The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-03-24
his o wn justly acquired property. This loose
ness of speech breeds communism, and

spread among us. You might as well expec'
me to be thankful to the highway robber he
way laying me should rob me of 8 large sum o.
money, perchsnce fond on my person. and
confning me by right of his might should gra
tanoe out Of the large sum of which was des:
| poiled. ] would tax 70 the little because could
| not get more. but would owe no thanks, nc
gratitude No more do the Catholics OF Europe
| owe to their governments. You do wrong
| when you repeat these statements not founded
| on fact, and most pref judicial to the honor OF
| your Church. You make mistake il yon snp-
pose that the non n-psyment of these annual
50 bsides would Hghten the burdens Of the peo-
| pie. The support Of religion would come dl-
reotly from those who believe in religion, and
let off those only who have no religion. But
these as well as the Others were the gamers
| when the State usurped and swept into the
! common treasury the large epdowments be-
slowed in the past by believers. Their pious
ancestors made ample provision, in ways and
| forms under full sanction OF e la. Let
these il iel5 advocate the return to the
Church ofthe capital of which she was robbed,
and may begin to have trast in their
honesty. A falsehood does not grow into truth
by freq1ent repetition nor does robbing &C.
quirs ssuctity by long enjoyment of stolen
goods.
THE SECOND CLASS IN THE COMMUNITY
towards whom l would direct my remarks this
morning are those Catholics whose anxiety
for the Christian perfection of their priests is
so great that they lose no chance to dilate on
the dangers OF riches and the enormous evils
H0wipg from wealth iu-the possess en-ef
ecclesisstics. Many man bespeaks praise for
his own virtues when he deories the faults be
finds in others. No doubt it is q grevous sin
for priest to set his heart on money, to become
money grinder, or to sell his holy gifts for
lucre. Simon Msgus began this trade when
he sought to buy holy things OF the Apostles
MAY thy money perish trih thee" said Peter
This sin Is known as the sin of simony, and the
severest penalties of the Church are pronouuc.
ed against all such culprits If you want good
To inin hnS Of kiao mi
ligious crime you can command them all.
They know its wckedness and their souls turn
from it in horror. The holy gifts of God can.
not be bought and sold they are not in the
market.
We wonder to hear some sons of Catholic Ire
land, baptized in lnartyrs' blood. repeating the
loose tslk Of half.infdels. st. Paul feared lest
the best fathers can be like them only by i'm
itating their virtues The mutual love and
reference between priests and flock in Ireland
form one Of the brightest pictures in the
glorious gallery of that long sfficted island:
They suffered together, and together battled
for rights. civil and ecclesiastical. Religion
did not die ont because churches and altars
were DESTROYED or handed over to the hereto
priests did not starve because the last penny
Of fixed income was confscated. The people
were never so poor but they had something
left for their priests, who were not in their
to their service. anointed az the
Lords own, and dear to them by every tie that
pan bind together priests and people. This
relation between them can never change until
priests cease to be Jealous and faithful, or un-
III people grow ashamed of the faith Of their
fathers.
We do hear degenerate sons Of Catholic
Lriehmen repeating the slang phrases of
would be reformers Of the Chnroh and priests.
1t is the old story; it sounds we'll in some
ears. The first heretios talked in like manner;
It was the fashion 50 to 10 speak M Kin. in Adelaide
same anxiety for the purifcation of the Church,
and we're greatly disturbed at abuses. We
look in vain for lessons of self.denial and NOR
in anxious search for evidences of sacrifces
and higher virtues on the part of these modern
reformers. Their noisy abuse serves to cloak
their owp shortcomings.
Much of the mischief in the case of these
men takes it's origin IN baa literature. 4aey
read bad newspapers. TIE man that drinks at u
poisoned well will sicken and die. Some
poisous are slow ; some active. The most
dan geroGs are all bat tastelsss. The victim is
not warned till he is past recovery. 4 bad
paper ia the control Of a real foe bit supposed
friend, is Ike the tcell Wih poisoned tcdter. Tne
papers that do the most harm those edited
by nominal Catholics, making loud profession of
attachment to the Church aud her teachings
while at the same time they covertly insinuate
false charges under the sem blanoe of high aud
re+fRea- -8ieEality-Ani instAnca- will illustrate
my meaning. When it pleased our Holy
Father to confer an unsought honor on the
Arch bishop of New York by raising him to the
non-Cstholic, seemed pleased,
EXCEPT SOME FEW OF THESE DEGENERATE
SONS,
who showed evident signs Of mental distur.
banoe, To them it was clear that the Apos-
tolic times of the American Church were pass
ing away, since a cardinal was to ride in
carriGRe. They could not take even q common
sense view of the fact that at the Cardinals age
g carriage might be great convenience nor
did they as honest men, give credit to the re-
markAble simplicity and freedom from osten-
tatious display of the Cardinal during his
many and lAborious years as bishop in Albany
aud NEW York, but wickedly used the ino-
dent Of presentation of a carriage and horses
by few friends to prejudice the minds of
simple Catholics against the ministers of re-
ligion. They prate everlastinEly of ecclesias.
tical wealth and luxury, of purple and fine
linen, and kindred topics.
They daub fine picture and change it into
q Csricature. II those editors would only
brand their fronts With the right stamp. their
power for mischief would be lessened. In
crery house in chich these papers GrG read, The
tone Of Catholic thought is loicercd the weak
grow weaker and the waveripg loss the faith.
You cannot pull up the anchors cast in old
Irish faith and traditions; it holds with
hereditary power, hut the hull comes out OF
the st rm disdgured and dismantled. There
are, no doubt, evils to be found in this conn.
N in others. Won haar