The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-07

Han ana good citizen I do not pro-
claim myself child of Gods church I
do not go to mass, l receive no sacramen:s
nave no time for ceremonies or liturgy,
put try to be good and do what is right;
anu lhaes s | am much better than some
people who belong to the church, who do
go to mass And so is it not better to sim
ply CONNIE myself to my own goodness and
leave outward religion and mass and sacra-
T 1en'5 = anu ILa cnureh membership to others
InlS is wrong reasoning. l repeat all have
saiu OF interior holiness. but add that he
VINO sets aside outward religion, he who
ton ina. nim 1: exclusively. as he thinks
70 interior llfe55 has hot that holiness that
God demands 3and that it is our moral
DUTY to have. Much of this outward re-
iiglon IS such a vitaf part of mans moral
~ tutg th h9 Without III no man can be said
10 40 MS DUTY to be holy. The omnipo-
tent himself cannot dispense man from it.
a Just recognition OF God, the worship Of
Goa' thanksgiving offered to God, prayers
sent up to theDthronei OF God, are vital du-
ties OF man. and there is no interior holt
ness without the accomplishment of those
duties God himselfS because he is all holy
anu oil truth cannot put man on the face
OF the earth and exempt that man from the
drfV OF worhsio ana of prayer Without
OF . ara religion. commanded as it is by
Almighty God: theFet is no true religion.
what GOD conference.-the the Old Testament.
Wnen He asked What profit Me the multi
plicity of your offerings?" is the mere Of
fering without the interior act.
Gods Gifts Come From Prayer.
Now what has happened in the great mys-
Iery OF the incarnation? The Son of God
mas appeared upon earth, has wrought
miracles, and demanded that His creatures
should listen and obey
AGAIN, outward ceremonies, sacrifices ard
SacFainents are not mere arbitrary COM
ILiahds OF the church and the Most High;
tney are means to obtain the grace and the
qelhcauon necessary for interior life. Christ
mas put HIS graces in the sacraments
Ihese are the channels CT His merits, and
ne VINO Keeps away from them keeps away
them.
The gifts from God are given in answer
TO TO- prayer tb and he who prays not receives
hoI tnCse glfts. KNOCK and 1t shall be
opened" We have no righf IN saw that
Coo must give US grace outside of prayer,
OUTSIDE OF sacrifice, outside OF the sacra-
nents: OUTSIDE OF church. when those means
are within our reach. Man today has be-
come so elated with all his achievements
mat he gives to himself the place of Je-
hoyah, and he himself prcscribes the con-
d.tions OF his salvation. Why, to listen to
some men today Jehovah must be quite hon
0fed "hen some of them viii consent to
knock az the door of paradise and say:
Al th;nss considered, l believe I VIII go
IN They lay down the law for God and
for Christ; they say, This sacrament is
Hot- necessary; l can be saved without the
Gnarch nave my own road to heaven"
Ne Nei', men TANK ard act as they please;
CIV Gcd relgns, and HIS law abides and
II s CcTditisrs of salvation mast be OBJ
served # salvation is to come.
me rule IS outward observance Of Gcd's
orc nances and interior cleanliness as the
eIrult OF this observance.
Little Hold BETTER Than Nome.
What should I say to Catholics who have
something of this outward observance and
lack of inward holiness? Must thew aban-
IAN the outward observance? Would it be
p9tter Tor them to keep away from mass
ale PRAYER! II Weswere cons dering only the
Of
S"er IN the affirmative But the church
having no will but tbs will of Christ. forgpts
,her own honor and her own glory for the
sake OF sous, and She says to such Catho-
Hcs however much shame you cause by
your cchGuct, come to my temple for there
yeu may obtain the grace of God Hold on
even though Il be b. most slender tie. to
ny sprtpaI mother It is better to have
little mold On Chf;st's church than to
nave none, Tor the, great current of Christs
ho-1EeSs sweeping down from the heavens
across {he face Of. Gods church some time
or another may touch the soul of the most
ne2hgept Catholic and revive within him
d'vlne life. and Takehim be a good Gothic
&c Even to those who 90 pot go to mass
pat VINO outside say that they are CAD to
De CathoIcs, and are willing if nothing
more, to light for the church / should saw:
20 TO farther away; what you do is very
Little. but it IS somth;ng."
RI, Fer such there is some hope. They are
ke the b!ada OF grass beneath the winter
STOW. EVERYTHING seems withered but there
IS little life in the root ard as the sun
IN the spring serbs its warmth through tho
earth that little life comes forth and waxes
strorg. anu " 'Ae'
But let all such Catholics know that NJ
Tess some tine they yield to the warmth
f III Goos sun. and are truly sanct:fied, if
tney appear before God with naught e,se
put remembrance Of their public profess
son SION OF eth. with snaught else but their
OCCASIONAL prayer apneafe before Him
without souls pure and q less. wtthout +bn
merits OF renentance aEs- good works. tfsy
cannot be adm tied to the eternal mansions
wnsre hol:nFss reigns, TO which only hell
ness gives the risht of admission i