, 1870-04-03

ee1ct1rted ltali.u Dominican nro,chcr Of
The hfteenth century, thus depicts =
d!scufe'on in heaven az TO Who aloud bo
stnt to snnounco the Resurrection to The Vir-
Gin; Adam says to ctrist, Il ought to go,
NH lncstmlh' Jcous Answers him, You
TSs1 YSsa Essshss st0p on tp sy H. to o.. sEr'ss
you; you might perhaps encount.r r Cain. WHO
would do you another injury To Noah,
Christ ssye, 'You drink too much; to St.
John the BAPTIST, Your coat L. too haiy;' to
you have had your legs broken, Finally, an
lntdre, rrsnrvII sic1u diTit. utleluta,'" A
much more ingenious II not more eztraordi-
nary conceit is that Of virz1a IN the intcrnre-
tation Of passasc in Ezekicl" Quotfng
"And in the midst Of the tsre there is, as It
we're, chaamal.~ This expression; the dinical-
y Of which he fret notices, he thus interprcta.
" The prophet raw fgnatius and his persoca,
tiors That, rays hc, smust be st. Clement
He begins to write Che word, but haa only set
down the letter c, when, considering tho nor
tihcations Of the eafnt-'no.' he continues, II
must be St. Hierone' Down goes tho q,
when, forcknowing his deep nt:ainmentH IN
theology, after ALL cries Ezekiel, IT must
be Athanaeiu=, and 4 i, is added 70 nc nc
% for Ia%rence, m finish The word caasndL at the
cnd Of which the prophets patience faIed,
ard lie ret down no more. lhis delightful
lit Of excgesis is from 3 sermon upon st. lg-
n.ti1:s. which accounts for the prophet behold
;nc thst particular saint in the fire Of pcrsocu-
ton. Chatcnier, y Dominican preacher, il 4
writer who rrctends to have heard him reports
correctly, imagincs, as late as the lRst century,
a tale OF the MAgdalcn's conversion, and en-
Lclliehesit withModcrn titles Of nobility: s4She
lad, 49, tx- 49, L.
was going one day to hor country mansion, &C
comTanied BY the Marquis Of Bethany and the
Count OF Emmaus. On the road she saw .
rtodigioue number Of men and women asBena-
bled IN field. Grace began to work in her.
She stopped her carriage, aud sent a page to
returned and informed her that it Was tie
Able Jetus preaching. She descended from
her carriage with her two cavaliers, advanced
to the place, listened to the Abbc Jesus with
attention, and was go penetrated by his teach
ing that Srppa that moment ehc renowned
the yanities Of the world" The. parable Of
the Prodgal Son presented IN opportunity
to the Old preachers Tor tho exercise Of
imagination not to b overlooked. Philip
Boequicr, Of the sixteenth century. CON-
roeed hfty-two sermons, and all Of them upon
this parable. Mcnot and others practised in
with an immense variety Of desails Of conver-
saton,. eccner5, aud Incident; described The
apparel and the coach and horsea,-alvays the
fashlona Of the preachers Own hme,-with
which the bold yonth SGT OF and dwe1t upon
the nagnifcence displayed on his return,
when, according to Bosquier, his father At
rayed him ln damnsk, u uia511 spbe: placed .
55::snsond ring on his finger, fitted him With
boots Or Is7:es.an slippers, and provided
imagination Of one preacher, S. Anthony
OF Fadna, finds exercise in develop
ment Of analogies or comparisons; wherein,
with many minute details, he SHOVE how saints
arc Ike eagles, the apostles ike ichneumons,
hyrocntet Ike hyenas, sinners like hedgehogs,
men like cranes. The Father Boucher. Gray
FFiar, early IN the seventeenth century, gives his
ccmpatisons biblical and quasi e1eeetical
turn. Ho distinguishes threo kinds Of mir
1orr, CONVEX, plane, and coucave; the convex
are soula pu4Ied up with pride, and they reflect
LEA S;es very M small 70 size; Tue plane represent
but the concave are humble souls which repre-.
