The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-08
CONFIRMATION AT DUNMORE.
Sacrament Conferred ON All Chiidren
by Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara.

by Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Hara.
The sacrament of confirmation was
conferred by Right Reverend Bishop
O'Hara on All children at St. Mary's
church, Dunmore, yesterday afternoon.
OF this number So were Italian children.
The bishop was assisted by Rev.. ID. j..
MacGoldrick, president of st. Thomas
college; Rev. NJ. b. Donlan, pastor of
the church; Rev. George j. Lucan. d.
D., also of st. Mary's; Rev. j. j.. b.
Feeley. of the cathedral; Rev. ]. l..
Dunn. of Green Ridge; Rev. John j..
O'Toole, of Providence: Rev. ]. j. Nc
Cabe of Avoca; Rev. II. p. Burke, OF the
South Side; and Rev. Dominic Landro,
of the cathedral.
The bishop gave instruction to the
children before and after the sacrament
was conferred. and each child was pre-
sented with a beautiful medal blessed
by the bishop.
At 1880 a solemn high mass was cele-
brated by Rev. Father Donlan. DR..
Lucas was deacon; Rev. Father Dunn
was sub-deacon, and Rev. Father Fee
ley was master of ceremonies. Rev.
Father MacGoldrick preached the SER
mon in his usual edifying and eloquent
style The text was, "A certain man
made a great supper and invited many"
st. Luke, xiv:l6. He spoke in part as
follows:
1--WE are in the season when the
church commentaries the Institution
by our Lord of the sacrament of His
precious body and blood. On the feast
of Corpus Christi the portion of the
gospel read at the mass was from the
sixth chapter of the gospel of st. John,
where our Lord shows in the simplest
and most unmistakable terms that we
should understand the sacrament of the
Eucharist to be- But today the church
makes use of the parable from st. Luke
to remind us of the usa that men hae
made of the treasures of the sacrament
of Gods love, and. If possible, by the
reminder to urge us on to greater gener-
osity i'm corresponding with Gods grace,
to greater ardor in returning Gods love,
to greater prudence and more sincerity
in Gods service.
"In the parable the invited guests are
reprcsented as unwilling to attend the
banquet to which they were invited; one
because of some need of looking after
his farm; another he must needs secure
himself in some business speculation In
the purchase of oxen; and third be-
cause of the absorbing cases OF the DO
me.tic life upon which he had just en-
tered. There is no one who will not con-
denim them for their lack of wisdom
and of generosity, and of prudence, in
their refusal to accept the invitation
extended to them.
But the church does not ask us 10
attend to the merely literal sense of the
parable; rather she asks us to leave the
literal sense and to apply the words
thereof to the condition of the Lord
institution of the divine banquet of the
sacrament of the Eucharist. to His in
vitation to us to partake Of this banquet
as absolutely necessary means to attain
to eternal happiness; and to our op-
seryance of the injunction which our
Lord has placed upon us. For us today
the banquet is the sacrament OF the
Eucharist-the lord of the banquet Is
our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and the
invited guests are all those to whom He
has said unless you eat the flesh of the
son of man and drink his blood you
shall not have life in you"