The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-24

s,iations, usurpations, prisons, exile, and
aHnyy thing penal for the Church and it's
n Meters. However, to these evils worse
aaceeeded, and our country, repeating the
Aiunders Of other nations, advanced their
lk3se doctrines, aud even though, as on q
AsDer occasion, incense was not burned to
H. Goddess of Reason, it was upheld that
reason should not submit to faith, and that
barning should not be guided by the hand
Of religion and as natural consequence,
and find unfortunately q following and fol-
EAwers. They are embraced by all those
Who are foolishly dazzled by the beauties
oE the world, by all those who, that they
may abandon themselves to it, live tran
QPilly under the tyranny of certain names;
BY those who work, think and discourse
aeeOrding to the journals which they read
and the circles they move in, who adore
and venerate what is called public opinion,
following it's principles even when they are
contrary to justice, right, reason and truth.
and why is thisf The first source of these
errors, not the only source but the first, is
ignorance.
"Permit me to relate two occurrences
which happened to me some two years ago.
will be very brief, because do not wish
Do inear the blame of wearying my audi
ence, as sometimes happens in some corner
of the world when certain orators speak
On two different occasions there came to
oupied most distinguished positions in the
Ssate to which they belonged. The first,
2fter q short conversation, announced to
me. to my great consolation, that he was
Catholic, and moreover that, being a Ca
sholic, he believed in hell /; however. the
neN in which he believed was not as it was
semmonly understood, but place in which
God copdemned sinners to perpetual me-
J lAachply, and 1o1hipg more. Thbso other.
- csn1s sll0rtfy spoke with mo on
ssttain lesse snd principles Of the church
90 81 religion. i know he said, the
nligioh Of Rome and q part Of Italy is diff
Assnt from the religion of the Iest of the
world, FOX in Italy you have the religion of
3S Peter, and elsewhere the religion of St.
RAai=, and then he added, with i'll adjusted
esadition, precisely on this account God
showed to St.Paul the sheet filed with un-
o2ean animals to be eaten. congratulated
aim on his time being occupied in reading
The Acts of the Apostles, but added that
the vision was not made to st. Paul but to
s. Peter-that the two Apostles were in
perfect accord, and both brought round
The conversion of Rome and the world
and Paul wrote to the Romans, and boasts
aa that he was Roman citizen, and with
Reter he was martyred in Rome, confirm
nag With his blood the same faith preached
IN Rome and outside of it by the Prince of
btB Apostles.
Now, say, why all this 1 repeat it.
Csaneipally. And whose duty is it to
dsssipate this ignorance, whose to elimi-
nata certain prejudices which, penetra-
ting even to the highest classes of
aoeiety, produce therein evils without end 2
= 70 my duty, it is your duty, venerable
aaaeed by God as sentinels to watch day
aad night over the safety of Sion-'Super
7DxTos taos cORstitui caStodes i; t0ta die tota
20efe, IN perpetaum non tacebunt. 1t be-
Aooves us to teach the people their duties !:
10 ms 1t belongs to dissipate the errors
Waseh gather ON this earth, and to direct
90 many even perhaps good people, but
who do not know, from the position which
they occupy, the truth of certain principles
OF the existence of certain facts. Wherefore,
saving invoked Gods assistance, will say
N she hrst place that amongst the sentinels
rested by God for the custody of His city
Of Zion, that is to say the Church, there
1!e some who forget the greatness of their
Slgnaty, and who even abandon the,insig-
mo OF their high degree, that they may
ansame certain customs and manners that
MfSa suit them better to mingle with world
~ people; there arg sentinels who think
THEY can approach the world, and pretend
~ love it under very specious but vain
poeeEss, but the great st. Leo says to
EAeza.= sPdcens csn mundo, nisi amatores
SsasssdS Aabere non oossant.' Those who
tDld eas friendly hand to this world in
NA~AA@& ~ AotSObt&tC COHfcHttOHS WIFI tOf-
get, though the Apostle st. John tells us
very e3aassYs that the world does not know
Jesus Christ--Mundus funa non cognorit.
And if the world does not know. Jesus
Cnxsss ,oc pretends not to know Him, how
ID At possible to do homage to it or seek its
zagoEf Gr is it the world that has beauti-
9ea our souls with the sacerdotal character,
with thaS character which, as 1 and you
1ORe, viii SHINE brilliantly in heaven when
God shall call us into the presence of His
SAeryF Was it the world that enriched
oIsE 9ouls with the other sacred favors Z
Was it the world, in fine, that, separating
rs from the rest of men and placing us
ever them, endowed us with gifts of wis
dom, understanding, counsel, fortitude,
knowledge, piety, and the fear of the Lord;
or was il not God Himself who poured out
pftese heavenly treasures into our souls Z
10 Him, therefore, let us offer our thoughts,
Dan affections, our work and our gratitude
Bsa& will conclude these remarks with a
hsaxenly benedichon, which L impart to
ycn with all the expansion of my heart !:
anM Rrst bless these frst ones Of whom l
have been speaking, and, raising my hands
toeAeazeD, pray that God may look on
theSa With an eye of mercy, and enhance
tina hReasing with the grace Of Light, to the