The times., 1898-04-11
ST. ALoYSIUs CHURCH.
Rev. Father Cnsey Delivers the East
er Sermon.

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er Sermon.
Easter was celebrated at ST. Aloysius's
with all the pomp and ceremony with
which the Catholic Church loves to honor
this most glorious festival in its ecclesias-
teal year Rev. Father Aloysius Brosnan,
S j., was the celebrant of the II o'clock
mass, with Rev. Father John Moore, S. j.,
of Frederick, Nd, as deacon and Mr.
German, S. j., subdeacon. The magnif-
cent choir, under the direction of Prof.
Kubel, organist, was accompanied by a
full orchestra of string and brass instru-
ments, and the sermon was delivered by
Rev. James Casey, S. j., vice president of
GonZaga College. Taking for his text the
words of Psalms 17-"This is the day
which the Lord hath made; let us be glad
and rejoice therein"-the speaker said, in
explanation:
I'VE are glad and rejoice today, first
and chiefly because of the triumph of Je-
sus over death. He had made a threefold
sacrifice and is crowned today with three
fold glory. He had made the sacrifice of
His own body, of his honor and OF the in
ward consultations of the soul, and today
his body rises from the tomb all glorified;
Jerusalem is filled with the glory of His
name; His simple grave has become the
pilgrimage of the whole civilized world,
/ and fullness of joy is His portion for ev-
ermore We rejoice for our own sakes be-
cause the resurrection is the cornerstone
! of our faith. 1t is the most splendid of
| all His miracles and is attended by cir
| cumstances which make it the most con-
| spicuous and most incontrovertible proof
! Of His divinity. If Christ has risen from
/ the grave, then His doctrines are divine
! and the church which He founded is a
! divine and not human institution.
1.-The resurrection is also a sure guar
antee of our future resurrection. He is
| the first fruits of them that sleep Death,
| then, is but a sleep and all is not ended
| for the body with the grave. Our Re
! deemer, in robbing the grave of its VIC
| tory, gives us an assurance of our own
| blissful Immortality. i am the resurrec-
! ton and the life; he that believeth in Me,
although he be dead, shall live, and every
one that nyeth and believeth in me shall
not die forever What a solace for ach-
! ing hearts in that sweet anthem! What
music for the soul! 1t dries the tears of
! anguish in the grief of parting with loved
ones and whispers TO the soul the sooth-
! ing words of the apostle that, Concerning
! them that are asleep we be not sorrow
! full. as others who have no hope; for If
we believe that Jesus died and rose again
! even So them that have slept through
! Jesus God will bring with Him
The prelate concluded by eXhorting his
! hearers to initiate the martyrs and
saints who kept their gaze steadfasty
! fixed on their risen Savior. lie marks
! ont for us the path to eternal glory.
! When difficulties beset us in the perform
ance of duty and in the observance OF
| Gods commandments, let us remember;
That when our souls shall leave this dwelling,
/ The glory Of one fair and virtuous action
is above all the escutchecns on our tomb
Or silkcu banners above us
This shall be the fruit of the resurrec-
! ton; with the sick that were healed and
| the dead that were raised to life' with
| the sea that stood firm beneath his sacred
! feet when the Redeemer walked on its
| waters: with the earth that quaked and
! the rocks that were rent, and the graves
! that We're opened. est. Mat. XXViii); with
! the sun that was darkened when He
! closed his eyes in that short sleep of
/ death; with the angels who sang on the
/ first Easter morn, the glories of their
risen King let us, too, adore His divinity
! and pledge our loyalty TO Him; to follow
! Him even in his sufferings, that we may
! share one day the joys Of His resurrec-
! ton and in the splendor of the Eternal
| Day"