The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-07-05

, Will not show resentment when Won
are reprimanded? Do you promise
that your only ambition in life will be
!: to gain one soul more for Christ and
to guard from sin all those souls
which Christ has already sanctitied"'
The young student called to the
priesthood is not an angel; he is a
I young man; he has brothers; he has
sisters; they are all one family; he is
flesh and blood; he is human, Is if
any wonder that he would fain persu-
ade himself that he is not called to
the Christian priesthood? Is it any
wonder that he would at times deter
mine to leave such Il life to others ?
is it any wonder that he would pray:
Lord, if it be Thy will, let such a
future pass away from me-! But his
petition is not answered. his prayer is
not heard. You have not chosen Me,
but l have chosen YOU" John Nv, 16.)
Sometimes the sailor says goodbye to
the stormy pillows, but he returns to
them again; sometimes the sinner stills
the voice Of conscience but it makes
itself heard again. sometimes the stu
dent refuses to hearken to the call to
the priesthood, but he hears that call
again and again, as he vainly ell
deavors to reconcile himself to a secu-
lar vocation. You have not chosen
Me. but l have chosen you.'
The day of his death, oath of June,
twenty years ago, Father Mcintyre I'M
dertook the responsibilities of a Chris
tan priest The oath of June twenty
years ago, Father Mcintyre was or
dained priest. Twenty years ago he
left the land Of his forefathers his
weeping motherland, the land of his
youthful, patriotic love- Twenty years
ago he clasped. for the last time,
fathers manly hand; twenty years ago
he kissed, for the last time, Il loving
mothers cheek; twenty years ago, for
the last time, he held in his arms
sobbing, brOken-hearted, grief-distrac
eel sister; twenty years ago he tried to
speak words of consolation, at a time
when he felt that his own heart would
burst.
Twenty years ago he came to the
archdiocese of his adoption, the arch
diocese of st. Paul. On the Sundays
OF twenty years he preached from the
pulpit the doctrine of Christ. On all
the days of twenty years he offered up
to God the Christian sacrifice of atone
ment for sin. On all the days OF
twenty years he was to be found
ready to administer to the contrite OF
heart the Christian sacrifice of recon-
Citation with God. For twenty years
he kept his ordination promise. When
requested to minister to the faithful
in the city he obeycd; when requested
to take charge of the faithful in the
country he went there; when asked to
return to the city he came back If he
were misunderstood he never COM
plainel; il lie were repriElntled lie
never showed resentment. For twenty
years he made it the object of his am
bitiOn to gain souls fer Christ and to
preserve in s;lnctity the souls already
favored with the s:nctification of
Christian adoption.
Shall ask you to pray FIR such Il
| one; shall l request your payers for
the repcSc of the soul of Father Nc
lntyre? Were | to be gudel by my
own sentiments in the case. | would
NIT such Il request: might be in
clined to consider it supprtiuous to
pray for one who served his Savior so
faithfully. But if that manly heart
could beat again. if these lips could
move, it that tongue could speak, l
Know | should hear the words: Yes,
ask them to pray for me; ask those
prayers: tell Them the responsibilities
of Il priest. tell them Il priest is hu-
man; tell them humanity is imperfect;
| tell them tiGd is infinite s:nctity, in
finite holiness: tell them imperfcction
is not permitted to enter into the pres
ence of an infinitely Holy God; tell
them their prayers can obtain for me
the perfection which is demanded be-
fore my soul is admitted into the So
ciety of those who see God as He is,
face to face" Pray for Father Nc
lntyre. In your prayers do not forget
him. While you pray for him, re-
member what was the object of his
life. 1t was that you and others
might know Gcd; it was that you and
others might adore God: it was that
you and others might serve God; it
was that you ana others might be
everlastingly happy with him in the
presence of Almighty God. May he
rest in peace!
r. A. McHUGH. NJ. P.