National Republican., 1873-12-09
TIE 1xxA6flArE CONCEPTION
CELEBRATION or THE FEAST AT ST.

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION.
oELEBRArioN or THE FEAST AT ST
pATRIuK's CHURCH
This festival was observed yesterday In nii th,
Catholic churches with peculiar solcmnitics. Al
The Church Of the immaculate Conception tRcv
Father Mccarthy, pastor,) the altar was bcauti.
fully decorated and the services were very I'm.
posing, At St. Patrck's church sermon on tho
FESTIVAL waspreached by Rev. Father oDonoghuc,
tho eloquent Lazarist missioner.
HnsEnNos.
Father o'Dcnoghue. read the following text
from the Gospel of st, Luke, i28-2s; And In the
into city Of GaiIiee called Nazareth, TO virgin
espourcd TO man whose name vas Joseph Of the
house Of payldi and the name OF the virgin vas
d Ito Of @s ssase SSs Tie I iofa thee; blessed
art thou among women"
Therevercnd Father said that he need hardly rc.
mark that his labors during the past week have
been such as To prevent anything like the prepara-
tlon Of sermon. Ne would therefore only offer
upon the feast of the Immaculate conception
The festival, great and beautiful az y was; car
adiss "a and % The creation % of msn1,Se srsndes the
noblest OF all Godr creatures. When the DIVINE
Anthor of our being came TO create man. the
blessed Trinity said, Let uf make man, not ~
the trees OF the nowerr arc made, hut let u. make
him to our own Image and likcncf-;' aud when
tie that IN % our fallen eoadi,on we have no Ian
guage In which 10 convey an adequate Idea OF his
sabine characteristics.
but what change was wrought BY
THx SIN or QUA yrasr rARxSrs.
Hearts that we're pure and Innocent became blem-
i.hcd ard prone 70 sin; the soul Of man became
.usjec, % decay and death. but vSii. The exc,
wa; silent md did not Interfere to save the angels
presented herself rs IL this heavenly council and ~
qod offered himself as a victim, the Almighty
and ain 10 the % very curse @ which aoa hurried against
the devil, as the cause Of the sin Of our hrst pa
's rs 70 sss% e ss would
put eninitics between the evil one and the woman,
and that she should crush the head Of tho ser.
TO save US from the death Of soul and body; and
in the words Q! this eonsolinE promise perpetual
war was declared A.; % between re ~ woman and the
suppose that these words were 10 he taken ar
applied To the Son Of God and the evil one, be
nts ooS and ,Ss sS o
wa, the declaration Of an endless war between
gneror was to put her foot upon the serpent's
head, and the serpent would try In vain 10 bite.
This woman, then,
MUST BE IrnAcuLATg;
not only exempt FROM sctaal sin, bu. from orig.
nal sin. II We conccdc that she was conceived In
original sin, that moment We rank her among
those who were horn heirs of hell, and hence the
work Of Christ would DO ialslhed, that he would
put cnmites between her and the devil. But this
could not be; for the words of Christ must stand
forever and be fulhilcd. Hence that woman
was he Ia sreatest eS%iSrt % Soaehsssca to msnElnd
after the fall OF our hrst parents.
THE FEAST or THE INNAcrLArE CONCEPTION
signifies that the Blessed Virgin was exempt
from the curse under which we were ali conceived
1nF raj al n a n
that when her soul was Infused into her body,
blessing was ts sonisTfsa spsn her n IN VIEW of the
merits " Jesus Christ, and III their application
beforehand. And whyf BccsusA> she hna besn
the % astS ss b bs sss s s'
.Tbe-rtiaiion Of the Mn Of dei TO his Blessed
ssss ssI s.si.s stsS s gs :ss x. sss: sss:
tslnt o. original sin, ssdsi ks W;,d",a sesla as-
r,:si sSa ,sa, S'i n .s,e$.s ~ ; q
from his mother; and II she was not immaculate,
Il would follow that he would have been born Of .