sent him in adorable majesty. So, as Marv
was very humble, God was reflected yery mo-
foundly in the minor OF her soul. To make
minor, alTays two things are needed crystal,
that was NarEys virginity; and auaalgam, that
vas her : humility; and as the face enters and
lehves the minor without breaking tho glass,
70 Christ WAS conceived and born OF MARY
without injury to her immaculate virginitv,
Menot wished 70 degrade dancing; this Is his
argument: ~ dance IL circular motion; the
motion o. The Devil is circular, therefore
does ii appear that tho Devils motion i cir
Very plainly from the Scripture: iUo
goes about (csyrl.iD seeking whom he may de-
sour. A kind Of chronological argument
waa much in favor, Of which the following is
an example from an old preacher, reported by
Esahmua: "aly brothers, do YOU understand
Latin? Let those who are ignorant Of It 70 TO
sleep for moment; it will not be long. You
others, listen to me, The substantive Jesus
has only three caees. the nominative, nccusa-
tire, aud abIative- II am sorry fo1 you, you
others who understand nothing Of shis.) Now,
What do these three cases signify that is tic
question. Plainly, they typify the T1in-
ity, the three divine persons ia one
nature. Bat here is still another thing;
OF tlleso three cases, the first (ma1k it
weil) ends with the letter 9, Jesus; the second,
with an m, JesuM; tho third, with u, JesU.
a great mystery, my brothers, great mys-
tery! These three final letters signify that
Jetl,s i6 1t once the highest, the middle, and
the lowest, su'nn'us. -Meiius, Ulimus. Divide
now the name Jesus into two equal parts
1nere represent the two natures united in him,
Jc-us. Hut ~lnt shall We do with the =, which
nv !ost its companions, and is AEtonished to
find itself alones Patience, nv brothess, pA-
tience; we shall speedily indemnify the q.
ihe Hebrews call this letter syn; now, syn
means, ,hss In IN good seoteh wrong, nn. After
to deny that the Saviour has taken away
the sins Of the world?~ Similar to this is the
explanation which Albcrtus Magnus (thjrteenth
century, gives Of the name Mary: IN, Modi-
catrs A, AueluistIiz; 3, Repasatrir; I, nlu-
mlhatI11; 4, Adiutri1;" In an analogous pas
pretty bit OF fancy, and reminds one of certain
classical oraelea, After which it was probably
modelled: "Nhile a certain hermit wxs praE-
ing to be- taught tho way Of salvation, the
lew aas, suddenly ~ anneated to him, disgaised
his prayer, and has sent lis messenger to tel
hls servant the things needful for salvation.
1he hermit muEt oder God three things: new
moon, = diec Of the sun, and the fourth pa1t Of
rose. II he shall unite these three things
and offer them to God, ho will be saved. The
the meaning OF understanding the posaibilitST
OF these requirements; when, suldcc...,,y trna
angel appeared to him and e--ulained ed ia dd5is
The new moon was crescent, tbat il tn eaT
{, Of Which it has the form The d;sc Of the
sun was Al Q; the fourth part Of Iuse ras
an an and these three Joined together made
dem.nSed Gr 1ns ata n he, o
ing OF the difficulties Of conversion, declares
the greatest impeachment TO it ia he n.1o.
pered body. "a carriage goes faster when Il
is empty; boat not too much loaded obeys
better the wind and the oar; in ike manner
the soul proceeds with lighter step when the
BODY is not made sluggish and the stomach il
not too full for then the soul is sadly hin
dcred b. the body's heasiness. In truth,
though tho eerpcnt CAT turn his head vfile
his belly rests close to the earth, few other
animals can do it. Tho SPIDER who goes so
well Oh his feet capuot move at all on his back.
In IKE manner, il mans body cling to tho
earth, his Eoul cannot take tight toward
heoreu."
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