The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-04-02

| who had caused his mother much anX
iety One day the good bishop calle
on one of his regular visits. He wa
very solicitous for the boys Wetfare
! When he was about leaving he casual
ly asked the mother why the hS tre'
in the yard bore no fruit? She wa!
una BILE to explain. Whereupon tht
bishop asked her when it would beal
fruit. She answered.: when PHILIP
becomes a. saint" AS time went on tbs
boy changed for the better, and in due
time became priest. when he was
| sent on a mission to Japan, where ne
was martyred, and the following season
and ever since the tree has borne the
most luscious fruit.
! In all the cathedrals the domes have
master paintings of the Assumption OF
| the Blessed Virgin, and in the larger
| domes the painters touch reaches per-
| lection in this particular production.
Among the master artists whose work
adorns these churches are Murillo, Re-
phael. Titan and others equally as
good but not so famous.
The church of greatest interest TO the
tourist in the entire republic, is per-
haps Guadalupe, in close proximity to
the capital. 1t was on the site of this
church that the pious Indian, Juan
Drago. was favored by a vision of the
Virgin, who commanded him to gather
flowers on this barren hill He obeyed,
and finding flowers, he gathered them
and carried them to the priest in his
"Ayati '-blanket-with the message
that a shrine was to be erected on the
spot, and when the flowers were emp
tied a perfect picture of the Virgin
was found within the "Ayati.' The
"Ayati' is of the cheapest and COM |
moneSt material. and as a proof of it's !
divine origin the decay of other pic I
lures is pointed out, While this remains |
in a state of perfect preservation, and /
is as fresh as if painted yesterday, !
though dating back to December. 1921.
The ratings about the altar of the
church are magnificent. being made en-
trely of silver, the amount of silver
being variously estimated at from
tWenty-three TO twenty-siX tons Of the
pure metal. The famous crown is care
fully guarded in one of the rear an
lexes of this church. Gold constitutes
he most of it. literally suTmounted
With all the precious gems, the most
numerous being diamonds II is an
'Hering from the ladies of Mexico, and
IS value is variously estimated from
half to million dollars The famous
pring is also within the confines of ,
his church, which is visited daily by
of people from all over the
epublic. Thousands and thousands of
estimonials are to be seen of the cures
fected by the miraculous water from
his sacred spring. some of the cures
eng most wonderful.
AT Puebla another magnificent ca
1edral adorns this SANITY City"
'hich is the home of the archbishop.
he deveutness of the people is OBJ
erved in all their doings and acts
leir faith influencing them to cut
'osses in the caeti leaves growing on
lie ground taken up for agricultural
lrposes, and also on ground located
II mining purposes. 1t may be also
1ted that at the mines the laborers N
ect small chapel wherein they offer IL
ayers before going underground. and D
yain Immediately upon their return
the surface: these chapels are built
the expense of the% laborers. the
inc owners furnishing the ground fl
ly.