The New York herald., 1877-09-17
ST. PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL.

THE VIRTUE OF cuARIrY-snRMoN BY REV.
FATHER FARRELLY
Rev. Father Hogan ofnciated at tho celebration of
the mass at ST. Patrick's Cathedral yesterday. Rev.
Father Farrelly preached from ST. Matthew xxi.
35-4d BY to-day's Gospel. said Father Farrelly
wo arc reminded OF circumstances that is worthy Of
remark In tho life Of our blessed Lord, during his
Conversations with men; three kinds OF questions
we're usually put Him. The ars question concerned
tho means necessary to savation tho second qucs-
ton was simply proposed and prompted by Idle Curl
osty tho third question dictated by bud faith
Our blessed Lord always promptly answered all useful
questions; but wbcn question was put in bad faith
He generally rcmai.ed silent, or II good
could be accomplished By answering II Ho
stance, was curious know when the Day Of Judg-
ment should come II tho Almighty would then restore
the Kingdom OF Israel the question was prompted by
idle curiosity und our Saviour replied at is
you ~ know" Whereas all questions OF utility were
responded to promptly, as, when the disciple asked
Him, Master, now often shall forgive mine enemy,
seventy times2" our Saviour replied, "Yea, seventy
times seventy" Again, the question propounded In
to-days gospel Masler, which Is the great command
menrp, Jesus answered ut once "Ihou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all Thy heart and with all Thy
soul and with all thy mind"
Men come Ii lm ut the present time as the Jcws
came to Him. aud like the Jews they are actuatei
by various motives. Some come IN good iath,
seeking earnestly tho saving sign Of salvation
others conc through u spirit Of idencss, and
others. like some OF the Jows, como IN bad
faith, simply to crcIse 70 US ali who seek dovoutiy
u knowledge OF the Gospel und who wish to conform
lives inspired teachings a ready and WILL
ing Will always be gwen. And ~ the seekers
truth the great command Is, Ihou shalt love the
Lord thy God thy heart anu with all thy soul,
and win all thy mind" Even the jews whose roll
gon was religion OF fear, who served God under tho
menace of the sword, always suspended over their
heads the sDs OF tribe Or an individual were pun
isned with physical pcnaties; even these Jews living
under Of tho anger OF the Almighty, wero bound
To q ge God III the Jcwg whose
fur beneath the religion OF Christ earth from heaven,
were bound TO love God, now much stronger are the
legations OF Ch rlsnns to love and serve God? How
much more perfect the Catholic Church Is 10 the re-
gion Of the Jews ST. Augustine says ''that The per-
lection oil religion consists IN the love OF God" There
fore IL is incumbent ON US for whom God Almighty did
80 much more than Tor the Jews 10 love HIM aud
serve HIM ana keep HIS commandments.
TIE sAyIoUR's PILGRIMAGE
Look at His whole lie from bethlehem to Calvary.
We 1nd word that not inspired by tho ten-
love. Ho chose to visit this Garth IN the ton
dercst form, that OF helpless infant Look ut HIS
whole lie His hrst WORDS uttered IN public lite wero
10 invoke blessing on the poor In smrt; His last
words on the cross wcre a petition 70 HIS Heavenly
Father " forgive His enemes-"taIhcr, forgive them,
they know not what they do"
Another reason why We should love Jesus is that
without loving e God we cannot save our SOUS Love
OF God IS made necessary condition of salvation.
No matter how intense may be our devotion, our
prayers, lasting modification and ZEAL II we are not
animated by charity and tho love o God oil other
good actions amount to nothing We may be ant
mated with the zeal of the martyr and the purity Of
the virgin, but without charity We cannot enter tho
kingdom OF heaven; for, as ST. Paul says, "fhough
speak with the tongues Of men and OF angels, aud
have not charity, am become sounding brass
tinkllng cymbal; and though have tho giit OF
prophecy and understand all mysteries and all kuowi
edse and though have all ailh, SO that could re-
move ountains, ana have not charity am nothing "
Let US then, my brethren, cultivate Tho virtue Of
charity. Let us love God with whole heart and
soul Win the heart because from the heart all evil
thoughts proceed, but II tho love Of God dwes there
wo will cast them out Let US love Him with our
whole soul, because the soul Is the spiritual ie OF
man, ana God, who IL Creator demands our whole
lie, therefore let US give Him whole soul. Let
love Him with our whole m.ndthat IS. lovc Him with
intelligent love. Let Us learn 10 know Him; learn
To love Hun Tor His iDhnito perfection HIS greatness
HIS goodness, and, above all for HIS infinite charity
Let us learn 10 know the OF the faith that Is
We came 10 this world TO know and servo and love
God, aud tho better we know HIM the better We Will
love Him. We must not zee Him as through glass;
darkly, bat ST. John Him, IN the spirit OF aih
hope and charity. Faith is the evidence of things
seen; hope dies with time. There Is hope In
heaven because heaven Is eternity. Obedience, too
dies with this lie, because IN the next all love; but
charity IS the love OF the blessed heaven who Tor
ever and ever praIsng and blessing God.