The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-09-07
LETTER FROM ROME.
THE PILGRIMAGE TO PARAY -LE MoNIAL.

or TO the frenCn OepuGleS:-4o QUIZ EeAo'eo
Sons, Lucien Brun. G. de Belcastel, Count Abb
badie de Baran, and to all the Deputies OF the
National Assembly of France who have organ
lied the ceremony of supplication to Paray'le-
Monial for the purpose of dedioating them
selves to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, at Lyons :
PIUs *, POPE.
"Beloved Sons, Health and Apostolical Ben
ediction.-We doubted not, Beloved Sons, that
over France there would once rise again, after
the long darkness of error, the Sun of Justice,
so soon as We perceived that 1t was manifestly
being ushered in by that most cheering dawn,
the Mother Of Grace. She it is, who by her
presence has, in SO wonderful q manner.
awakened that nation from slumber she it Is
who has sweetly drawn the people she it is
who by her numberless benefits has attracted
to herself all those earnest multitudes, that
she may mako of them oil o kingdom for her
Son.
ALREADY have you, dearly Beloved Sons,
obeyed tho leading of that gentle Mother; al
ready have you gone straight to Her; placing
yourselves with assurance under her guardian
ship and already, of your own accord, are You
consecrating to her yourselves, all that be-
longs to you and your country.
"Truly there is there sight worthy of the
angels and of men in the spectacle of those
legions of earnest Christian men and Chris
tian women, who, without any Indictment
from ecclesiastical authority, but simply to its
great Joy and under it's moderatipg action,
flock spontan eously to the sanctuaries to ask
pardon for having stayed SO long far away
from God, and to offer to Him that humble and
contrite heart which He has never rejected.
When We remember that the origin of all the
evils camo from those who, OF the end of the
last century, got possession of the supreme
power, brought in the horrors of a new law,
and propagated the ictions of an insensate
doctrine when We recollect that it proceeded
also from. the perverted use of power and of
armies from whence issued the complete over
throw of political order in Europe, and with it
all that harvest of disorder that every day
spreads wider and wider, and has by degrees
brought the world to the state of ceaseless
commotion in which it now is-We feel the
greatest joy at seeing the return Of France to
God publicly commenced by those who have
been elected as deputies to take part in the af-
fairs of the nation, to mako the laws aud gov |
ern the Commonwealth, and by those who are |
placed at the head of the ornaments by sea |
and by land, and who constitute the force of
the nation.
Va
homage to the Most High, to whom belong |
wisdom and strength, pressges future in
which the reign of error shall ere long be de-
stroyed, and in which, therefore, the cause of
evils shall be extirpated to its very root. At
the same time it affords hope of perfect Or
ganization of things of solid peace, and of
q complete restoration of the grandeur and
the glory of France. For He, who is great in
might, in wisdom, and in justice, shall give
wisdom, understanding, and firmness to those
that believe in Him with a perfect heart. and
abundantly will He pour forth the gifts of Bis
grace on the people that are dedicated to Him,
and who hope in Him.
"Such are the antcipations, Beloved Sons,
which We form for you and for your country.
In that hope, and as a pledge Of help from
Heaven, and in testimony of our paternal af |
lection, We Lestow, from Our inmost heart on |
each and all Of you and on Franco. Our Apos-
tolical Benediction. Given at Rome, at st. |
Peters, the oath day of July ammo 1873, of Our
Pontifcate the twenty eighth.
"Prrs TX, Pope.
INCOME TAX FOR THE PORE.
new outrage is said to be in preparation.
As sop to TIE italian irreconcilables the new
Premier, Signor MiDghetti, is reported to in
tend ordainng income and property tax dellG
richeE-a mobile, to be levied on the Holy Father
and on all the inmates Of the Vatican ! With
some point, the Correspondence de Genere in
quires how it is to be levied?
PADRE sEccnI.
Soon after the capture of Rome, the new
Government, anxious to prove it's esteem for
the eminent Roman astronomer, Father Secchi,
offered him the Professorship of Astronomy in
the Roman University. The Father refused
the profered honor. 1t then asked his accept
ance Of the title of Senator of the Kingdom
Of Italy. The Same reply was given. Not dis
couraged by these rebuHs, the Government
proposed to make him director-general of all
the observatories and cabinets of physical
science in the Peninsula. The modest sarant
still declined. Annoyed at these refusnls, and
mortified at the absurd figure it cut at the
Scientific Congress at Paris, from which it
had in vain attempted to exclude the great as
tronomer, tho Government saw at length an