The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-06-27

relations between the Church and the world {;
there Is no apparent lifting of the dark clouds
that hang around the Holy City. The Holy
Father If not technically in erle, is practically
prisoner in his own house, 1t is not mis-
guided popular frenzy, running riot for awhile,
to be soon overthrown by the indignant
friends of social order, but the cool, deliberate
purpose Of tyrant monarch, q renegade son of
the Church herself that is amenable to God for |
this sad condition of tEings; and all those in
authority set up for the maintenance Of justice |
and order everywhere, who cowardiy &C.
quiesced in the wrong, share in his dread re-
sponsibility.
The times are not better. The Church is,
not only in Rome but throughout the world,
attacked with open vioencs and secret machi-
nations to an extent seldom reached in any
period of her past history. Bat let us, beloved
brethren, not be disheartened, but keep in
mind the promise of Jesus Christ to be ever
with His Church." against which the "gates
of hell shall not prevail" The heavens are
lowering and the waves are high, and the bark
of Peter is, to all human seeming, in utmost
peril. But the Divine Pilot is aboard appa-
rently sleeping, yet ever on the watch: He
will arise, in His own good time and +, as on the
stormy Sea of Gallilee, will bid the winds and
waves to be still. What Catholic can doubt
that the cry of Peter" Lord save us, we
perish J" repeated by his venerable successor,
Plus TX, and taken up and lifted heaven wards
by millions of earnest tongues and hearts, will
be graciously heard, and that ere long calm
ness and peace shall smile on the Church, in
| stead of the fury and violence that now impo-
| tently assa1l herf These are the hopes that
| cheer the heart of our Holy Father in proclaim
| ing this great Jubilee. Let US, beloved breth-
rem, Clerical and Lay, by Gods grace do what
we can to bring about their fnfllment We
can do by the faithful observa ce of the
following conditions:
| 1st good Confession.
I'd. The worthy reception of Holy Commu-
| nion.
Sd. Certain visits to churches designated
and prescribed as below.
AS to the first condition, it is absolutely ne
cessary to be fulfilled in the case of every one
desiring to gain the plenary Indulgence of the
Jubilee. The second condition can be dis
pensed with in the case of children not yet
admitted to their first commuuons. The third
condition requires that for the city of Mobile
the four following churches, viz: Cathedral,
st. Vincent's st. Josephs and st. Patrick's be
visited each once day for fifteen days, and
these days may be natural or ecclesiastical,
consecutive or not In places where there is
but one church, four visits day shall be paid
to it for the same number of days. In making
these visits it is not necessary to go on foot
The four visits to the one church can be made
thus: enter the church and pray for the inten-
tion of our Holy Father, then leave the church
for few moments, and return again and re-
peat the Drayer hafora and an nm nDfil the
four visits are made. Touching this third con.
dtion, members of religious communities will
be informed by their superiors and confessors
what, if any, exemptions have been made iI
their favor. For those that are incapable
from whatever cause, of making the above
visits as we'll as for children who have moi
yet been admitted to first Communion, pastors
and confessors will prescribe other works o.
piety, charity and religion, in place respective
ly of those visits, of the Communion afore
said. Persons intending to gain the indulgence
of the Jubilee, and being truly penitent, ant
having approached the Sacraments of Penanct
and Holy Eucharist, but beiug prevented BY
death from the performance of the prescribed
visits, yet shall participate in the aforesaid
indulgence and remission just the same as il
they had actually visited the said churches or
4 the prescribed days Leu III Dc unuersIoou
however, that confession and communior
made in satisfaction of the Pascbal precept Dc
not satisfy the first and second conditions
herein enumerated by us as necessary to gain
the benefit of the Jubilee. I'd. This indui
gence of the Jubilee be gained only once
during this year of Jubilee. Sd. The indul
gence "can be applied by means of suffrage
and made available for those souls which
united to God by charity have left this world
It will be remembered, that unlike most Ju-
bilees heretofore proclaimed, fasting and aims
giring are not required as conditions necessary
to gain the indulgence, but both are recon-
mended to the faithful. 1t is our desire, there
fore, that in each church to be visited, boxes
be kept to receive the aims of our good people
that such boxes be carefully secured against
the sttempts of the dishonest, and that their
contents at the end of the Jubilee, be sent to