The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-10-08
Morning Star and Catholic Messen ger.
Rxw ORLEANS SUNDAY OCTOBER s, 1876
PROGRESS And FORKS OF THE APOS-
TLESHIP OF PRAYER

We offer to our readers another of thos
summaries, of the workings of the Apostle
ship OF Prayer throughout the world, w ic
we are IN the habit of laying before theL
from time to time, for their consolation an
encouragement. From among the mau,
interesting and edifying letters cent to tn
General Director, we collect a few item
which may give general idea of the sor
OF fruit that this admirable devotion i
producing wherever it is pTactised. Let u
begin with the beautiful devotion of tn,
Guard Of Hoaor to the Blessed Sacrament
In the b,som OF on" of the most deep j.
religious districts of France there is a city
whose marked devotion to the Blessed Eu
charlst has won to: il thr beautiful! title OF
I" the city of the Blessed $ icramcnt." This
favored city is Anglers. Among the many
good works started and iostered by its
noble bishop, is ono which we could wish
to see at work in every diocese in the
world-the daily alteration of the Blessed
Sacrament by men.
1t is true that in France, rs in every
other country of the Catholic world, there
have always bean confraternites for the
perpetual alteration of the Most Holy Sac
rament, but it is equally true that they
were generally made up of the devout fe
male sex. Happily for them selves, the
men have begun to realize that in leav-
ing to the exclusive care of their wives and
daughters the cultivation of this fruitful
devotion, they were cutting themselves off
from share in tho faiIest heritage of the
christian soul. A movement has sprung
up, in some of the French cities among the
men, and they have formed associations for
the purpose of doing homage to the Eucha-
chlstc God, during the hours of the night,
when the most fervent of His daughters are
constrained to Him in the solitude Of the
Sanctuary. The devotion of the nightly
alteration was thus founded. BUTT seemed
flyi .T,f oi,i &c A.
something was wanting to the perfection
OF their work. The piuus Guard of Honor
was on duty during the dark hours of the
night, 80 that they could look upon the
King to whom their homage WAS paid, only
with the eyes of the soul, an unfavorable
circumstance perhaps, for Il sort of preach
ing which addresses itself to the eight.
These christian men of Anglers understood
this, and they determined, without losing
the special merit of the night, watches be-
fore the Holy of Holes, to add to the edi-
hcatlon which Coud be given by the daily
adorstion. 1t wac accordingly resolved on
that on the first Friday of each month a
perpetual alteration should be kept up from
nine o'clock IN the morning til! nine o'clock
at night, in tho Church of the Fathers of the
Blessed Sacrament. A hundred worship
pers were called tor. and at the first appeal
one hundred and sixty offered themselves.
Most of these were laymen, though "a num-
IS al; .,: A"uho III Cho iauhs
OF this new militia, who were eager to en-.
oII;aat; .no !ailnIul ny auGlhg this iresh
S".iou W INC many winch aircaoy keep
them daily in the presence of the Altar.
- pissnuP' Msr. freppei' also took his
noui vi suatu' anu from Tue hrst DAY, ne
80 j., VI Guy rom elshS CLOCK TIL
ui n;o III 'le evening "hen ne closed the ex-
s stS Joining MS own blessing to that OF
'h4 no Hou oi tne eucharist
The members of tho Apostleship at Tou-
Iouso lave e"LcIeu WIN the same spirit
up tmns sEtu WORK, winch ls carried OF
tn Id oHo cHntch Gh'F' ont saccesslVeiy IN
Sn ;t 'n .r Spnrcnes "no chareis OF tho
NY ""y nave chnsen Tor TINS plons eX
etCls' "a" unS 8 on when TIE Blessed Sacla-
he ei 10 e"fhh'y exposed. GA these oe-
C1sIIn" tLo cihreheS are visited oy greater
iunpeiS VI S"S '",thIu', 70 thet the Jealous
plu!il"ttlS % 'N'e devotion ma 4 oetterop-
P9ltHnity "' carry ing cut then hoiy work
"l tulhS"'ioa ala "p"s,i"shiP.
success mas "'ivhc%h ties" 'F9Ite, he
E"ur S@!'''"N"'i u" AfcAUlShop hHe
5!IAh'," mar siht'aaa' iav"Ts to all those
!H. '.'.1" IN '!H Tons practice, AVID allows