The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-19
NUMBER Is.

oftentimes frantic love is followed by de-
ploraole and disastrous separation, Disorders
| so deplorable and grave ought, venerable
brethren. to excite your seal to admonish, with
! the greatest perseverance,, the faithful con-
signed to your care, that they give willing ear
| 70 the teaching which touches the sanctity of
Christisn matrimony, and obey the laws by
which the Church regulates the duties of
parents and their children. BY which
| another most desirable efeot will be
obtained, the Improvement and the reform
OF the individual man, for, as from O vile trunk
worse boughs, and fruit more worthless,
spring, so corruption. which communicates
private individuals. On the contrary-famiiiee
which are ordered by q Christian life. The
single members little by little grow familiar
with the love of religion aud pety, to abhor
false and pernicious doctrines, to follow virtue,
to respect their elders, and to moderate that
spirit of selfshness which 10 much degrades
and weakens human nature To this end it
would be of the greatest advantage to encour-
age those pious associations which, especially
in our day, have been founded greatly to fur
ther Catholic interests.
Great, and superior to the strength of man.
0 venerable brethren, are these things, objects
of our hope and prayers, but God having made
ing instituted the Church to the salvation of
men, promising his benefcent assistance even
to the end of time, We have the stronges hopes
that, with your help, men will be so delivered
from 30 many evils and Tniseries, and finally
come to seek health and happiness in the
bosom of the Church, and in the infallible
Leachlng OF the Apostolic Chair.
We cannot venerable brethren, terminate
our letter without mapifesting to you the con-
tent we feel through the admirable union and
concord which binds your hearts with this
Apostolic See. And we believe this not only
to be the strongest bulwark against the as-
saints OF the enemy, but also q most joyful and
favorable omen for the Church Of q better
future, and, while this is of indescribable
comfort to our weakness, it gives us courage
manfully to withstand, in the burdensome
oftioe We have assumed. every struggle to the
benefit of the Church.
From these motives of hope and Joy which
We have manifested to you, we cannot separate
the demonstrations Of love and reverence
W hicb, in the first days of our Pontifoate, you.
D venerable brethren, and together with you
many persons, both ecclesiastios and lai01, who
with letters, offerings and pilgrimsges, and
other pious works, have given to our humble
person, by which you have shown to ne that
The devotion and love borne to orr most
worthy predecessor reigns as equally entire
and firm in your hearts for the person of
successor so unequal. For these splendid tes-
tifications of Catholic piety We humbly give
praise to the Lord for bis benign olemencyi
and to you, venerable brethren, and to ell those
beloved children from whom We have received
hem, profess, from the bottom of our
hearts, our most lively gratitude, folly certain
hat ia these restrictions of things and difficult
faithful will never decrease. And we do not
loubt that these splendid examples Of fllial
Diety and Christian virtue will be of great
weight TO move the heart of our most clement
LORD propitiously to guard his dock and to
.ive to the Church peace and victory. So,
therefore,, we hope that this peace and victory
nay be the sooner and more easily conceded
( the faithful direct their prayers to obtain
{. We beg of you, venerable brethren. to ex-
tort them to this, placing, as our mediStrix be-
ore God, the immaculate Queen of Heaven,
md for intcrcessors, st. Joseph, heavenly
patron Of the Church, the holy Princes Of the
postles, So. Peter and Paul, to whose power
al patronage we humbly recommend our per-
on, the hierarchy of the Church, and the
( hole tlock Of the Lord.
OF the rest, heartily desire that these
lAys in which we make solemn recolleotions
# the resurrection of Jesus Christ, be to you.
'euerable brethren and the entire Catholic
amily, happy, salutary and full OF holy Joy;
md We pray the most benign God that with
he blood Of the Immaculate Lamb, by which
he sentence OF orr condemnation was can
elIed, the faults committed may be erased,
nd the Judgment which we must undergo for
hem may be mitiEated.
The grace of onr Lord Jesus Christ, the
harity of God, and the participation Of the
Eoly Ghost be with you, venerable brethren;
D all in general and each one in particular, rs
lso to our dearly beloved children, the clergy
nd faithful of your churches. AZ q pledge Of
Decial beneyolence and of celeStisl assistance,
q impart, with all our heart, the Apostolic
enediotou.
Given at st. Peters. at Rome, on the solemn
'Sttval of Easter, list of April, Of the year
S7e, and fret Of our Pontiioate.
PoPE LEO XIII.