The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-07-31
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To-day the Church celebrates the Feast Of
st. Ignatius, one Of the greatest Of her saints,
and while noting the fact, we would mako it
the occasion to say that new life Of the great
founder has been written by Mr.. Stewart
Rose, and published by tho Longmaus, Lon
dom We copy from an English Contemporary
the following notice Of the work
The authors motto, "psrvum inRsutis ypar-
nus reverentie" il illustrated on every9psSc,
and In every limo the writer's heart seems 10
sss sss snos M
public Is offered thoroughly interesting, and
enrolling narrative, full Of soul and affection,
rejecting unnistakably highly cultivated
it's subject. The author mover faiisto explain
the action of the saint by . previous reference
to the state Of the times in which he moved;
agitations In Germany, In Italy, the contem-
plated reforms within the Church With or
without q Council, the serious abuses, which
had,0rept In, are all dealt with in . spirit of
The life Of st. Ignatius was one 80 eminently
practical, SO far removed from anything
savoring of mystic cuietism, and withal 80
tive, that we cannot but be struck with wonder
that an author, whose experience Of the life
passed by the saints children is evidently not
and In general 30 faithfully. That he should
have fallen into few errors is almost to be
expected; that those errors should be SO trivial.
and that the general portrit should be so accu-
ton. Mr.. Rose will not, we trust think US
hypercrisical if VIC point out that one Of tho
errors we allude to 10 to be found In bis other
wise well-digested abstract Of the Exercises-
The meditation on the "Two Gtandards1 ia
not intended to place before Ne the alterpa-
tives Of heaven hellr;;" If it were % it would
the first week, II which The sxsrsissSt ass al
the ssH III TIE hsR g &c .
during which we have the meditation on the
1.-TWO Standards" presupposeS determina-
ton to serve God; and the practical considers
ton alone remains-in what state Of life this
determination is to be carried QUIT It ia, We
believe, O tradition of the Society, that in this
meditation was revealed to st. Ignatius the
order was to adopt. Moreover, the colloquy
closing the exercise, which, of course, always
sums up the resolves suggested by the medita-
ton as far from the caa ~ TIN IN
highest perfection is ont ofvharmouy with
mere determination to- avoid mortal sin. We
have spoken of this criticism as possibly ap-
pearing exaggerated; for in fact There are
books written many years ago by fathers of
the Society-and probably Mr.. Rose has been
nisled by them-which explain the "Two
which sense, we may add, has since the time of
the late sanity General been altogether repudi-
ated by the Society. Z.
One of the best features in this splendid vol
ume is q large introduction of the letters
written by St. Ignatius. The transfer of this
practice from prOf.ine to religious biography is
much to be commended. 1t shows ms that the
Saints were not men, to use homeiy phrase,
walking in tho air - we see them transact
ing business like other people, and not forget
full of the ordinary necessities aud duties OF
to appreciate the great and simple truth
taught by the masters of a spiritual life,