The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1877-12-30

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ness of il, that each of her sufferings enters
into the salvation of q sonl, and that each OF
her sacrifices converts sinner. Like st: Te-
resa, she follows, by her repsratfSe saHeFiegsIt
the Catholic spostolate in sll the highways
and bywsys of the world. While the priest
carries doctrine, she multiplies sacrihoe; he
and sometimes with her blood; he is an
apostle by his words-sbe is q martyr by i'm
notation /; and both save souls. Accordingly,
icy her Joy of TO
Joy Of regeneratipg, the joy of resnsciating:
the joy Of mauumitting; in fine, the JOY OF
saving. And this joy ie swseter stu 20 s sne
has been the means OF saving fatner, u
brother, o soul dear above ell others! What
consolation for her heart to think thar zoo
will bestow on her father, mother. brothers
aud sisters virtues and merits, and Pernsps
happiness equal to the sorrows whicn tneir
common sacrifice had cost them Ihis Is
what renders her life of immoation dear to
| The daughter Of Carmel. She. believes IN the
fecundity of her sufferings and in the power OF
her sacrifice. -,
to her from faith, the daughter OF Carmel mas
the 10y that COMES to her from love; for, not
only does she believe bns ABOVE a Sae er .P Ssr
as for all who love, joy diffoses itself over the
heart; it is the perfume Of this love that en-.
| balms her whole being. She has already IN
| the secret of her happiness in the paradise OF
heaven-love in the bosom of order, love in its
b rth place. love resting In it's centre; Fo. the
Carmelite loves Jesus Christ; she loves Him
| for whom and with whom she snffers; she
loves her oruoified Saviour, her hsgellated
| Lord and this is why scourging and orucihx
| without Joy she loves Him who Is the very
personifsation of suffering, and this love soft
ems every rigor, and conoeals balm In the
| depth Of each suffering. Her Cruoifed, with
His crown of tborns, with His feet and hands
pierced, ia sweeter to her-thap all that Ia
sweetest, and she loves 10 Him and with Him
Is 20 m.
, With Him and for Him she loves that obcdi-
ence which subjects ard aliases her, like her
God, subject aud obedient even unto death;
, She loves that poverty which strips ner ana
makes her poor ike to her poor and destitute
, God; she loves that austerity, that chastity,
which render her worthy OF her csaste ana
confined and gloomy abode, all filled with re-
, fectiops of Calvary, because it is there she
she has enclosed all her love; she loves hei
! Christ; she loves her sisters as the mos
chosen and purest members OF the mystiSe
body Of Jesus Christ; she loves all thi
!. Heart Of Jesus Christ; and she repeats. in tn
. ioy of her soul united to her sisters in Jssu
3 Christ, "Ecce quGm bonGm ct qaGn' jueandxns
! in the bond Of lowell In one word. she love
Carmel as . memorial of Calvary, and as
= preparation for Thabor. Yes, these thre
things. which almoss touon sacn 0Sn thsrs
y the diverse expression OF one and the same II
= sIity and are blended together in the view {
+ o Carmelite, bsatifed by her saor'noeS' IL VI
Ia But, doubly happy already by her faith an
"a her love, she is, also, happy by her BIO &c; fe
). not only does the daughter OF Carmel oene y
"a and love che hopes also she awaits from u
\: height of Carmel-that il, from her Calvary
a. that full aud entire MANIFESTATION, OF wnlc
Ia she has as yet received only distant feneotio.
w and presentiments already beatiho' 81
=. awaits the cousummation of her union vii
of Jesus Christ, en- insbristing union, OF Wink
~ she as yet knows but foresasSe, MniS a,d
IN fioaf visit of the Beloved, which is to teru
10 10 angels alone have contemplated; she avail
er the last of all those sacr ,es, whicn are %
ba the story of her life, and the prophecy OF d
TT, eternity; she awaits. ana her nope 10 a;
m Grand and beautiful for the daughter OF ~
"a. mel is the hour of death-the final oopsumH
in ton of that mystery OF love I" :,
.ns her life! BIT how can tell you WnsG d
he death isl Like the death OF Jesus Cuf
eI Himself it is a death on Cross at the so
her NIT Of Calvary But, from tna h1 ng.h S he
ore fnl light, and the future with sp!enolo re-.
we When one has lived 30 well, how pleasing IL
Ice, at this solemn hour to look pace Oh Ios
but how much sweeter still to wait ano
~, hor 9 for the contamination of ones bappine
his you, who perhaps doubt this mystery
~ low come and see the Csrmelite die IeS.
ne on her humble couch, the Csrmeilte at ner
or hour. What heavenly look what an ang
to smilei what thirst for Jesus Christ wnt
tar about to come! what o desire for that reoi
go heaven which He brings, and which is
o. whole self! What Te Denm she chal
S though her voice is breaking, her breast pr
nm ing, aud her soul in agony, when she SCENT
naa hear Jesus Christ saying to her, as He desoe
AaSi with His angels Come, my beloved GO
ain, the winter is past jam hist"s trans't Tor e.
90 | there will be no more rain, no more stor
and im6er abiit ct reoesSt. see the sprr tim .,
orid | heaven Is coming, and it's eternal youtn u
liz thou sha alt receive from the hand Of the Di'
;Scs Spouse all the lilies of uualtersble purity
iU0 the roses of indispensable joy; there thou
,oaIo inhale with Him, throughout eternity, the
rs fune of immortal flowers.
g to CONCLUSION.
~ Istop here, brethren I; it is enough peri
'ne too much, to have recon nted the joys which
,;r daughter of Carmel fnds in the midst
10y especially Mt the end, of her sacrifice
N ia Which, above all, proposed to Inysel
the | show Won in the life Of our holy victims 10
bied their joy, but your salvation not ta en,
nov. speak of it, it is to tell you that 700 have
life of them, much more tnan they nave nee
Won You have seen how, in realizing In