The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-11-29

giOn, ana representing ministers OF religion
in ridiculous light, are freely circulated.
The youthful female is sought for to put
| off this work. Material progress, no doubt.
Rome has made, but walls cannot hide the
corruption that prevails. Well NAV the
heart of the Holy Father bleed when he re-
fleets over these things. Rome is to- day
the refuge of all the thieves from the pro
vinces in Italy. Robberies are Of frequent
occurrence, and one cannot 60 outside of
the city walls for any distance without
being accompanied by guard on account
OF the brigands. Here is the boosted work
OF civilization, work worse than any that
belongs to paDganism.
Then the Archbishop paid beautiful
tribute to the late Bishop Bacon, who
passages across the Atlantic, and who as
spared only long enough to die on reaching
the soil of his native city.
de then went on to speak of the storms
that might yet be ahead for the Church.
But no matter how apparently shattered
we might be, the Church would rise up
more glorious than before. And we had
had made Catholics more united it had
given new force to an old bond and had
freshened devotion. Especially was this
so in France. He had seen whole congre-
cations upon whose countenances the
spirit of true devotion rested. The churches
were filed with people attending mass.
God lad sent them humiliation and the
people of that country were now, when
bowed down, putting their trust in God
and seeking marcies. Gods purpose in
our recent prosecutions, 10 doubt, was
this. He knew that nations had to be
afflicted in order to bring them back bat
we should remember that though the
hatred of the enemy only increased, still
that God was good and that the Church
must triumph. A most remarkable sign
of our victory arose from the fact that in
the prosecuted countries the bishops and
clergy had proved faithful. There had
been no bishop a traitor. in all the schisms
and determinations with which the Church,
from time to time, had been assailed, bish
ops and priests had been implicated. Es-
pecially in Germany the clergy had been
acting with great unanimity. Neither pri-
son nor suffering could intimidate them.
Everything they possessed having been
taken from them they were now living on
the charity of the people but they we're
still at their posts and willing to die before
surreudering their faith. We must from
the bordering of all these things become
the more attached TO the Catholic Church.
Parents especially should watch over the
children. We need unity among us all.
We should see that no one sows the tares
among the wheat. If God chose to try us
our lives should he such that he would
End us faithful.
At the close of the sermon, the Arch
bishop announced that a mission by the
Jesuit Fathers would open in the Cathe-
dral on Sunday next, the advantages of
which he strongly urged. He then told
the congregation how grateful to God he
felt for his safe return among his loving
people and how thankful he was to them
for their prayers and good wishes. Finally,
before leaving the pulpit, he invited the
congregation to kneel to receive the apos-
tolic benediction, which he impaired in
the usual form.