The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-09-21

monastic sauctity to God-that love of apos-
apostles of the whole world-that love of su-
prene sanctity by which the island itself was
brought TO be the mother of the brightest aud
the greatest sons of the Church of Christ.
Thus were shown the first elements of the in
dtvtduai love of faith in which the Irish race
were to live for God-the FIRST element was
the element Of enlightenment by knowledge
lives and times of the various Primates of Ar
magh for several centuries, and showed that
they had been the means, by the grace Of God,
that was 40 dear to them, and which had been
inherited from st. Patrick. The happy time
had come, he said, aud the dust Of st. Patrick
in his grave must quicken and start within
the tomb tho dust Of st. COLUMBIA, the great
aud mighty Irish patriot saint, must quivsr in
his tomb that day when the great souls looked
down from heaven and beheld the sublimity Of
that building. They beheld the proportions
of a new ca, hedrals grauder and more sublime
than that which had passed away-they be-
held an altar richer than that which had been
pulled down. The old faith rising up frou, her
grave gives the love of God, unchanged, to
the same glorious race, unconquered aud un-
oonqnerahle, 10 temple worthy of God and of
st. Patrick. They haa the representatives of
astlc sauctity, had sent forth that day, on tho
four winds of heaven, whispering to children
of st. Patrick who had gone to the far West,
that their faith, their true faith, the free Ca
with them and left behind thcm that sign Of
the divine love of jesus message that tho
zeal for the House of God had made them to
be q chnrch-building race. And to day tho
eyes of that race were turned to them and
liked upon them, and to-day the freshman,
whoever he was, far away on the shores of tho
great Pacific Ocean-far away by the banks of
the mighty rivers that flowed ever that great
Western Continent as we'll az into tho South
ern seas and at the end of tho earth-girded
himself up with a strength OF divine fai tn
with one united heart for God, and love for
Ireland. They were Invisible to those present
there day, but yet they were really present
and had their eyes turned upon us. Thus 1t
was that they had gathered within those walls
grandest secession that could ever present
itself tosehem. There might be seen the very
central point of the vitality of tho Irish race
Iney never could live if they had not that
stand together in love and unity, and trust III
God as If they were one man. Let them miu-
gle their voices to-day with those of the saints
| in heaven, let them mingle with the voice of
st. Patrick's the prayer, the earnest resolution
that with Gods help they would Ialk in tho
glorious footsteps of their ancestors. Let
| them determine to walk in the ways Of their
ancestors who never, surely, could have OBJ
| tanned such grace from Cod, grace of faith, the
! undying grace of marty rdnm, if they had not
led pure and spotless lives, full of temperance
aud Justice. Let them forget the ipjnries that
their fathers had suffered in the past-they
were bound to forgive-thsy could afford TO
forget them, for generous hearts whether Pro-
tesSant or Catholic-lamented them. United
| together in faith, hope aud love that day, let
them send up the strong prayer of holy race
to God, thar he may grant them st. Patrick's
| prayer. message had been received from
| Rome 10 which the Pope, who loved St. Pat
! rick's Irish children, sent them his blessing on
! their work of conservation, and granted them
| forty days indulgence in the usual manner and
| his Holiness's blessing on all those and their
| families VINO assisted in the work. The love
| OF COD GOULD never and the
Irish race could never be extinguished if they
! preserved their identity with God in divine
| faith, love, and trust in Him.
At six O'Clock, Pontifcal Vespers were
sung in the presence of the Cardinal, the
Primare, and numbers Of the Bishops, when
| the Rev. Isaac Moore, ST., of Limerick,
preached an eloquent sermon, Of which the
following is an outline:
"Give glory to the Lord, for He is good, fol-
| His mercy endured forever. Let them say so
that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom
He hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy
Palms cvi, 1, 2. After speaking of tue ply 81
cal and moral beauty of the world, both which,
minister to the glory of Almighty Cod the
wonders of the moral world why speak of the
beauty of fidelity, of the sublime glory Of self.
sacrifice; why speak if exiles and outcasts, OF
the axe aud the scaffold, of danger and ot
deathf Are we not upon Irish soil we
not amidst that people W hose sole heritage for
long was to suffer persec ution for justice sake,
| whose blrthright it was to sacrifice for truth,
| to suffer for the faith; arc we not in Armagh,
the Rome of Ireland, the See Of st. Patrick,
the head whence the life giving stream of faith
flowed through the island7 Armagh, the scene
of many an heroic tale untold in human story,
though dear to God Armagh, ballowed by the
sanity life, the laburs, the tears of Oliver
Plnnkett, it's martyred Bishop. Stirred by the
though is, the place. the day, this scene awakeus
memory with magic power, bids the past APP
pear; and the past of Ulster, of Armagh who
can gaze upon itf What scenes of wickedness
aud lpj ,istce, of lawless tyranny, of heartiess
rapinef But again, what scenes of patience,
of long suffering, of manly courage, of heroic
fortitnde, of noble fidelity to truth, of self
immolatiug constancy, of nnswerving faith.
Aud when We look around us and behold this
majestic edifce arise fresh tribute to God
from this faithful people, do we not SEQ the
present ia linked to the past by the same spirit
of sacrifice, and do We not feel the presence of
Divine power ennobling and beautifying
both alikef And once again We cry, "Who
shall deelAre the powers OF the Lord, who shall
set forth all his praises 7" Cps. CIV, q The
more accurately we recall the past, the more
wildly we conceive it, the more we shall won
| der at the present, the more fully persuaded
shall we be that d force greater than human,
| that might more than mortal has been at
| work that the outstretched arm which smote