The New York herald., 1870-02-21
CHURCH or 1HE MOST HOLY REDsEMeR.

WLnt il Sermon aud How shall II he
Listened tos-ScrM0n by Rev. Father
Hoiaus-rhc Forty Honrs' Devotion.
TINS large church. on Third street between ave
nues and b. erected by the numerous German
Catholics Of the seventeenth ward is tu charge OF
tne Fathers Congregations Soaictissiat Reee,aD.
torts, usually Known by the abbreviated name OF
the Kedempiorist Fathers, The attendance IL
usually very large especially during high mass and
so 1t was also yesterday forenoon. Rev. Father
Holaus preached the sermon In the German Ian.
guage, on the character OF the sermon ana how
good Catholics and Christians should listen to IL.
lie took tor his text the parable OF the sower from
ihe eighth chapter Of the Gospel according to St.
Luke-"A sower went out to SOW his seed, and an he
sowed some fell by the waysde, and II was rouden
down, aud the fowls OF the air deyoured 1t; and
some fell upon rock, and as soon az 1t was sprung
UP u wltnered away, because It lacked moisture.
aud some fell among thorns ana the thorns spranp
up with 1t and choked II; ana other Iei on uoudd
ground, and sprang up and bare fruit a hundred
lolu. And when lie said these things he cred He
rna mas .aa' aath ears 10 hear let HIM hear"
TO be received with we'll prepared heari
brought to condition TO listen to ,he Word OF 1iod
That 1T may bring iorth fruit and that it fall not
among tnorns, nor by the waysde nor on ROCKS
There should also DC profound attention pracfr,ed
Magdaene SAT at the ieet Of the Lord and cared not
for the world around her. but only for the words OF
her Master. To practice this attentlon and TO IN.
crease II tue people should follow the ADVICE OF St
Augustine VINO said that sermon was like a letter
from home, Tor " is Missive from On high, our
heavenly home 1t is not the person OF the preacher
to whom they should do homage. Tor he Is merely
ike the letter carrier; nobody cared for him. for
Inc contents OF the letter he brought. But IL w az
also necessary to retain the truths of the sermon
tnat they may bear Irn otherwise 10 would be ike
tie man gazing into mirror and whose image passes
away when he turns aside. They shonlu not follow
the example Of 81 Peter, who heard the Lord speak
yet denied MN three tunes; mad ne retained the
words OF the Lord nc would not have denied him.
Careicssness inattentlveness at church was a ain:
they should repent o u aaa form resolution never
10 be guilty. II all people would adhere to these
rules they would ali be better mon morally ana
their moral Improvement woua tell upon their
worldly prosperity.
Before tue sermon the reverend father made tho
anhoun ement tlat on sunday next, at 1--WE a,cIock
In the morning. there VIII Degin the .rorty houra
oevotioD," ending ON the Tuesday following a,
seven O'Clock In the evening. The cereinonfes viii
be of the most solemn KIND az they usua ly are on
snch OCCASIONS al tHs popular churcn. The Herv,caa
peSin as stated OH Sunday morning at five o,ciocv
with the AtSstt E1posttonis, or ExpositIon u,gi
MASS at which the Sonctssstnatcnl viii be removea
ron ihe tabernacle and exposed to the ylew al The
faithful during the day until seven IN the eyeuing
Al THIS early hgh mass there will be,no sermon ~
zen A. N. on sunday ana ut nine A. NJ on Tuesday
there WIZ be hlgh mass and sermons anu on sun.
day shd MONDAY at seven p NJ there Will be yespers
Win sermons and she reposltion OF the San1tasss-
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