The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-09-05
rojng Star and Catholic Messenger.
- 0eI,HANs, SUNDAY. sEPTEMBER 5. 1875.
PAsroRAL LETTER

- ORLEANS. SUNDAY. sEPTEMBER 5, 1875.
PAsTORAL LETTER
OF TIE
Git REy. ANTHONY DOMINIC PELLIcER.
BISHOP OLE SAN ANTONIO. PROCLAIM
va THE JUBILEE, 1875. ~
,,~y po,nS1c, by the GracSof God and Favor e
!. Apostolic see Bishop 81 San Antonio, 70 the
n.rpy and Laity Of his Diocese. Health AID Bone
teton In the Lord %t
R.Ioped Brsthren of the Clergy and Dear
.;ldren of the LGity-Exult and rejoice,
csuse We announce to you tidings of
g To t he plenitude OF his power, and In his
.oiieitude for allthe Churchesp committed
Sis holy keeping, by Jesus Chriat our
I'd. Our Venerable PontiR, Plus TX has,
his great charity and in the goodness of
heart, laid open, by. yirtue of the
bower of the Keys" the treasures of
ed,s Church to the Faithful Of the Catho-
Eworld.
yond measure is our duty. az an humble
announce to you, officially, that on the
ID day Of December last, our Holy
ther, Plus TX, proclaimed to the whole
tholic World the Plenary Indulgence
the Great Jubilee, for the year Of our
those who lived in the year 1850. were
brived of the blessings OF the Jubilee
4 would have been granted to the faith
ssat year, had 1t not been for the ''sad
eums5ances" under which the Holy
Eher was placed, at that period Of his
MITIGATE.
After lapse of twenty five years we see
cares, troubles and crosses have not
Finished on the contrary, they seem to
Augmented.
NE disturbance of 1s4s, which forced
Pope from the Vatican to Gaeta, an
lie from the Eternal City, marred the
ice and harmony of European eociety to
Lib an extent as to have justihed the vi
Of Christ in not prOclaiming the Jubi-
n of 1850.
h our own days difficulties are equally
grave as existed at the time when he
8 banished from his Holy City. 1t is
lie he 10 not exiled, but we all know he is
$tually o prisoner in his own house, and
TAILOR, sad to relate, is a renegade con of
s Church.
The heart of every true Catholic bleeds
fsympathy with the Head that suffers !;
b united voice Of more than two hundred
illions of faithful subjects is raised to
haven supplicating God in favor of the
prsecuted Pontiff.
Catholics pray with confidence, for we'll
they know that the Almighty, who
bids the destinies of nations in the palm
! his hands, will, in his own good time,
90 in HIS power and command the Winds
nd the waves to be still and the good
ID Bark which has braved the storms of
ghteen hundred years, whose helm is
rmly grasped by Plus TX, will majestical-
: ride the white crested waves and calm
7 glide in quiet waters.
This great Jubilee IL, doubtless, the last
ne Of the kind that will be proclaimed by
Or present reigning beloved Pope let rs
bteem this boon as one of the browning
pts Of his long and eventful Pontihoate.
Let us gladden. the heart of the Holy
ether. by faithfully and strictly complying
9TH the necessary conditions, which are
Nv and simple, to gain the Plenary Indul-
9nce of THE Universal Jubilee, which is
he last one that many OF ne will ever have
opportunity Of participating in.
In view of this solemn fact, it is the part
true wisdom that every one of us, who
lpuld be saved, should seize this golden
fportunity of, being reconciled to ouI
bavenly Father, who willeth not the death
the sinner, but rather that he should be
diverted and live.
fOh, this indeed, ia truly the acceptable
ne, and these are the days of salvation
hffer them not to pass away unaccepta-
p to God, nor Improbable to yourselves.
I'VE call upon you, Beloved Brethren oil
Clergy, to take up the trumpet and
fnd it from hill to valley, throughout
Diocese, that the faithful may hear
ough you, the voice of God and meekly
id TO it.
ell sinners boldly, ferventlS and zeal
ly that to slight this opportunity of q
trough reconciliation with their offended
q, lie to slight and even disdainfnlly cast
ay, perhaps forever, the last acceptable
be-; for indeed, Cod worn out as it were
iting for their conversion, may, in his
t anger, abandon them to- reprobate
ese. d. .., IL
animated with holy zeal for the salvation
the souls Entrusted to your pastoral care,
bach, in and out of season, by your good
ample, that your words may have double
ce, and produce In their souls fruits in
hndance.
Encourage them by your patience--con-
ce them by your kindness and willing
y to serve them, that it is your ardent de-
they should participate in the privile-
of this Great Jubilee, in which are
red forth so abundautiy the priceless
esures of Heaven.
g earnestly hope that our beloved
1ren in Christ will not be 30 dead to
own true interest, as to turn deaf
20 the vnian 30 hos- rvhn