%oaS So pcamt " h, Hcnse i was that he
relation between mother and son called for this
beautiful dogma Of the Immaculate Conception.
Ing the Immaculate eharaeter of the MYtRsf Of
God The angel Of God snlnted her, "Hail, Mary,
full o. grace" and ST. El,abe.h had greeted her
as cssassss aSsS hey %ro,s e saS SSS'
texts relating TO the Blessed Virgin, took especial
pains % say 'hsi ss w2nag rsferked 70"
cRrsHISe fnE HEAD OF THE SERPENT
was free from all tsint--free from every sin. St.
Augustine, who wrote so dognaticaliy on original
sn Is careful to tell US when he speaks OF Sin that
he always eseinpts the sver-blessed Mother Of
The history Of the dogma Of the Immaculate
Conception was very interesting and signincant
when
THE ILLrsTRiors roSriyY, PIusix,
srehS.hops @ Of he Christian world n as to tSe seni
ments Of the faithful and the opportuneness Of de-
inning the dogma, six hundred and sixteen Of
been addres-ed-aii, Indeed, whom distance did
not prevent from answering In time-at once
srss Syy ts. %osf
through the whole Catholic world when the Dc:
crowned scr statue at Nome, and saiuted her
with the memorable words, "oh, Queen without
VIZ knew how thi, doctrine wasridicuied by the
enemies Of the Church, who misrepresentsd
through ignorance or maliciously perverted the
a. BI sSs ass dis ss
..Infallibility' were defined without any addition
whstever TO ---
iNR TREASURE or PATH.
We know that there never can be any new dogma
Tas oss S'ss Il. :. rP.t sss
tiiai, admirable or correct than that exalted pot
my God, hrn,iy believe ali tho sacred try(G
which thy holy Catholic Church believes shd
teaches, because thou hast revealed them. who
Long before this decree wac gwen 2 lAs world
FiRNLY BELIEVED ny THE YAIfhDtt,
their faith, so to speak, being mingled with the
affection. q the heart. II was not until parties
was embraccd in the deposit Of faith that the Sow.
ereien Pontin, speaking as the month,pleee the
Catholic Church, proclaimed that the blessed
nal sin; 20 that the promulgation OF this dogma
was only q formal manifestation 9l ghA hAd
eaIs fssH HSsSs4 fs aS'ss SSs q sns i esi'ss q
man has general idea Of the riches Of his iathei
knowing that he possesses 4 mansion, lands, 40,
icing X. ri ss into
litigation before the court, old deeds srs exam;
med, the metes and bounds are de,ermihed, and
cess the wealthy man gains nothing. The eYfeni
q his property has only been indicated and 90.
sss aSS % %' .Ss ;ias s as e nss s
dogma Of the ihmaeulate conception, OF any other
Dogma:
as Sse saey neS HI Gsn 70 oai ssips in ssS
Connected with the dogma that We we're all born
in original sin to which It bears the relation Of
an exception and upon which Il throws . celestial
THE IMMACULATE MOTHER,
US Q Protestant poet has expressed IT, "the
painted nations solitary boast" We see In her
what we would have been but for the fall OF man.
We see In her type Of what we may all become
In the enjoyment Of this beautiful mission. She
Is the glorious type Of all that Is bright and beau
tifal In Heaven. The Immaculate Conception
was the highest model that could be presented to
our cont ntemplation. for Il suggested The highest
motive to sorrow for our sins
This, then, was y great day-great In heaven,
great in purgatory, great on earth 1t was les
tiyal day
IN the HALLS OF HEAVEN.
God looks with special favor upon II; the Divine
Son pays II particular honor; the Holy Ghost re.
CARDS II with particular love; the sainis and angels
crowd around the immaculate Queen to-day, to
honor her In an especial manner, aud, through
their intercession, freed souls are to-day winginy
their way from the prison Of puryatory TO join in
sas 1Ss pranptns !. 70 'S renew ne
Dur devotion--to initiate the virtues o. the Queen
Of Hesyen-her humility her charity, her purity
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