The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-12-11

duty. Father Caillet attained great in
! fluence over minds and hearts. He was
a potent factor among the Catholics,
among all the citizens of this commune
ty. His influence was the reward of his
devotion to duty, of his kindness of
soul, of his purity of life. OF his charity.
And wherever the influence was allowed
him he always made use of it for great
err good, for greater good to religion to
charity, for greater good to the souls and
the hearts of those who were influenced
by him. There was none who was not
the better for acquaintance with | i'm,
for contact with him. The success OF
Father Caillet's priestly life was marked.
Shall l appeal to st. Mary's parish, to
this temple always replenished with de-
voted worshipers, always inspiring AMI
attractive in its ecclesiastical appear
ance? Shall appeal to the school house
hard by, the fruit OF the sweat of his
brow of the plannings of his mind,
through which thousands of children
have passed strengthened in their re-
| 'ci't W yS Soo'u 1lllLt,io anu blottS Slll
tains? Rather would | appeal. when l
talk of his successful priestly career, to
the souls of those who have passed I'M
der the hand of his ministry. AMI tell
of the hearts that have been consoled.
| of the minds that have been frightened
| by divine faith, of the. souls cha. Lave
been made strong in their battle against
| sin and iniquity. The success of his
ministry is found in the thousands ard
| thousands who have been edited by his
Christian life There is none who is not
made the better man if he ha, passed
near some one OF whom it is SAID he is
Il good Christian Virtue. like The sweet
odor of incense, spreads through tho air.
! and whoever breathes that air charged
| with the fragrance OF virtue is better
man, a better Christian. A whole COM
munity is improved before God ,;ftch up
to higher aspirations and Il higher life
| by the example of one single good soul
A void has been made among us by The
death of Father Caillct; a good priest
has gone to his reward and wnen say
Il good priest mean much. In the pres
encc Of one who was above all thin.rs
else Il priest. who loved to see III tests
multiply around him, whose last wears
were given to the holy occups.ion of
breathing the spirit of the priesthood
| into hundreds of young men, lot NE in
your name thank Christ for the gift OF
| Iic nl.incI ia,
mood is not this man or that man: when
we speak of the priesthood he humanity
| OF the priest must be Forgotten. 'ine
| priest is the bearer of Christ's cross. the
speaker of Christ's truths, to the world.
! Without the priesthood Christ's action
would not Ee upon the world. Christ
would be memory of two thousand
| years ago The priesthood perpetllateS
Christ, makes Christ to be living force
! The priest is among us. ever ready by
! gifts of holiness to blot out sins, TO
| strengthen souls, to give light to minds
In the name of charity to help humanity.
Every child of humanity is Il child Of
God, 1t matters not whether he he Il He
''''N VI a. it IL, IL tillltl vi HDu,
Il brother of Christ Jesus, and to him is
the priest of Christ sent. The priest of
Christ holds together by the, power of
divine cement, truth and 4raca. the
moral forces of humanity. If today tue
family is intact it is because the priest
| in the name of Christ has spread about
! ii IL divine charm silencing human pas
| SlonS and bidding the flowers of innO-
rcncc grow within its portals If social
! government is able by moral force 10
| keep men together, it is because tie
word OF God goes out from .he priest
to saying that authority is divine. and
that submission to authority is submits
sion to God. Aye. if we are not ri.tol
one against another because ugh. is
right. and because to the strongest be-
| long the spoils if we are not reduced to
| the lot OF savages fighting for every
| small part OF their possessions, if we are
not on level with pagan nations, among
| whom nothing is secure unless The up
lifted sword inspires terror, 1t is because
| Christ has conquered, and lives: it Is
| because the moral life of humanity is
| mado to endure through the reign of
| Christ. through Christ's ministers, work.
| ing with Christ. for Christ and in
! Christ's namo. So in the presence of
departed priest, model priest, we thank
Christ for his priesthood; we proclaim
tho priesthood tho best Gift OF God to
humanity.
| Brethren we stand in the presence of
death. Death is awful. How it stills
the voice. how it stops the vibrations of
the heart. Never before was Father
Caillct in this sanctuary without by no.
ton or word saying something to you;
now all is silence. death rcigns. Oh,
God! death is terrible All things. all
the rumblngs OF humanity are silent
when death passes. And after death the
Judgment. God is, brethren, and Goa
rcigns. Gods reign begins in elrnns.
when death has come. God reigns in
living humanity by his love. by his
mercy, by his Justice even; but in living
humanity some forget him. some BIAS
phemc him. some violate his commando