The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-08-11

vaS lost like httle n0See t1, tbe SMs - hi
be voice Of 81. the bi'nSRs q s sse tho
world, and thesS chat hold IT, destiny IN d
.kSsr hssds.' 20 what . ,fasat cod these Ell Of
rors sahat Inevitably fsad ps, sHa wna as; b
adty II 10 for al OF: % 90 ,oe.ouo tH "sa d
snd al, form the basis Of social ard moral q
order, and. withant which shat order wll n
perish. What. will remainy even asser swo q
sessop, good sense, oigniS 10
and civilization, to people rho esve 0eSn 9
that uaan IL only developed monkey
that She human reason 10 more OF lees hke 4
the brain of inferior Fbsneesj Eithous sny
religion, But thas which IL fntnished py
his passions, without Enowledse q , nov 70
y fnsnre life, and With no other providence I
bnt that Of the fatahty Of blind laws ana
for ali liberty, for AL moral responsibility
the alternative Of the contrary and prepon,
deratiDg: movements OF cerebral matter
" So that before the tribunals, the great
criminals are not the guilty, but those who
condemn them" This, gentlemen, was
| said net long since at q pnbiic assembly
For myself, gentlemen, often used to
think during the. sessions OF the Counc.''
lug its DEGREES: What a shame for our
poor humaa;ty! that after ~insseen centuries
Of tho Gospel, oHd seore thar forty OF pa@o-
sopky, seuen hundred rBishops must need a..
semsls from all Parts Of the sarfh. Under
so,ssoe to the scorId, oad oosdsnsa ervoss saeA
az these 5, eff any oneedenaes the e1isteuee
of one Ged, Creator aud Sovereign Lora O.
the sorld.n "If any one biashes TO az
firm that there exists nothing beyond mar.
J thsy II not, the sbip wreek Of all reason:
Hand At the same sine Of all virtue and
. truth Of all that men have been hisngfto
II taught to call liberty aud morality; Inis
ssss yoa 5esssss sas CarSs
= e,,;ats. anu more than that the sun does, fh0t
. 81 can dissipate all this d0rkness tcsthoat as
- sistance. She needs our srork and our swear:
~ God has willed shat we should Work ena
:, Hon nav work without eessatior to eQkin,
~ H. it71eaeh-seul the nigh -extinG 0tested
aame Of faith and uproot, day by day, with
ont ever firing, some dswning error.
~ THE PROMISES MADE TO PErER.
In the second Constitution Pastor Eter-
"a. NUS. YOU will see gentlemen, and you will
he teach to your fecks the beauty and gran
n. deur of the promises made by our Lord
ON and Saviour Jesus Christ to Feters the
n. supreme head of His Church. You will
h. ton, those inoomparable words Of Oul
,a Lord: words of euch simplieity and oi
lie euch strength, 90 full Of meaning and light
;ta that We cannot conceive anything more
it grand, iilustrous and enlightening. Fol
N: my own part,,I am never tired of reading
m them, and Of pondering over that evengelit
,hr narrative, at once 30 simple and so pro
Of found, in which 10 to found the Consultation
ich promulgated July ls "Jesus had gon'
f E the villages in the neighborhood of Cesare
he of Philippi, aud on the road be asked then
the this question: What say they that ami
and thew answered some say that you ar
John Baptist, others Eli, and others Jere
Tho miah. OF one Of the Prophetic An
inS vou:1 said Jesus, "who say you that
aon 49, ~ simon Peter took npon himself I
our answer, and said: You are Christ, tue SO
18th of the living God: .r, -. ham,
ied Jesus then said: Ahou arr napF.
ETY. Simon son of John ;h io' to thee. but m
i'm. Father who is in Heaven. And say Gu
thou art (rock) Peter, and on TINS ro e x,
4 to will build my Church, and the gates OF ne
my shall not prevail against t ner K AmI
The Heaven, and Whatsoever thou shalt biz
a to on earth. shall be bound in Heaven, al
lsti- whatsoever thou shalt loosen on cart
shall be loosened in Heaven"
of Here is the whole thought OF Our Lo
at I revealed at once here is what is meant
ans; that hrst lock directed at Peter the We
my frat time He saw him, and that extrao
,uch binary. and syn bolicai name given to nj
cans of Crook" on exchange for his own simo
the He has become thereby the lQnuamsu,
Is. otone of the divine, edi6ce, be, that timi
con- 0nlettered man To this poor lauOtH
q it. man, still more is said, for no 9eHsses
am the love of God, and in the Kingdom
lime Heaven, and In the Divinity OF sne oou
I, ON God, and he is told that to him Christ v
let sseive the Keys of Heaven" that is. :
faux Immortal keys which, oy the aSe VI 10.
, bic and grace, by hope and charity, by tue g
ttsn ercise OF Ills spiritual sovereignty, and
bad and shut the gates of Heaven; that is
,art, say, the great moral power; religious
Holy thority, and the direction OF cohse'euI
tate and which in short, forms mere oeIIw
fFsc- high security of souls. This is what
ad- given to the most humble and tue s U.s.
le to feeble of men. Then on the eye OF
,ym- Passion, "Simon! Simon Satau "" . -
hich that We be all crushed ike ~uSHSt %
have prayed for ye 80 that thy Aith ~ y
have not diminish; one day when thoo art ~ q
r, on verted, con6rm Thy brethren:" ~
8, In again, after the ree0rFecCeoOS "Siu1Vuf