS you, pointing TO the tabernacle, What
It that golden door p tthat is our storehouse
If where the true food of our souls is kept
z WHO has the key who lays in the pro
q visions7 who makes ready the feast, ant
n who serves the table q THE priest AN
10 what is the foodp THE precious bod
q and blood of our Lord o God o God