Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-03-12
JUSTIFIED.
Interesting Sermon by Reverend
Father Scnunefl.

Father Scannell preached yesterday morn
ing at the Cathedral to large and appre-
ciative etaking for his theme, The
fall and restoration of man." And his text
from Galatiars: ave are free with the
freedom with which Christ hath made us
free."
In discussing the text the speaker said
sour justification and sanctification is moth
ing more or less than our restoration to that
state of original grace from which Adam,
by disobedience, fell, but with certain limi-
tatious We must know from what we fell
and to what gain we are restored, and there
fore what original justice is. and original
sin is. Adam was not created, but constitu-
ted in state of original justice, the dif-r-
ence between created aud constituted is
this: Original justice was no part of the
nature Of man, 1t was d superadded gift, a
asupcrnatural perfection, over and above
the projections or integrity of human ma
ture. The Council of Trent, after having
weighed long whether to say that man was
created in grace, finally derided to say that
man was constituted In grace, and for
in grace, the grace was an essential
part of human nature, b csuse it would be
part of our creation; grace is not a part
of human nature, neither is it a part OF our
or, alton. 1t is something superadded to It
and therefore in saying that man was con
stituted in grace or In original justice, the
council of trent expressly and with the
greatest precision declares tnat man was
placed in state or condition higher than
his own nature. 1t was not due to man that
he should have the gift OF original justice
The perfecti1Is of man cOnsstt d in the
body and the soul, the faculties and pow
ers, Intellectual and moral, which constitut,
human nature. Adam was perfect in body
and soul, but original justice is more than
this, viz: The gift of supernatural grace
and state by the indwelling of the holy
Ghost in the soul, illuminating It by the in,
fusion of his light in the form Of truth, and
sarctifying it b. his grace in the form OF
sanctity. his was original justice, and
therefore Adam was in two ways the son of
God. He was the son of God by ma
tnre, because he CON was y, cos ceated at by
because the Holy Ghost dwelt in him; and
because he had the gift of the Holy Ghost
dwelling In him, therefore he was. just
The fruit OF his justice was sanctity, i.lum-
due to nature for it is in the Holy Ghost.
But because he had this.Original Justice,
he had also two other gifts. He had immor-
tality in the body, so that he would never
In the soul. that is he had unanimity of
the soul from the rebellion of the passions.
His passions and affections Were in state
OF subordinatiOn and tranquility, by the
control of his reason and his will for his
soul was urder the guidance, direction and
iufuence of the spirit Of God, therefore the
body was free from all dis ase, and the soul
was free from all sorrow, because free
fromaall sin. In original justice no sorrow,
no affection OF y kind had part in the soul
of man.. To sum up then original justice in
which Adam was constituted was made up
of these projections. First there was the
perfection of nature, of body and soul, as
atovc. Second there was the supernatural
perfection of sanctifying grace or the in
dwelling of the Holy Ghost, and these We're
the gifts that arose from the union of the
natural and supernatural immortality
in the body and harmony. in the
in the passion, and SO the sanctifcation of
the first man was the most perfect and most
prOfuse, except that higher sanctificatfon in
the order of grace Of our Lord himself and
his Immaculate mother. Such was the work
of the Holy Ghost in the first man: BY the
sin of Adam, by an active disobedience
the first creation was shattered. The pres
ence o! the Holy Ghost and his grace was
he became disi sinherited, while he was left
In the substantial integrity of his nature.
He was wounded with the three wounds of
ignorance, weakness and passion. Original
sin consists, therefore, in the loss of that
state of original justice in which Adam was
constituted at his creation. The definition
of sin is, that it Is the privation of grace,
just as blindness is the privatiOn OF sight
and darkness is the priyation Of light, SO
nature without grace is in state of sin,
which is state of privation. So they who
are born without the & Holy Ghost are De,
x'hGSs s 9Se isp the sseS saeR
is original sin and its effects,
We are all born OF flesh and bl cd and the
Holy Ghost Is not in us. We are born in
to undergo a transformation to make any
thing out of us. We have to be born over
again in Christ and his Holy Spirit. What
Is born of the spirit is spirit Hence, Christ
our Lord, has said that unless man be born
again of water and the Holy Ghost he can
not enter into the Kingdom OF Heaven. By
baptism, and therefore by spiritual regener-
alton, our whole state is elevated. We are
are born again through Christ into new
and supernatural state, and We are received
over again through him by our regeneration.
'.Blcssed be God" says the Apostle, and the
Father Of our Lord Jesus Chiist, who. ac-
Sted US into lively hope and into an fnher-
itance incorruptable and undefled, which
cannot fade and is reserved for us In the
heavens. It is certain then, with the GER
tainty of faith, that all baptized persons
Justice and merits of Christ, who became
for US justice, sanctification and redemp-
ton. You have then all been baptized, an
SO have been born again, and have received
regenerated, justified and placed once more
in state of Justice before God. Every one
of you has received the gift of sanctifyipe
grace. You have been made children Of
God and heirs of His kingdom. In your
baptism every one of you has been washed
and sanctified and justified in the name Of
our Lord Jesue, and by the spirit of Oul
God. And If you have fallen again, ther
in the sacrament of penance the precioui
blood of Christ has come down on you once
more and has washed away every sin com
mitted since your regeneration, These arr
truths of faith and as certain as the grount
under your feet.