The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-01-21

July, the oflcs will NOT 10 fer the spreed- |
eagle, but the Nass Of the S.sixth day OF the
Octave OF IS. Peter and Paul.
There are two ways Of looking OF this
question. There are two ways q %akins
Union In New York. One wesnte have
begun with mono bnt Catholies whose
hearts were burning within them with 1eet
for the Vicar Of Christ, and for the Casho.
lie Chsrch and its Interests. These would
emily. Il pssnisssd I s. the eesissls.tiesl su-
thoritfes, 3 c0nffsternlty. Thin would have
had IL growth by the addition Of none 70 !
its numbers except those who would join te
with fervor. Of purpose, e be frequently |
renewed and fortified by Holy Communion |
and other acts Of piety, done In common. |
or ON q mutual pledge. rs
Bat there was another way. 1t was 70
east forth . net as wide - st. Peters own; |
70 gat6er every kind OF Ash that would own
itself 70 DO a eeh IN st. Peters vet q II was
TO draw Into Cstaeiio as;ocission ms snS
q enlightened" Catholics, whose knowledge
Of their faith consists In . vague recollsc.
tioa OF acme points Of their Catechisin
which they harmed, perhsps, only IN the
hour-srweek, Of = SlndAy-school; but IN
kept alive " shs'mercy Of Infinite Love.
To CASHIER, alec, i.thnesD othersy once bestes
p rsSs that sos s. ssiSs ioss iaish, spd 81
aasociakionl wiSh infdAs With OK withont
tbesnames Of Pfots.tsats, .6sse come 90
forward to belieye everything that Jesus
Christ teaches " His Church, or to do
everything that He, by the Church, COM
| mapds to be done. - '705 -
| Now, let 10 tell our Ninnes0ta cores
pondsns that there are many
aforementioned - knowing hardly any
thing about their religion. or its intere:ts,
| who will come to . Uigh Mass, on . day
| made free Of business, like tho Puritan
Thanksgiving-who will probably forget,
or fail 70 think it possible, that December
United States,) is day Of Obligation to At
! tend Mass and abstain from servile work.
ssHighly intelligent" Catholics who neither
/ know NOR care whom comes the feast of st.
joseph, can be brought to attend . Solemn
Mass on the festivalof St. Peters Chair g
Antioch - because, being WashiDgton's
birthday, it 10 . day in which NO general
business 10 done here. OF the same "htghly
intelligent !" Catholics, profoundly ignor-
ant Of most that Catholics ought 70 know,
Il to the festival Of So. Peter and Paul; but,
If they happen to stay In town, may 60 70
High Aass ON the Fourth Of Julyj and,
perhaps, may 20 homo from IL, knowing
, and thinking more about st. Peter and ms
successor than they have thought before:
We are not arguing ~ preferring thi.
second way Of giving true and ger% p.s %.
j; are supposing what may have influenced
some q its leading members: our cores
: pondent has seen too much Of the world MOI
TO know that we cannot deal with men Other
; wise than a. We ind them, and that there
. can be no grand commerce among men
, except on the principle Of mutual conces
. sions. Il would be an extravagance, ant
. faulty, for Catholic, accustomed to sttent
: Masa every day; to abstain ON certai'
Z Thursday, in November. because It wa
Puritan THANKSGIVING. Our sorrespsnd as.,
lie to attend Mass any day. We object 2
g strongly AZ "W. N. to anything. like .sut
II ordinating our Catholic Calender to tn
y Interpolation Of anti Catholic or Paga
IT festivals. We abhor the tame sabservienc
2, of Catholics, in city like New York, VII
"a shut up their counting houses on Purita
j. Thanksgiving, and Keep them open,
70 day, on our Patron Feast of the Immscu
IF late Conception, week or so later.--Fre'
u su1n,s Journal.