The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-06-09
ANOTHER MAGNIFICENT LECTURE By FATHER
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toaLmonsneo - y faithfai and true servant Of
the Lord, his God, . faithful ruler OF the 3
Church, and man from wnos ri a gsse sse him
the hs,s .ssn BIN in the Halls Of tho Vatican;
have seen the most p,sjndioea fros S;se .
ohambcr, ] have seen them come forth, snear
eycS streaming with tears; i have sea tnSm ]
come forth. entranesd Win th,f they
I've, SAhsld in che head Of the Oaehoiio
ChurSh.l Ae h exsrsordtuasy In thas ne has Fl
oatlssd tie ysiS n e de: spop Tie .isar Ave-
eis y ssS msnhood. Well DO ! remember
re heroic voice shs1 Rsfss hss ssssa
It were an ssgeI Of God, that had come down
from heaven, and in . voice Of melodAous snon-
G ine over h .Ss psops
the iopg roll Of foptia.-nevs. did man Is sit
p passed into proysrS that Pope was ever to
see the years Of Peter. That Eroverb Is
f.isied In Plus He has passed. inc inc % ssssa
the bounds which closed around All h,s pre-
deoessors. He has passed the Year, o. fe ts.
The shro n;sa e. a. chSy,oS ans he
has doubled tie years Of Peter. He issingular
in what the world calls his n,isfortunes but
what to me Or any man o. ss.sI %Sss to the
last week that tho Lord, our Saviour, spent
before His paasion, in Jerusaleun. reniem-
her f eSs & % the ywhos world No
u wS9a bin! He was tie theme q every porn
r ab w momsnt that they beSeld him the cry
came forth ~" Tira rira, IL salvatore de la
Satria p Long live the savior of his people,
bis face in the very streets Of Rome; and in
the very halls of the deserted Vatican he hears
the echoes of the shouts Of those that cry,
in thy blood, o Plus" Now, ask any man
on tie face of the earth, what has this man
donei What the greatest enemy of the
so and so, and he has deserved this change OF
popular friendship, and Of popular opinion, pin on
The greatest enemy that the Pope mas on tn.s s
earth is not able to bring u single charge
against him, during these tw enty:ive years yea
to account for that change of opinion; What lat
has
and obloauyf There is no accounting for it.
It is like the change that came over the people
sHosapna to the Son Of pavid and On Good
Friday morning cried, "give him to US! We
will tear Him to pieces and cruelty Him?
1ssssa i sh sG Ro%sn 0 No.
Years in Rome, under his Pontifcate: There
was no taxation worth speaking Of; there wa y
education for the children, plenty Of employ
forcible conscripton of the youth, to SEM
the shape Of q barrack, or to hunt them ont u
che battlefield, to be mown down and Hum
into blood.stained graves; No; o., every e; ma
There was prosperity in the land. Aud owe
all this there was the hand ever waving
blessing. and q voice invoking benediction m n.
Changed No man can tell. Therefore, say
this man is extraordinary Ia his misfortune'
in as much as they bring ont H. IN sns
to his cruciHed Lord and Saviour, the Head Z
the Church. He is singular in the magnii
= cence of his character. me student o, t n,s
have come down from Peter to Plus, and
make this assertion, that there is not sing
c ga. of anv one of these Popes that dot
not shine out, concentrated, In the character
Plus TX. We admire the missionary zeal
St. Gregory the Great, of st. Celestine Pin
the Ninth has sent from under his own nan
and from under his own blessing, men WI
have honored his Pontfcate, as we'll as u
in martyrdom, for the Faith. From under b
hand have gone forth those holy ones W!
have languished in the dungeons OF emma q,
of Japan. From under his hand have goi
forth those heroic Jesuit sons of st: ignatir
that have lifted the standard of the Cross, 81
up1ifted the name-the name w9lea a., i" az,
of men, unto the farthest nations OF the ear
IF we admire the love of Rome that shln
forth in the character of st. Leo the gre
The Was the Pope amongst them all that ev
loved Rome and the Romans so tenderly as I
heart Of Plus TX. loved themI when NE ca -
to the throne there were Romans in exile, q
tIsre we're Romans in prison. The very I'll
act Of the POnti was to fling open I'll the p E,s
doors and to say to these cnloren Vi ~, me-
tune 4" Come forth, Italians; breatne tue ~
air and feast your eyes upon the lovettnes IS
your native land" There were t5 Romans mesnsys
were in exile he sent them the m nf Ioye.
Whatever land thsy we're, and said, =, g. Go
back to mecome back and sit s do%p IN P fo
Rome. and children of-Rome, love yo
This was the Language and 1ot these p p;ns
emphatic accents of the glorious ,, ttIs
Rome as he didi l lived in Rome during
s Of his m6ss sav tbat sf Se
n citv of brick and that he handed it ove1
Victor Emmanuel, the robber a city of polls
and shining marble, OFPbauages. nospn
public schools, model lodging houses, Pu
baths and lavatories,s splendid tounia
everything that the Roman citizen co ,,,t
quire, either for his wants or for his lux \
/; will nlealure. the ma1nln