The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-06-19

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existing II Paris, IL ~ I'm 11Ii6os nv
fespeetsbls pAalanx 4 xsliaious per,cn
theis rad u ppsoxinsats majority IL -
PIoviness, notwithstanding the tssehing
| Of voltairsy tho open peraecution 81 th
Church, and tho many anti Catholic revo
lnficns-all 2f which have disordered th,
minds and the morality Of the people. 4
Paris correspondent writing on this snb
ject says:
II the people shun the presence Of thei,
Parish priest, 1t il because the long cassoci
is reproach to all those who do not 20 ID
Cuurcn on Sundays, and who disobey both
tne commandments of God and Of his
church. 1t is the same feeling as that which
presldes in England when Parliament pro-
| hibits the long cassock to be worn in the
streets. A Fenian cannot see with pleas-
ure the Queens livery. In the same man
ner an intide! cannot see with pleasure the
livery Of Christ, because it Is reproach to
ms inndehty. IL is the same feeling of re-
proach that banishes the Cross from the
roadside, and from the high street of the
town and village; it is the same feeling
which makes impure men consider chastity.
under the image of the Blessed ffnmaculate
Mother Of Christ, as an idol. However the
people ss OF France may have been democrat
literature, they still believe in the exist
ence OF . SOU, with very few exceptions no
trenchman dies without calling in q priest.
Again, II poverty visits their door. thew
call upon the priest, knowing they win find
IN MIN compassionate and warm-hearted
n1end. The Catholic Church, ever careful
OF its flock, in Paris provides masses every
na!f hour from ak. o'clock in the morning
ELL noon on weekdays, and till one O'Clock
on Sundays, 80 that every body may be able
70 obey the law to hear Mass on Sunday.
Every evening night prayers are said with
high masses with deacon and sub-deacon.
familiar instruction at one Of the high
masses, and sermon at vespers, followed
BY compline and benediction. Besides the
clergy, industrious nuns look after the sick
and poor, under the direction of the parish
Church are still more multiplied. a Ient tae
preacher 10 appointed, instructions are
given by him every day, and twice day
during the eight days retreat, as q prepa-
ration to the Easter Communion. In Paris
the numerous clergy are kept by the vol
only allows @4s to vicar and 83s to a |
parish curate, and the curate of the vicar |
only receives fA. As the smallest apart |
ment in Paris costs at least E36, it can be |
said in truth that the clergy are kept only |
6y voluntary donations. 1t is true the
Catholic priest is not like the Protestant /
who has wife and family and
vanity to keep up, his whole life is
devoted to prayer and the urg,of souls I
intrusted to his care. The amount of
donations re ceived in each church in
Paris, to provide decoration of the affairs,
the choir, the keep of clergy and vergers.
annum. This of course does not include
The large sums given for charitable pur-
poses. The $4,000 are collected by the
1aifpenny and penny paid for chairs, and )
collection made at every mass. As the COL
ectlon is so very frequent, not more than
End those who give put in one halfpenny.
On Sundays at High Mass almost every
body gives sou. On Sundays there ia q
very fair congregation at all the masses
sta. standing room is always free), where sin
aress. The infidel of Paris does not use the
'hurch as place of fashion, you do not see
a church the same faces as in a theatre
e In tea-garden, and, if there is any
ruth in phrenology, we will venture to say
nat the true religion can be discovered, if
ny one will take the trouble to study the
aces who attend places of dissenting wor- :
MP, and compare with those who attend a
;atholic church. On Friday went to
lotre Dame to see the crown of thorns of
ur dear Redeemer, it is enclosed in a glass g
ase, which is exposed on Fridays in Lent.
nd which everybody may go up to kiss. / 9
7as surprised to see SO many carriages in 4
'ont Of the church, but soon found out the u
eason, seeing Mgr. Bauer in the pulpit
axe Father Ratisbonne, he also is a CON
erted Jew. About one-third of that vast
acred edifice was filed with those who
ad come to hear him. Benediction offthe
lost Holy Sacrament with the Stabat
'ilowed the sermon; then came the devo.
on of kissing the sacred crown of thorns
le crowd was 30 great that it tookjme half
4 hour before could kiss the glass case.
trough which you can see the precious r
'iic. could not help rejecting upon the =
'imosity of Protestant party spirit inidel- Il
? against relics, and every other emblem :.
hich can remind man that he has an i'm
ortal soul. In France intidelity has NOT
zen able to put down that Worship for the
'ad, 90 conspicuous in every cemetery on
o Feast of All Souls Day. It is a res
'ctabie custom, and that respectable Gus o.;
m extends to the worship of the sacred %
own, which shows thst the people of =
IRIS, in spite Of their g1eat immortality &
q dissertation of the Sunday, look upon
lrist as being their best adopted Father.
France infdeiity has not been able to
e down the Cross, which you can see Ne
'nding in every village, with the image
our Blessed Redeemer nailed 60 it. The III III
Diem Of the Cy0ss is not considered here co
Q beacon of superstition although NO RI
abt it Is an emblem Of reproach to every w
ldei, and to all those who work ON SIM.
70. To the good Catholic, the Cross and T.
sacred crown are endless subjects of tt
dttation; they recall to his mind the
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