The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-02-13
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The PAS 0RAL LETTER
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Tt Was Read in the Catholic
Churches Yesterday.
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lE TEACHES OBEDIENCE
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without Which There Is Trouble in the
I Home Schism in the Church and
IS Also q Lack of Discipline
SA in the Army.
TEACHES OBEDIENCE

tssssYesterday in the Catholic churches Of
fAhis city the pastoral letter of Bishop
.sBrondell of Helena was read, as were also
the regulations for the time of Lent,
which were published in yesterday morn
3sings Standard. The pastoral letter is as
;sfo.lows:
lsHTo the secular and regular clergy, the
religious communities and the faithful of
-Four diocese, health and blessing
e. Beloved Brethren: The return of the
season of Lent is an occasion to perform
Jour episcopal duty 5of instructing you in
,sthose matters which experience teaches
fsns to be most opportune,
ssssSSs "Our holy father, Pope Leo Kill, who
feels, SO to say, the pulse OF the Catholic
world, thought proper at the beginning of
this year recommend to the prayers of
the League of the Sacred Heart Of Jesus
respect for authority. This, therefore, will
he the subject of our Lenten instruc-
ton.
THAT respect for authority Is COM
3manded by the Lord God in the fourth
commandment given to Moses on Mount
Sinai, Honor thy father and thy mother
that thou mayest have a long life and
that it may be well with thee According
to the teaching of the church, this re-
quires us to honor love and obey our
parents in all that is not sin; to honor
and obey our bishops, pastors. magis-
Strates, teachers and other lawful supe-
3riors. This forbids us all disobedience,
contempt and stubbornness toward the
fsame
ut is that commandment which makes
the dutiful child, the faithful Christian,
the patriotic citizen, the diligent pupil,
the trustworthy employee. This will of the
Lord establishes peace in the family,
unity in the church, progress in the ma
ton, knowledge in the school, prosperity
in the household and in every occupa-
xtion.
Z without it there is trouble in the
shome. schism in the church, rebellion in
the nation, disorder in the school, lack of
discipline in the army and financial disas-
ter among the people,
"All true authority represents God
amongst men, and therefore ought to be
revered, honored and obeyed He who
.resists authority resists God. Reward for
obeying, punishment for disobeying, is
sure to follow well as success to the
Sobedient and misfortune to the disobe-
,lent. Without obedience to orders no
fhome, no nation, no army, no business,
can stand. St. Paul says to the Romans,
Ichapter xiii, Let every one be subject to
higher powers; for there is power but
from God and those that are ordain-
ed of God. Therefore. he that resisteth
the power resisteth the ordinance of God,
and they that resist purchase to them
selves damnation; for princes are not a
terror to the good work, but to the evil.
Wit thou then not be afraid of power?
%Do that which is good and thou shalt
have praise from the same. For he is
Goods minister to thee for good. But if
thou do that which is evil, fear: for He
abeareth not the sword in vain. For he is
Gods minister; an avenger to execute
wrath upon him that doth evil. Where
fore be subject of necessity, not only for
wrath, but also for conscience sake
Every community. natural, social, civ
il or religious, must have superior, a
chief, a ruler, leader. For as the head
sin man rules the actions of the human
body, that they may be conformable to
reason, SO the head man rules the actions
of company of human beings; the father
in the family, the priest in the church, the
president or king of the nation, the gen
1eral in the army, the president of a So
ciety or company. If the member of the
body does not obey the head, as when
the hand moves not when you wish to
take hold, when the foot advances not
when you wish to walk, there is physical
sdisease, such as paralysis, and members
4becOme useless. so IN the society OF men,
If the chief orders. and there is no ODE
sdience, disorder follows and members be-
come useless to such a degree as to dis
solve the community. On the other hand,
the more perfect obedience of members
to the head of the human body the more
perfect the man. Likewise the more per-
feet obedience in a moral body Of men,
bers to the chief, the more perfect that
family, that church. that nation, that
company, that society.
q "The grandest obedience in the world
is that Of the priest to the bishop. The
priest is another Christ, and Christ was
sobedient to His Heavenly Father unto
Sdeath, yea, unto the death of the cross.
He is the living example of Christian ODE
dience to all. Hence, when he receives
the high office of the priesthood, the or
.daining pontiff says to him: do you prom
Use me and my successors reverence and
obedience? Therefore, the priest who is
faithful to his vow. receives from the
people with a loving heart reverence and
obedience; and in turn amongst the peo-
pie the different societies have unity and
harmonyin their midst, the different mem
pers thereof obeying the different chiefs
whatever their name or denomination
may be: children obey parents. citizens
the law, employees the employer. The
result is satisfaction all around, happy
people, because they initiate Christ Who
when boy u years of age stayed at
home obedient to Joseph and Mary, and