The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-04-10
ST. sTAHIsIAs KosrKA.


me two great characteristics of tbi
SAINTS life are his extraordinarv npr;t,
anu his devotion to the Mother of Cod
AN atmosphere of sanctity and anTal;,
in!ooesfy pervaded his whole being from
h has cnluhood upwards; and to her, whom
ne lovingly called the tenderest ri
Mothers," he simply went as little cLiIJ
and obtained everything that ba ,ra o,i.u,
marks - Si"Pne' re-
We remain strangely unaware how mncb os
s s;iss.ance, even in the exercise of our natural
9 9,i; I'VE might obtain if only asked for It
Iini.iaren, in their simplicity, will ASK f ~,
Things which grown-up people do not thin,- i or
ma king the subject of petitions and IL Is ,u -,
t wnen ehilds prayer is not granted however
s.rsS i - ss iss God loves those who
they great or small ~ - pc Pc
At fourteen, Stanislas was sent will, his
cider brother Paul and a tutor to Visnna ms
10 10 oe placed at the Jesuit College in that
ms College was soon after broken
~ pue .ne erothers took a lodging in the
own ana SO We're able to attend tIe no me-
'iasses. Stanislas's holiness daily increasaS
,hu provoked Paul almost to madness
w cohCent with reproaches and insnlts
&c, e; loaded him with blows and sticks, To |
us lahaman conduct Stanislas opnosed !!
my meekness aud patience. His simple
lunts was: soi G
1 was not born for temporal thipps INIT f,r =
ernal; for these desire to live. and not f or {
lose. ~ --T"1-~ No' A"o hot ior r
But all this generosity seemed to be lost ,,o,, Il
Iui' ana all these sacrifices to be tbrdwn Ii
way. And yet it was not so. as time wasat a.
st to show. The seed then sown was Z" %.a az q,
orlous fruit, when the sun of Grace shouId n,
on it. the warm = into life and draw down
LIS. How often may it not be SO in eases ~ n:
't.e ~ ~ NOT given to us to know the inner ~
; ;t,I or those upon whom tears and unre- al
ited love seem to have been spent in c,.ain pr
win them to God! f'N0 -" VAIN i'm
BEFORE his birth Stanislas had been. as II W.
re- myster1ousiy devoted to the Society III
oesus, the sacred name having heen he
seriously engraven on his mo1her,s
som ana every day his vocation to enter pat
> oi"er became more decided. But how an'
accomplish it He knew that his father OF
ijd never give his consent; and tbnt tba s"0
.ht fathers would never receive hin, /
i4out 1t. For this reason lie hcsitotaI art
u iohS tinie To declare his vocation. hnt ext
''s0 leehag that his conduct was nm mil
erouS towards God. he conuuor.I, T.: rec
ctance to speak and opened biz h..n ms Pre-
is confessor. No sooner had he snn'ar joy
words than he felt himself rs it were live
ldatcd with spiritual consolation. splt
as (writes his biographer) is often cod,. eon
20 ue@ilhe win HIS servants with those s.oh
orally for whom He has desi gned hiph vo' spec
Il y
ore. He solicits their consent. as He All Hea
Oh Mary by GabriePs ministry for IT. | sum
IT,, ISL !. on no one and then when the stud
rsrano ~ ~ fls 20 oter ITS goodwill and first
i:, ne Iortlhes 1T to do His will and of g
i 'i3 81 Writ
h 90 IL. s.ses ~ sweetness besides, terce
a1 the moment more than comDen hooy
nor,ia S ss'0.ice. Ills confessor, how as if
, tIa oi' Sc no way o! helping him to las Ii
! ha 'dI h onJece OF ms wishes; but Stan TIL
hao oeen assured in vision of his nj ~
@ success and was not DISCOURAGED for 20
nad oeen always specially devoted Il is {
= BARBARA, and this year he hoped a.,
from her intercession. For this mr. III o ~
!. ne studied the Saints life with low dn;n ~
!, stention-the attention OF the heart. 500
the closest intailao., "iT"eiy IiHerent Assur
it is that Saints ra"5 apPilcatlon. at fir
With them reaJ;n anu mus It is aroun
, words dron 80 IS prayer. They But Ii
carry grace viii ,Ii',l1 ;, soui ana the he la
ne mad soon after, st. Barbara,s in ,,' "S :,
Whatsoa,,or an I"'tt ne de- Career
III MY name, He will give ii tn Won ;, CT,
is aft.r ti,is ass,,, w gar can sur OF his
-. l,i 81, ask SO little and expect the Z
st Stap;sIos doo:J, ChHfel
Announce. r., -; 49, =" ''i'G v Jenna, which
iuation No -, or VI sitE-lls quiet SAVIOR
INT at his bands ~ ehuute such sudder
compel him tc a. I ' winch sumed
.re Paul - : = ..I 7's=s freedom lie rem
ont of III 80 o''ue nith take gently
ana Stanlsias thus free, quietly as ,liracto
Cne uress OF peasant, started on other
augsburg. When his flight was imaoin,
+, aIl, alarmed at the cOnse- atte6ti,