, 1880-03-07
ST. BENEDICT's CROSS.
SALE OF AN AMULET WITH ALLEGED WONDER
FuT. POWERS.

ST. BENEDitI'S CROSS.
SALE OF AN AMULET WITH ALLEGED WONDER
| FUL POWERS.
Ctreand Lsdder.
Father Barnard, Prior OF New MelIaray Abbey.
DUBUQUE. L., is another OF those Ro1aish prtests
| who have been running into debt with no means
OF paying 1t, save by Wholesale begging and i'm
posture. He has sent to all parts Of! the United
States, circular statfng that, to pay OF heavy
| debt on the new unfinished abbey, it Is proposed
] to have two daily masses-one for the living and
| one for the dead-said every day for fifty years,
| in the benefits OF which those who give the
| abbey hundred dollars will participate Do
nors Of $50 will get the fruits Of the two masses
| for twenty-five years, and for smaller sums in
proportion.
Father Barnard Prior, :,,5 Seads 9at @ Nth hts cir
| Benedict" and description OF the virtues
| thereof. The latter begins with an account Of
youth havnr been blttcn By eo p haa as
vision at the point ct death. in which he saw St.
| Benedict coming down ladder whose top was
| The saint held in his hand a luminous cross.
| with which he touched the boS and cured him
instantly. OF course, he Joined the Order Of St.
Benedict, and climbed, probably by the saints
| ladder, to the Papal throne.
The Circular says:
lin order that this medal may be salutary
| mems In NIL our necessities Of soul and body.
but especially guard agaiust the assaults OF tie
evil spirit the CHURCH has, for its blessing, or
%a9Se ss S% sx$Feis na fna fas R
| pious use OF His Cross and the invocation Of st
Benedict. receive extraordinary graces from
oar ea
mothers In child bearing: instantaneous cures;
| protection against thunder and lightning
against all the Influences Of tho wicked Spirit lit
and remedy. for fits
1.-The medal may be worn around the neck,
! or In any way VIC fike on the body. It may be
| placed upon our doors, or kept on the part af-
! fected. When animals are diseased it may be
kiss it for gaining indulgences. In all cases,
whenever we wish to derive benefit from the
said medal, we might say five Gloria Patri in
Marias in honor Of the h. Y. st., and one Pater
Master In honor Of ST. benedict, which prayers
it would be well to say every dny In order to en-
lion" -'''
Having thus described the wonderful powers
Of this amulet, after the fashion Of an Indun
Medicine Men ; II Mandan htrL rhodge: the circular
give particulars.
Pope Benedict XIV, by q decree Of Dec. q,
who wear this medal. Such Jas say the Rosary
meries, viii have "plenary Indulgence on
cost, Trinity sanday, Corpus christ the prInci
paI feasts Of the Blessed Virgin. and the feast of
St. Benedict. An indulgence Of seven years for
Conception OF the Blessed Virgin Mary. THAT
must be pretty hard to say} 0uce week an In
diligence Of twenty years for praying daily tor
the extirpauon of heretics An indulgence OF
one-third Of ones incurred penalties for sin for
the conversion Of sinner. And so further. At
the end OF the bill Of particulars the deluded
followers OF Rome are assured that ~ all the
above-mentfoned fndu1gences can be applied to
the souls in purgatory."
This is by no means the only attempt the
Romish Church has nude to revive In America
the business Of selling dispensatlons and in-
dulgences which directly led to the Protestant
Reformation, and which the Church would hard
~ dure to renew in any country in Europe. Put
into plain language, it means that, In oonsidera-
ton Of money put into the hands Of priest, the
contributor will be allowed to commit sin with
terms. It sets at nought every divine command.
We are taught in the Word Of God that the soul
that sinneth shall die; but tho Romtsh Church
says to its followers, II you give money to the
priests, wear an amulet, and humble q few
formal and meaningless prayers, you may sin with
entire immunity and freedom from moral respon-
sjbility. This blaEphc1nous and vile corruption
led to the Reformation, and the swindling shops
which are attempting to revive it in America are
taking tho surest means to destroy whatever Of
respect for their Church remains in the breasts
Of people who are not its bigoted and ignorant
adhercutS.