, 1873-12-07

Bishop Forrosto tolls tho following stor7 Of
the vlsit Of Pope piua IN. to Dominican ron.
as:cry: "Ono dnv whilo we were ut dinner ll,o
alarm alarm wa suddenly aprea1 that tho popo Ind
to rise from our Hoata to welcome him With tho
honors duo to Bishop at tho door Of tho cou-
sent.. Tho door Of tho rofectory opened it, OH,
al1 til WALKED Plus IN. with n few Of his at.
rao, but ho formally requested tint wo should
renaatn seated, rs lie Ind como to surprieo
IN, and wanted to sec us tako orr 1ep~st.
80 seo -, ilo ronained standing in tho mfs!dlo
ol tlio feiGo;ory III his white caasrc'; a:l rcd
hl'oes, with l,ia bonign and smiling countonanco,
con1ab,ilating with TIL. 1n vain did lo repeat
edly request III to proceed with our dinner. All
our attention WIS ii. tho conversation. nnd tho
dishes wero becoming cold At last ho bald
ioIe going. llo s7orsld giyo tho bosAing tn our
table,. for, though wo l.ad already giycil It he-
foro ho canse, t,e thought tho addition Of lsis
would do no liarm, So tito Dominican liturgy
i a,u ho 'fG % rat so ,ona brought t9
not know how to uBo it. ''rou Do1ninica,,a,'
Fnll ho, hayo bcou always very u1o.
pcndcnt from tho Holy SEQ. Tito rrhyor-h,>ols
thu. is gooa enough for other Catholics, anil for
you must llgyo your own. Several Of my prolo-
ccsaorH Wiaiod to Lrlt3. yo'l tn uniformity, Int
could not; YOU had to DO let l,avc your ,cay like
spoiled c''lt'ron. caruot horo to bo more s,,c-
csssf'il than thoy; and so tho Pope will have 10
Pray BY your praycr-book, ua YOU won't prny by
his, But still, in using it, | will put something
in It that you will not like. At tl,a time Of
yonr grent qrarrela with tho franciscan Or.ler
nnout 71,o tho Immaculate Conception, tho
felt tho noed Of. something that should
warn tlcm against tho t1unscr OF letting lhcv-
logical f1rY override every o;ller rasaion cnd
SO, at tho e;d Of their liturgy Tor Tho btcsai1gs
o. tho 'nbio, tIey added tllcso words, GOD is
nf}6 fI0r 1in s3r f1at it,t
Gua and Col In him. Ever since that tilao
they hnyo read TINT sentence aftcr the blessing:
of tho tlinncr; but you, Don,inicans, neycr
would lear Of any such thing. To-t1ay how
Having said thia in o jocoso why, md with
n'a1Y other dotain WHICH cxcitod orr lnevri-
E,cnt ho began to road tho liturgy, wo giving
the responses. Whcn it was over, And now t
come to it, .aia no, aud, with al carl'estness Of
!ooll mid cmphasia Of pronunciation rurportltg
that ho WINS illilicting upon oilr unwilling ears
tho Aeyorcat torture. ho added: tGo,: iB CHARITY.
aud who 1welloth in charity tlweltoih in God aid
God in nm.' Plus tl'cn went to our garden,
md, aftor our dinner Was over, wo met lin
there. Wo showed him Our grounds n,,,l relics
OF our antiquities, and escorted him To tho door
OF our convent, wllero ho bayo III his l,a1,l 10
hisn and his bone:lictiol. 10 other Domuicana
those vino tl1d not observe tho ,,,lo-and
but lis foot to klss, tho latter boing tho atrcl
etiquette OF tho lapal Court,-an etiquette
With Which tho preaent Pope dapcuBcs
moro Or less with thoso whom llo considers rs
I expressed my opinion to tho other Doninica,la
that, in momory OF the visit OF Plus, the yor.;e
Of Scripture Which lo had no gracefully nletl to
onr liturgy should be added to it permanently.
Dut my propounl wns decidedly resisted, and l
found TINT was probably tho ouiy one thai had
thoroughly enjoyed and understood tho wit anl
good-uaturodnoss Of pio Nono's !ittlo bit Of
Christian satire agninst us.''