The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-03-05

structions have heard on the Infaliibility
of the Pope.
SPEECH OF THE HOLY EATHER TO THE
PAP4L OFFICIALS.
On Sunday, the Both January, the Holy
Father delivered the following reply to an
address presented to him by the officials OF
the several ministerial departments of the
Papal Government, who were admitted to
an audience In order to renew their ex-
pressions of devotion. and fidelity:
"Your hearts, dear children, have inspired
you once more to come into the presence of the
Father of all the faithful, to express gratitude
to him; and mine, st this moment, tnrns TO God
in order to express to Him my own.
"You have thanked me for the help have
afforded you, and ], for my part, thank the
Author of all good things Vino by the hands Of
globe, which is overshadowSd by the universal
Church, consoles your common father and all
who are prosecuted for Justice sake.
- Ley sde opSecT OF ents ga.nerng. f ths
| he gives us 10 this Supreme Lord who has not
permitted your fidelity to go unrewarded, for
You have served with honor and eoustancy the
Government of the Holy See, and have each in
your position co-operated in upholding the
HBut aiasl this is the hour of the wicked.
| to invade this kingdom of Italy, and her iu-
vaders have placed themselves in the posts
which were formerly occupied by you.
preparation ionq before if was perpetrated.
Already twenty years ago Catholic prince,
seated vt table in one of the principal cities of
Italy, gave it as his opini2n, after the fashion
of a professor at his desk$ that he never could
understand what the Vicar of Jesus Christ had
| to do with temporal power, by reason that st.
Peter himself did not possess such power.
| But this prince did not think of, probably
never knew, the fact that * st. Peter did not
enjoy de Edcto the temporal power, he was en-
dowed by God with that of causing the in
s.autneous death of hypocrites and liars
But to return to you. repeat that you
have served faithfully, and that God has not
abandoned you. To him be oil tribute of glory
honor and gratitude. 1t has not been thus
with certain OF the employ es both in high and
in low Lf4ice who have invaded Italy for the
purpose of seizing the property OF others, en-
treiy forgetting their duty, and sacrificing tt
gain not Their honor alone, which would be bu
small matter, but their very con6cenc ce itself
"And here it is well to observe that in the
possession and use of things one may fall int
fault in two ways, !. g., in taking and il
giving. They fall into sin like the Israeiitisi
women when, with the consent of their hus
] b,rd, they spoil themselves of their riches
. ti.s!r gold and their jewels, in order to max
I tie g,I.!en cali, and sacrilegiously adore il
g Thus it Is in our days. Our revolutionist
spend immense sums, and for what purpose
To raise monuments to the memory of apos
tates, to contribute to pomps the object O
which is to do honor to the ashes of infidel
and wretched, impious men, in order to col
d
} wicked purposes. These will be punished a
a were the Hebrews by the bite of fsrJ serpents
{? who will devour them body and toul. Bat the
10 will not have the consolation of the braze
~ serpent, the sight of which cured them of tbei
. wounds and drove away the venom which ha
- entered into the marrow of their bones, aud a.
= through their own fault, for they have lost tn
II faith and have closed eyes and ears TO tn
s trEth.
e "But sin is also committed in taking.
e How many men in these days are ther
II cashiers, for example, sbscond with money or
e trusted to their fidelity. How many others g
70 wrong in ways 80 many and 80 various that
20 is best to be silent on the subjeot.
y Certain bon rivGRts again stay quietly q
: home njoyipg the good things that the dey
1, gives them upon earthl But whether thes
1t people remain u1punished in their own houses
20 or whether they fly into distant regions, eve
as the Hebrews had serpents to bite them, e
will these always have In their wake the AnG
|" Of God who will porsecute them-Angel'
le DOmini perseqHens eos-until they will be drive
I into the abyss of everlasting pain from whent
If there will be no deliverauce.
"This degraded class, far from being an 81
,e ject of envy, ought to be an object of compa
ia sion and contempt for you and for every on
h You ought to pray for them that God may hAJ
Ia mercy on them, may open their eyes and brea
70 their hearts, and for ourselves that he ma
u give us peace and tranquility, stilling th
70 tempest which threatens us even as Our Lor
} Jesus Christ stillsd that of which we read
l. the Gospel this morning
IS The Apostles were seized with fear, and {
IL the raging sea Jesus made q school of faith
\. Mare fdei scholGm tecit. He reproached thel
N with their fear, and the little faith that occl
~ stoned it. May it please God that we neve
i deserve similar reproaches, but crying fC
D. mercy to Him may we force our hearts to b
st full of that faith which animates the just sou
Of Let MS Snrn towards the Lord, and let I
address to Him with full confidence the beat
no tifnl prayer which the Church repeats to-day
- "'Deus, qui nos in tantis periculfs constitute
70 70 pro humans sois fragilitate non posse subsi
'h tere, de- nobis salutem mentis ct corporis, Mt
quae pro peccatis nostris patimur, to adjuvant
Do VincamuB5
Or $50 be it, aud may God by His blessing a
le complain it."
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