The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-12-12
HOLY MOUNTAIN OF IRELAND.

he land Of Erin is rich in holy shrines and
places OF pilgrimage. Tradition has we'll preserved
IN" gores Of the past, for Erns sons were wont in
every century to give respect and veneration to
INC footprints Of her saints
vi all places of pilgrimage in the veneration
"I the people Croagh Patrick rises in pre-emi-
r'Hce, II Is 10 them the mountain of mountains
He HOE Nna of Ireland. for holy indeed should
we me mountain on which Ireland's Apostle spent
seven week, doing violence to heaven" praying
-"Sune weeping ever till his petitions were listened
~ ana granted. and he received that glorious prom
r tha the gift of faith would ever abide with the
'"i'aT'N OF the land he loved so we'll Century aft
century FIDELITY" has ever been the watchword
' .ie eopIe OF Erin They lived in an atmosphere
~ laIh winch even IN their darkest days illumined
me past. brought into bold relief the labors ond
""nNs OF The saints who walked among them fixed
IUi mental pictures in the Celtic minds, and
"'IneQ those pictures with the glory of eternal
Wen and truly has Davis written of the Irish
I".n@. thai their consultations were those of the
>P"' that faith in the joys of another world
gave them hours when they serenelS looked down
=" material troubles. like the moon on troubled
Never was more glorious example given of
..e truth OF this description than on Aug Is of
l.' toaE 1903. For weeks previous to that dav the
'al1or was gloomy and sad i'm the extreme; the
harvest prospects looked worse than they had done
~ wears many propheSlcd a winter of sorrow and
'Nrt>>. and yet from early morn thousands focked
90 ROACH Patrick. many walking across the noun
ao twenty miles, all with the light of Joy on their
Contingencies
Irish eyes were bright and Irish hearts were
Billed with gladness because the welcome news had
gone forth that by order of His Grace the Arch
m>hop OF Tuam, the much-loved pilgrimage
W honor of st. Patrick to be restored and that
ON j. o'clock on that day Holy Mass would be cele-
.'.'ed on the summit of the mountain by the Rev.
al'mmstrator of Westport. Father Mcdonald
Vho thoughts instinctively turned to the glorious
0">' when Patrick came to Erin:
" glorious hours" cxclaims the great Domini-
can of the West, 80 glorious hours among the
n'urs, when the sands of the Irish shore embraced
S|'iT and lovingly the beautiful footprints of him
VINO preached peace and good things, when Moses
sUurh the rock and the glistening waters of sal
.%Ion flowed IN the desert land when the Name
CTIIch IS above all names was first heard in the
r,sIur tongue, and the Lord Jesus entering upon
ms new Inheritance exclaimed: This is Ny rest
o s place forever and ever; here shall / dwell be-
Sa0se | have chosen it
= The two photographs printed in the New York
H. eenan will serve TO give some idea of the scene
-, me tlrst we a number of pilgrims who had
timed the summit of the mountain before mass
coa9 hey are watching with eager eyes the as
NO. ' % the Administrator who comes on a mountain
LH' any Is accompanied b. several priests and
r oeailds OF pilgrims from Westport and the sur
ling districts. Does not this picture of eager
evoe oHng to memory the sad days when anxious
aono "alehed for the priest as he came disguised
rupro5 'Yihe lonely glen, or wound his way up the
Hon A. heights of some mountain. to celebrate the
70 s siass al which it was a penal crime for them
--aeSe aszS h2Ee- thaIakS hA "a GIL