The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-07-14

AESSENGEh. SUNDAY, JULY
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dlssth. HE mother buried to q Saint, -
Francis Of Assissium. -Ths saint prayed
and the ehidsa Life ,waa saved. These
things used to happen long ago. The joy
Pfoa mother. in Thanksgiving, vowed her
child to- the altar Such vows were COM
mon then. The custom hes grown 0hao-
lete in our sge. Parents prefer thei~orid
to the altar,-and stand between their
daughters aud the Virgin's veil ;--between
their sons and the sanctuary. $50 the
world grows wiser ;-aad vows and vocs-
lions foolish and few. Bonaventnre's
mother never dreamed what golden gift
abe had made to God. Her child, catching
the mothers Inspiration, grew in grace,
virtue and wisdom. He became q prodigy
Of learning. In those days the common
school system gave God the frst place; and
Religion and science walked hand in hand.
The prodigy of learning was . prodigy Of
virtue. n - % 3-sFiA'A
In the 9Th year of his age, already fa.
mous, he sacriHced all worldly ambitions
and put on the cowl and habit Of q Francis
can monk. Asked whence he derived such
vast aud varied learning no pointed to the
Cruei6x. That was his Aboek,-and he
learned its lessons we'll. In his days, NOR.
tification was more than q word. His.
austerities were many and great. At, last
he reached the priesthood. Elected head
Of the Franciscan order, in the midst Of all
his duties, 10 had the zeal and found the,
time to- write WORT after work fog the sal
yationsof souls and the glory of God. - :
He and his friend, the Dominican, ST.
Thomas of Aqnin, stood, in the front of
their age by sheif learning ;-.shone as the
hghts Of the Church, by their sanctity.H - e >;
i~ Pope Gregory, 10Th raised Bonasentnss
to the Episcopacy. He accompanied the
Pope to the Council of Lyons, the 18th
general council which was opened in sI27a.g9
St. Thomas died on his way to the ssases
council. ssts.3 7%s ~ r E~i~sE .'2EesT ~
.. 500 Bishops assembled there ;-but amid
them all Bonaventure,b bore the, triple palm !
of learning, eloquenee and virtue. q Daring
theceounciI his strength gave way 'Asd
there, in Lyons, 10, the SD year OF his age:
Mi H. fl,n IT.
bless the dying soldier Of the Cross, he
passed to his reward. Threehundrsd years
after lis DEATH. the followers Of CaIsin
violated his grave, burnt his relics and
scattered the ashes in the river Saone.
But Calvinism, in none of its forms, has
ever produced the equal Of Bonaventure.
July 18th - st.. Heary-Emperor.-
lofty and the lowly meet around the cross.
Poverty and wealth give to each other the
kiss of peace beneath the shadow Of the
Crucifed. The rags of the peasant and the
robes Of the prince rustic side by side In
the kingdom of him who knoweth not dis
-tinction of persons. For his grace wake
all the ways of human lives aud mates
saints in every station. Henry was born
in 972 and died in 1924. Emperor, war
rior, legislator, he never forgot that no
earthly position dispenses from Christian
duties. He ruled his subjects we'll because
he served his God. His death was the
sorrow Of all his subjects and God glorifed
his grave. 49,.
July l6M-C Concentration of the Blessed
Virgin Mary Of Mount Carmel .ea \
From early days, in the rocky eaverns OF
Mouht Carmel, dwelt solitaties., Their
life was prayer. Time and again, the des-
TIMES Of the, East had changed, --as Bar
barian, Saracen, and Mussu1man swept by.
But the hermits of Mount Carmel sucoeed-
ed one another for ages, undisturbed BY
the changes around them. In the middle
of the 18th century, some of them came to
Europe and founded establishments in
France and England. In England, Simon
Stock, who, in his 18th year had left the
world to live in the seclusion of q forest,
.-;a Gas~ .zs-