The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-30
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The Most Rev. DR.. Manning preached Il
recent Sunday morning at the Pro- Cathe-
dral, KensingtOp, an eloquent sermon up0n
the present phrase of the Romap question.
Taking as his text the 24tGsvsrse of the
9th chapter of Matthew, nWtJen Pilate
saw he could prevail nothing, but rather
tumult was made, he took water and wash
ed his hands before the multitude. ssyinu.
am innocent of the blood Of this lust
i Person." 1t was not his intention, the
preacher said, to draw any historical paral-
| lels from a consideration of his text with
| the circumstances of the present time. but
rather to trace the motives and actions Of.
those who brought them about, and to in
quire what would be their results upon the
Christian world. There was certainly 4
strong resemblance between the perseoa-
tion to which the Saviour of the world was
subjected, and that which His Vicar on
| earth was now undergoing again and again.
Plate wished to set Jesus Christ free, but
| tumult was made, and not considering
what was just not considering what
people, who exclaimed, "Crucify Him
cruelty Him !" and SO injustice was ever
| sure to reign when the voice of the multi
tude became the law of mankind. He was
willing to admit that King Victor Emmanuel
was brave man, generous man, and q
charitable man to the poor and to the needy,
that he was a man who believed the holy
Catholic faith, be his acts and his deeds
what they might. He had no wish to de-
throne the Sovereign Pontiff, but the .tu-
multi was made, and he, too yielded to the
cry of the multitude, and then took water,
washed his hands, and said, am inno-
cent of the blood of this just man, The
Pope, however, to prevent bloodshed, adj
mltted the enemy within the walls of ROme.
disbanded his brave army, that, like the
apostles of old, served them through love
and not for pay; and now he was no longer
free, for ruthless hireliDgs, men of blood
and foreign cut-throats, had established q
dominion and tyranny over him asd a.
was these men, and not his Roman subjects.
who cheered with loud acclaim the entry
of the invader into the sacred city. which
was now given over to destruction. That
day had hitherto been held sacred aSsthe
festival of the Holy Rosary, and as the an
niversary of the glorious victory Of Lee
panto, gained by the powers Of Christen-
dom, under the conduct Of Plus. over the
and would henceforth be
in the history of the Christian
world as the date of the plebiscite which
vas at that moment being taken through
'ut the Roman States, but which, iDasm1ch
;ould not be considered q free vote. Il
vas i'll this way the oldest sovereignty in
he world-a sovereignty built up by faith
was for time cast down. In it's moral y
haracter it was sin. The old law which
aid, You shall not steal-you shall not
ated, as was also the law which prohibits
ne prince from invading the territories of
mother without declaration of war; The
esult of all this would be destruction to
he Christian world, and when the moral
nd religious sanctions by which it was
cid together were abrogated, then every
alton and every household would feel the
isastrous consequences of it. Here he
ished them to observe that when he spoke
the Christian world he spoke of thing
rought about by the Christian Church,
ut, at the same time, totally distinct from
The Christian world might again lapse
to state of paganism, but the Church
self could not perish, and there was their
'pe. 1t would, on the contrary, rise with
eater power from its persecution. He
entioned this because he read the other
y in public journal these words "The
oman question is settled" Why, the
oman question was only beginning. Forty
e Pontiffs had either been driven ont of
'nfe or never set their feet within it. Wby
t the forty-sixth : Rome has been nine
mes spared from the enemy. Why not
enth time 7 She has been seven times
sieged. Why not the eighth timer De- :.
tie OF all these disasters, the Church has
er been victorious, and would be so again
d again, and history told them that no
3 who ever laid hands upon her prosper
The old empire of Rome the Greek
pre- at Constantinople, the barbarian
'des, the Lombards in the north. the =
rsemen in the south, the German empire,
poieon in his glory-he meant the First.
the other, in compassion, he would saw
and against the Sovereign Pontifr. and
n had been punished for the sacriiera- =
SO it would be in this case