The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1876-05-07
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TTE MONTH OF MARY.

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Their eonoes strike along n the ''m'''
,,ha hirds their allelujAes sInRi f,,o.a
lie T.ch n,wer with A0rAl incense iuiA''
~. sor herself does Mary hold .hro,.
MOI m NOT The oain,s that aps s1S 'hf'ne'
Il o. ssat uredeni med from OF gu
isnt for the brothers OF NOE "a "A ,,by.v d Yeye.
..,,;sn, month of May, which
ine O;,h IL 40 many charms, has TOT Sne
aleo,;c more than ordinary interest,": no
,'rch, like a tender mother, ever s1 ".
IL yalfare of her children, loses no oc
inc wG ;na;,;no them to virtue, of with
Inc them from the trapsltory tninge OF
.th and directing them to the lasting
Is ano,her and a better world. Each
.ba yaar which is not taken up with
aaiahrat;on of some mystery in the life
a. onr Blessed Lord she has dedicated TO
Articular saint, whose exaupie sue SOUS
So NO IN encourage US in our pilgrimage
,h Ills vale of sorrow to the bright
promise beyond the grave. But
az sinple day is set apart for devotion
: ..Iar s.ints. o whole month is dedicated
tha Mother of God, the Queen of all
Where Mary is not bonored and loved,
rote a distin guished convert, Christ Is not
orsbippe d, and where Christ is not wor-
bipped the devil has the field to himself.
&2be first IN ptom of apostasy from Christ
nd of a lapse into heathenism is the ne
: ect of the worship of His Most Holy
otber, and the rejection of that worship
superstition and idoiatry, because it in
#olves rejection of the Incarnation, which
Nonprises in itself all Christianity. Christ
anity is held only when the Incarnation is
held and where that is held, Mary Is held
10 be the Mother Of God and deserving of
I'm honor as such.
The devotion of the Month of Mary is
bow a universal practice, and Catholics in
Every part of the world unite at this time in
honoring the Blessed Virgin in a special
manner. Like many other devotions, it's
brigin was obscure, and uppromising of
buch great results. During the early part
bf the sixte zenith century, Father Lalomia, q
italy, proposed to the pupils of bis class to
perform each day during the Month of
Mag some particular devotion to the
Mother of God. The happy suggestion was
ioyfully seconded by his pupils, and accord
ingly a statue of the Blessed Virgin was
Dlaced upon a table at the end of the class
DOM. Before this humble altar, which was
decorated with flowers, the good father and
bis pupils daily assembled and recited GER
lain prayers in honor of Mary, and made a
Ahort meditation on her virtues. The
athers of the college remarked withsmuch
ratification the fervent piety which from
that period distinguished the members of
Father Lalomia's class. On the returning
May, the devotion was extended to the
whole college. The effect was remarkable.
Those who had been heretofore untracta5le
now became models of obedience AID do
,ility; those who had been remies in the
practice of their religion we're converted to
! holier life the slothful aud indolent be-
came examples in the punctual discharge
/ heir duties. The praises of Mary were
very tongue. The priests, seeing the
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