The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-02
THE CATHEDRAL
Well Filled at all the Services
Yesterday, Second Sunday
OF THE SOLEMN LENTEN SEASON
Tho bishops Second Discourse on the
Holy Eucharist Last Evening at the
vesper servlees-Thc Doctrine was Ae-
cepted by the Fathers ofths Church ami
Has Been Tenet OF the Catholics In Nii

Yesterday being the second Sunday
In Lent the services in the Catholic
churches were attended with more than
usual interest. 1t Is seldom that such
large congregations are seen at the
Cathedral as assembled at all OF the
services. TIRE large church was Allied
at the early mass. at G:30 a. m. Rev.
Father Boutlou OBLIGATED at the mass
and read the scripture lessons, taking
as the theme OF his sermon the first
seven verses OF the fourth chapter of
TaessalonIans. He talked impressiyely
On purity OF heart, and spoke OF Christs
TRANSPORTATION, saying had the wilt
neSsses who were present not peen pure
in heart they would not have seen COO.
The TRANSPORTATION was not miracle;
the miracle was that God in the flesn
had so long concealed hlsiglory.
Al the 1890 mass the church was
again packed. Rev. Father Harris
preached the sermon, his theme being,
"Now Is the aeeep:ed time; now Is me
day OF salvation" He made very
pathetic and effective plea to those
who were out OF tIhe church to seek
salvation, as that was ChrIst's only oo-
1ect in coming UNTO the world.
Last evening at VeEpeTs. Bishop DON
ahue preached to vast congregation,
his second Lenten sermon, taxing 10.
his theme the doctrine of the Real
Presence In the Holy Eucharist HIS
text was She passage from the eplstle
of st. John describing the Last supper
and giving the words OF Christ IN hald-
Ing to his disciples the bread and wine.
IS. H.. Ia
body" and this Ia my blood, ana
read extracts from the writings OF re-
llglous authors from the first century
down to the Council OF Trent, to show
that the doctrine of the real presence
OF Christ In the Eucharist was not new:
that II was accepted by the fathers anu
by the early church. and he quoted
also the writings OF Matthew, Mark ana
Luke and from Paul TO show that the
apostles believed this was the real BODY
and blood OF Christ. The dogma, ne
said. was not originated by the Council
OF Trent, but was merely formally
stated there. From Suo.onius 70 Tur-
telllan nil the saints accepted the be-
lief, and the former chronicied the
fact that a few left the Eucharist be-
cause they did not believe " was the
body OF Christ, thus showing PLAINLY
that the church IN that early day old
believe IT,
The bishop said that those outside OF
the church had managed by the e&er-
else OF their Individual fnfaHibtllty, 70
deduce from the accounts OF the Lords
Supper and from the words OF Jesus
In handing the bread and the cnallce
10 MS Disciples, two hundred and SIX
different meanings for the words. They
had held opinions one directly the re.
verse OF the other, but the greatest
body OF Christian believers on the earth
had always believed that Christ meant
that the bread and wine were his body
and blood shed for the remission OF SIN.
The body IS fed upon the body Of Christ
that the soul may be cleansed, ana
whosoever partaketh unworthily Is
guilty OF Christ's blood, as Judas was
when he betrayed him.
The Catholic church holds that me
EutGnarlsE Is the real body OF Christ.
The faithful feel for the humblest priest
n deep reverence, because he transforms
the wafer Into the body OF the LORD;
yet priests have fallen TO the deepest
depths, lust as Judas, whose privilege
Il was to see and touch the Savior. fell
and his fall was Infinitely worse than
II he had not been 30 close TO the Christ.
He was rejoiced, he saad. to see the
members OF the congregation making
good confession. and to see Win what
caruestneSs they observed the Lenten
season. The prlest. the Bishop. the car.
dlnal, and even the Pope himself, must
make a good confession lest they par
take OF the Eucharist unworthfly: he
urged his hearers TO strlcteT obser-
vance OF The faith.
on Wednesday night priest from
Pittsburgh will preach in the Cathedral.
and on Friday night the stations OF
the Cross win be given. Communion
was administered after the early mass
yesterday.