The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-07-26
LEAGUE OF THE SACRED HEART
Helpful Thoughts.

"A helpIul InOuSnJS.
a The general intention for July i
( Reverence for the Name of Jesus
s The intention was designated at tn
= special request of the apostleship ant
was designed to assist the growth O
5 the Holy Name societies in this coun
: try. Says The Messenger of the Sacred
1 Heart: Much has been done of lat,
s years to check the habit of blasphemy
5 and the members of the Holy Nome so
? | cleties have done their share to cult
: Vate a respect for everything sacred
5 ! under the most sacred name they bear
| 1t is in recognition as well as in further
recommendation of their services ir
this good cause that this general inten-
ton has been designated by his holi-
ness Leo XIII, and we should do all in
our power, by prayer and by encour-
agement, TO aid the members of these
societies in bringing people nearer to
God by inspiring them with respect for
the name of his divine Son Jesus
.
The custom of publicly and solemnly
consecrating children to the sacred
heart of our Lord at the moment in
which their young hearts first receive
him, is becoming more and more gem
eraL We are told that recently in the
cathedral of Tours. France, a numer-
thus offered TO the heart which loves
them so much, and that in the diocese
of Tours this custom is followed in all
the city parishes, in large number
of establishments under the care of re-
iigious communities, and in many of
the country parishes.-Sacred Heart
Messenger.
The lover of souls will never lose his
| time or throw away his Iabors if he de-
| votes himself to the work of the
| League of the Sacred Heart. Catholic
doctrine being true, and the church Gre
"details absolutely Catholicity must al
ways have over mems minds a certain
power and force, and the effectual work
of the devotion is one which commends
itself to all devout souls. The
learned, accurate. reasonable and de-
vout setting forth Sf the full revelation
and inheritance given to the world
through Jesus Christ our Lord was
never more required than at this pres
ent time.
How am to obtain devotion to the
sacred heart? Only by the remem-
brance of the nemia dilectio qua di-
lexit nos; that he loved me so much
that he died for me, he lives for me,
and in living for me, longs for me;
dwelling on it, that he does lonf for |
me, that he is always living to make |
interecession for me, and then from |
this to say: And what can I do for |
him? How can 1 love him ?"-Father |
Dignam, S. j.
There is always sorrow in the world. |
If we could only tell ourselves that at
the very moment when some hearts are
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some dreadful weight of despair-would
me not pause occasionally to offer up a
prayer for those in special stress and
sorrow? This would be a noble apos-
tolate for league members, to always |
remember those who mourn: to pray
that their burdens may be lifted, that
peace may come to them-Gods peace
which blesses and consoles. Whatever
affections we endure in this world, pro-
vided only that we endure them in the
spirit of faith and love, can merit for
us so many degrees of glory in eterni-
-y. Blessed are they that mourn, says |
our Savior. for they shall be comforted.
How excellent, then, must be that
prayer in which we supplicate the
heart of God to aid poor souls to bear
With patience and joy the sorrows
which his merciful providence sends
hem. The souls for whom we should '
Dray especially are those whom some l
sorrow some profound /
disappointment, some feeling of utter
iesolation weighs down so to become '
/ serious temptation.
The Christian soul cannot remain u
inmoved at the aff1ietions of, rational n
md immortal beings whom nature and Il
he Divine redemption have made her
'rethren in two-fold way A brother. Z
avs Proverbs, that is helped by his s.
'rother is like a strong city. To con II
ole the afflicted is one of the spiritual
works. of mercy, and here we can put l
in practice by fervent and persever- 4
ng prayer for our brethren in sorrow G.
nd tribulation. We ask the Sacred NJ
Ieart to enlighten these sufferers as u
D the priceless treasure which they p
ossess. treasure for which the an =,
els almost envy them. tf
Here especially, under its tspect of a.
lcrifice, does the Sacred Heart be- ,;.
,me the consolation of the suffering. ~
{ will comfort the souls devoted to =,
" Heart" said our Lord to Marga- -.
t Mary: 4 will console them in all -
eir affiictions." Having thus as ne
laged their sorrows here below. He -
i'll seafter-following that other 49,
'omise which He made. TO write
eir names in His Sacred Heart from ~
hich they shall never be effaced''- M
We them for the eternal recompense su
their sufferings. His Sacred Heart sli
self. de
He God, the SOM left heaven be- IN.
use pain was such a paradise for
i'm. and it was an exclusively ter iea
strial paradise: and if He loved it pr
He may well expect that those at
10 loved Him shall love it also
Lther Faber tai
%. God, be merciful to me, sim TO
r." If these words of the publican no
lrited forgiveness for his sins and WI
used him to be justified, why should WI
ay not have the same value on the me
s of another sinner and in the end
ocure pardon for him also2-Ven. l.. tut
Blois.-Catholic Churchman dol
e Different Versions of the Bible. Pre-
here were twenty-five versions, or :.
ferent translations of the Bible in est
various languages of Europe be- ern
e Luther was born. ( over 100 edi- Phi
MS of the entire Bible were printed the
the vernacular tongues during the fait
ie intervening from 1860 to 155r ."
ase were independent of the many Ro,
tons printed with the Latin text be