St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-11
AT HOLY ROSARY CHURCH.
Celebration of the Feast of ST.
Dominic Yesterday.

At the Church of the Holy Rosary
yesterday morning was celebrated the
feast of st. Dominic with imposing GER
emonies. Bishop Grace, of st.
Paul, was in attendance, Bishop Ear
dette, of st. Cloud, celebrating political
high mass, Clergymen from all over
the city were present. The musical
programme prepared for the occasion
was exceptionally meritorious. The
sermon of the day, a .panegyric on st.
Christie, of Minneapolis, from the text:
II found a man according to my own
heart. With my holy oil l Amounted
him." taken from the Psalms.
Among the many wonderful works
of God" said the reverend preacher,
1.-THE greatest and most wonderful Of all
is His saints. But why is God so won
derful in His saints? Because the high
est effects of Gods omnipotence come
forth both in the order of His nature
and the order of His grace. He gave to
saints strength. power of will and
determination of action by which all
that might be faulty or imperfect in
nature might be overcome and con-
stantly put away. The Holy Ghost tells
us that God anoints with charity.
Therefore, charity is said to be the law
and love of the perfect. Let US apply
all those principles to the man whose
name is upon the lips of the church to-
dav. the great st. Dominic. In the year
ITO Dominic was born. One might
tell of the nobility of his blood
and might tell his descent from a
line of kings and emperors; but the
armorial bearing of sanctlty that was
embIazoned on the shield of Dominic is
higher than any human heraldry can
reach, and zeal and sanctity were the
devices upon the glorious escutcheon
that he bore. When he was seven wears
old he was placed in charge of his uncle.
holy priest, and for eight years after
ward he tried, like Samuel. in the sane
tuary. In his fifteenth year he was
as pure of soul as when he was carried
from the baptismal fount. At fifteen he
was sent to the University of
Valencia, in Spain, there to re-
main until he had completed
his twentieth year. There he lived amidst
the hot passions, the unbridled reck-
lessness and wild license of youth, but
he spent those years after the fashion
of our Divine Master. His future life
was devoted to divine knowledge and
prayer"
The preacher then followed infinitely
the course of his life, through the pomp
and SplendOr of imperial courts up to
the beginning of the reign of Pope In
nocent I'LL, the darkest period of the
middle ages. Then followed a glowing
tribute to the work of st. Dominic in
reforming Europe. The holiness, the
virtue. the self-denial, and the ire
mendous exertions made by the man
were extolled in fervid language. Then
followed a recital of his Inauguration of
the Holy Rosary of the Virgin Mary,
which was led up to by visit from the
diuine mother. A word as to the Do
minican order of priests and their work
followed, and the preacher closed with:
"The Dominican order has survived
the storm. and l pray God. so long as
there are souls to be saved. in this our
great free land, we will have our
Dominicans to follow the example of
their great founder. and to preach
from Dominican lips and Dominican
hoarfc fha faith 0f Cod >,