The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-05-20

)HNiNG E1Ak AMU GATAVLlG
[ At the very dawn Of bis Pontifoate, we and
| the Pope an exile. Under such circumstance, D
| TX. did, when he ssued at Gsets, on the 2nd OF
| February. 1S49. the "Encyolical Letter to the
Bishops of the world, that 'they might signiIys
. what was the piety and devotion Oh
! their fookB towards
| THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
Of the Mother of God, and especially what the
| Bishops themselves thought about promniga
Iting the definition. The answers poured IN
from all directions with the irresistible force
of o torrent, and 1o!H "The stream of the
river maketh the city of God joyful; the most
high hath sapctified his own tabernacle" and
tho universe hears Pins *. by His supreme
nounoe and define that the doctrine which
| holds that the Blessed Virgin Mary at tue
first instant of her conception, by sinsaial
privilege and grace of the OmniPotsnt doa III
virtue OF the merits of Jesus Christ, the Saviour
of mankind, was preserved immaculate from
all stain of original sin. has been revealed by
God, and therefore should firmly and con-
staptiy be believed by all the faithful"
This proclamation must have been particu-
larly pleasing to the Blessed Virgin since she
Herself deigned to approve 1t during her sI ap,
partitions at Lourdes, when She nttofeu tne
significant phrase: ST am the Immaculate
Conception"
Y,
prolific of works, than that of Plus TX. the eff
feets of whose Faith, like the midday sun,
have extended their influence to the mossre-
mote parts of the earth, and whose grand
mental faculties, in spite of advancing years,
remain unconscious of twilight; and, ever an
mated, to lay up additional treasures in
heaven where neither the rust, nor the moth
doth oon6ume and where thieves 90 poG olg
through, nor STEAL"
The untiring activity of the Sovereign Pom
tiff has produced results to which the Uni
verse looks with astonisbment. During His
reign, Plus TX. has declared two Saints, Doc,
tors of the Church St. Hilary, the opponent
of Arianism, and st. AlphOnsus of Liguor
whose theological teachings have thereby re,
ceved the nighesG sanction. The splendid
ceremonies attendant upon the computation
of the Japanese Martyrs, of Blessed Margste
Mary, of blessed Germaine Cousin, of Blessed
Andrew Bobola, OF Blessed Benedict Llbre.
and their other "co heirs of eterual glory !;
the reeturarion of tho Catholic hierarchy IN
Epglaud, the soicitude displayed for tue
wants of the faithful, by the creation of ne"
Episcopal S .es, especially in Holland, Austria
liza, aud our own Continent the never taihn9
notes Of warning and of protest sounded by
the Holy Father at each new outrage, IN the
clarion tones of the Pontificai ALLEGATIONS and
Letters, admirable no less for their consistency
aud opportunepess, than for the Sublime
Faith of their Author these, and other In
stances do not surprise US, Catholics VINO be-
lieve, that although tempest tossed, the
church cannot be submerged, but make our
hearts swell with exultation at finding re-
allied in the person of Pins *. that S:there
shall come forth a rod out OF the root OF Jesse,
and foUer shall rise up out of his root. And
the Spirit of the Lord shail rest upon him:
the spirit of wisdom and of understanding. the
spirit of counsel and of fortitude, the spirit OF
knowledge aud of godliness"
In 1864, during a temporary 1u1l IN the
storm, Mt 3 time when the minds OF men were
apt to become oonfu-ed by the multitude OF
tire tened points of attack, or were in danger
of being swayed by specions doctrines, the
Syllabus appears
WHAT IS THE sYLLADUsf
beacon shining ont through the darkness of
Ignorance and passion to teach the unwary
and the wavering the principal Errors Of our
Epoch; a battle cry, to encourage those who
combat ia the cause of right and a providen-
tiatly Inspired prelude to the Proclamation of
the dogma ot Papal Infallibility, that great,
that necessary c0nsunlmdtion of the labors of the
most remarkable assemblage the world mas
The successor Of St. Peter speaks, and from
the ice bn nd regions of the Pole, to the burn
| ing shores of the tropics; from the rising OF
! the sun unto the going down of the same,'
| making of ell the improved meaus OF com
| nun, Cation aud travel supplied by modern
science the invitation is accepted by the
illustrious and venerable band of pilgrims
| Pastors of the Church, who regardless OF dim
Guilty or distance, Immediately set out fol
Rome at the call of the Great Shepherd
Never was Catholic Unity more strikingly de
monstrated; never wac there conneii 81
really Eoumenicdl, as the Augus5 Assemble lag'
Of the Vatioan-and ""''Why have the gentle
ragged, and the people devised vain things
The kings of the earth stood up,+ and tn
princes met together, against the Lord, ant
aSainst his Christ" The world feared tn
Connoil of the Vatican, the enemies Of Christ
ianity foresaw. -their-death blow; and tn
howl of rage that greeted the Dogmatio def
tion of Papal Infailibility rendered unneoessar
auy attempt to prove, that the Pope, H"as sue
|, oessor of St. Peter, Prince of the Apostles, b.
! virtue of the promises of Jesus Christ, is pre-
served from error of Judgment, when be prom
, , ulgatss to the church, a decision on faith o
morals"
, Since the prorogstion of the Vatican Coun
oil, two crownn9 glories have been added
, the Poutifoate of PIus TX. These glories wer
the legitimate result of the Council, and wer
ardentiy prayed for by the Faithful, who wer
, eager that the church should be confded t
, the patronage of st. Joseph, and that tn
world should be consecrated to the Sscre'
Heart of Jesus. It Joseph, the spouse o
Mary, of whom WAS born Jesusw Did he no
deserve to receive from the Vicar of Christ o
| earth, the title of
PATRON OF THE UNIVERSAL CHURCH,
Jesus himself Nh being Gas it was supposedly th