The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-12
"This is the
victory which
overcometh the
world-our
faith. !"
Church Universal

passed away, yet not without leaving sweet mem
orles behind, the memories of glorious martyrs
red and white. According to St. Columbl1lle the
red martyrs were those who had shed their blood
for holy faith. and the white martyrs they who for
love OF holy faith bore with Christian patience the
sutferlngs and prlvations of this life
AT y O'Clock mass begins and in the second
illustration see the kneeling congregations as
taken from one side of the cone 1t was estimated
that when mass began there were at least 1000 per-
sons present.
At early morning the great mountain
standing out against a clear sky in its rugged
loneliness; at we beheld its beautiful cathe-
dral-lke dome covered with silent adoring multi
tude. As the Holy Sacrifice began some white,
misty clouds spread their wings over the congre-
cation; but ere the elevation-bell rang out with
solemn. gentle music, the sun burst forth in all its
Splendor and shone down on the ceebrant as if
to typify the glorious blessing of Gods own pres
ence among them.
Who will say that Ireland has lost Its love for
the saints of old! 1t may appear so here and there
but IN such places it is only dormant not dead
Give the people opportunities such as they have
today, give them the holy literature of the land and
love and generation will burst forth in all its great
Celtic strength as it has done today
The Rev Administrator addressed the people
after Mass, and hearts throbbed with pleasure when
It announced that the blessing of the Holy
Father had been given to the pilgrims and that
each year for the future they should have Holy
Mass there. The love for ''the White Father of
Chrstendom" planted in Ireland by St. Patrick
has lived without break through every cen
fury. and the injunction of the Apostle himself:
As We are Christians, so be We Romans has been
fulfilled to the latter
1t is said that the Archbishop of Tuam con
templates placing cross on the summit of the
Holy Mountain of ireland. and shrine for Holy
Mass lower down. God speed the day" will surely
be the wish of every Celtic heart that throbs with
gratitude for the glorious gift of faith which was
placed by God in Patrick's hands for the people
of Erin. May the Sign of the Cross be soon
raised high on Croagh Patrick. the sign that the
great Apostle loved so well-may it be placed there
IN lmperishabJe granite to withstand the storms
that sweep along the western coast, just as Ire
lands faith braved for fifteen hundred years the
storm of persecution And may a shrine for Holy
Mass be erected there also. where Celtic pilgrim
priests from all lands may offer up the Holy Sacri-
fee and the returning exiles of Erin may pray
where Patrick prayed for them ages ago! Patrick's
lntercesslon will restore to many a wounded and
sorrowng heart the light, the true light that ma
terial world may have well nigh extinguished, but
that will shine forth again with all its Celtic glory
Let the Patricks and the lover of St Patrick all
the world over do this of their own volition-let
them send their offerings for the shrine to the Arch
bishop of Tuam. Ireland, remembering that the
smallest gift will help the work. Thus the cross
and the shrine and the restored pilgrimage will be
an everlasting memorial of Irelands "Fidelity"