The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-07-22

ROMAN CHURCH.
| Venerable Brethren:
Most gratifying is it to Us this day Il
| enjoy the sight of you and of your numer
ous attendance here, not only that We may
| act in concert with you in electing men o
worth as new members of your august or.
der, but also, thing we have very much
at heart, that We may perform Our duty
| towards Our Venerable Brethren, the Pre-
lates Of the Churches of the Catholic world,
and towards Christ's faithful at large, and
may unto them give utterance to the in-
| most sentiments which We are unable to
| confue in Oar heart. For the abundance
of the Divine clemency hath lately granted
to Ua, over and above all the other signal
proofs of His goodness, to see the fiftietb
anniversary Of Our Episcopal consecratiou, !,
| and to this mercy He hath also added other
| abundant mercies, namely, that on this oc
casiOn We should experience the loving
affection of all classes of society, both of
those of Our City, and those of other peo-
pies aud natf0ns, even those separated by
the longest distances of sea and land, and
such wondrOus expressions of duty, of
obedience, of piety and munifcence, as to
form truly great spectacle to the world,
and to Angels, and to men. We, indeed,
acknowledge, and have not omitted, az you
we'll know, to declare in Our Allocutioo
delivered on the twelfth day of last March,
that the whole Catholic people are most
closely united to Us and to this Apostolic
Chair and this fact the Faithful have
meant 80 openly and so publicly to de-
monstrate and affirm, by the splendid
proofs they have given of late, and in every
possible manner, that they have by these,
greatest admiration, and rendering glory
to God they have afforded Us the most
cheering consolation. In almost every
country in the world, that day of the
Divine goodness and mercy to Us has been
celebrated by the people of God with pub.
lie expressions of joy and devotion: from
every quarter have letters reached Us full
OF filial affection, full of grief at the unjust
war of which We are the object; as if then
for the first time after a long interval the
voice of sons having been sthed had burst
forth (; moreover, even the rulers of the
Catholic nations, and other great parson-
ages, both men and women, diguified not
only by the highest rank of nobility, but
also royal blood, have manifested their
dutiful homage to Us, aud have clearly
shown their religious zeal to be not sur
passed by the piety of others. And, Ven
erable Brethren, tho crowded assemblages
and multitude of the faithful from every
topgae and people and nation, from every
rank and age and sex, who with their Pas
tors at their head have undertaken pill
grimages from the remotest regions of the
earth, and have come to Us, their faith and
love sustaining them under numerous in
of every kind, are we'll
known to you, who bave msrvelled at the
great form of love therein, and when you,
too, lovingly fulfilled your duty of con
graduating Us, you giori6ed God, and in
your prayers you implored the bounty of
Divine graces upon them For you heheld
the dense crowds of pilgrims that focked
day by day to this OR palace, aud who
sufficiently showed ho earnestly they de-
sired to satisfy their long cherished desire
OF seeing AID conversing with their
Father; you behe,d those most loving
children eagerly drinking in Our words,
and with their protestation3 and demon
strstions of loyalty, often interrupted by
their tears, generating the Vicarial author
ity of Christ in the person of Our humility,
and paying their homage to the Prince of
the Apostles himself, whose high dignity
still subsists, unworthy though it's present
poBsessor mey bs. Aud the Catholic peo-
pie desired to make that act of veneration
even more magnificent and more brilli8ot
by sending and bringing with them to Us
from all parts of the world abundant sub
sidies of donations, by bringing and send
ing pre- esents that were marvellous for their
multitude, their variety, their costliness,
and their workmanship and which both
afford Us the means of supplying the
wants of this Apostolic See and of the
Church despoiled of it's goods, and afford
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splendor of Christian charity, which not
only suffereth all things, endureth all
things, but also ignores the hindrances of
calSmities and of poverty, and is such that
it "never falleth away" is never ex-
hausted.
But who is it, Venerable Brethren, that
hath turned the days of Our tribulation
into the practice and the shining out of
great virtues like these, who is it that hath
nurtured and brought to maturity great
faith and piety like these, who is it that
hath vouchssfed- to Our weakness to be
spectators and witnesses of such illustrious
examples given by the Christian people
1t is the Father of Mercies and the God of
all consolation, who is won't to manifest
His glory all the more wherever the pow
erty and weakness of His servants is
greatest /; in whose hands are the hearts of
men, and in whose power are all thiDge.
He hath done according to His mercy, He
hath with the temptation made Issue, that
we might be able TO bear it; He unveiled
His glory to His Church, and hath shown
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