The San Francisco call., 1904-07-25
ST. AIMS DAY
DULY OBSERVED
Impressive Sermon on the
Virtue Of Holy Relics by
Reverend Father Caraher
"WHERE HONOR is DUE
Final Service of the Feast
to Be Conducted impress
Sively Tomorrow Evening

Rev. Terence Caraher preached last
evening sat St. Francis Church on the
subject of The Honor of the Saints.
This is the nones, or nine days devo-
ton in honor of st. Ann, the mother OF
the Virgin Mary. These special services
will terminate tomorrow evening,
which is the feast of st. Ann. The ser
mon on that occasion will be preached
in ST. Francis by Rev. Robert F. Ses-
non of Sacred Heart Church.
Father Caraher spoke as follows, TAX
ing this passage from Romans, xiii:7,
as his text:
Render, therefore, to all their dues, tribute
TO whom tribute is due, custom to whom GUS
honor" =.
according to the apostle. we should render
honor to whom honor is due Among those
whom should honor the saints and SER
wants OF God. They haze been honored by
GOD himself because he has bestowed upon
them his grace most abundantly and makes
them the instruments OF his power in working
has Inscribed their names upon her calendar.
She places their relics upon her affairs and
she celebrates their feasts.
We can honor the saints by making them
intercession; by visiting their shTines. and by
venerating their relics We invoke the inter
cessiOn OF the saints because they see here
and assist in heaven. In the parable of
the lost sheep our Savior declares that the
angels rejoice over the conversion of the sin
ners but they could not SO rejoice IL they did
not witness the operation OF grace in his soul,
and his change OF heart and conduct. And il
they know what passes in his heart and soul
they can hear our prayers, because We utter
/ them with our lips and watt them heavenward.
What we say Of the angels is applicable 10
/ the saints. for the Lord has declared that
| the saints are : the angels of God in heav-
en- st. Augustine held and practIced the
belief that the saints see and hear US, as is
evident from his apostrophe to st. Paul:
You now reign with Christ, together with
\ him whom We stoned, St Stephen. You both
see and hear this, my discourse. l desire you
/ both TO pray for us
The faithful in every age have invoked the
intercession OF the saints. and if their prayers
/ have not been answered always they have
/ been answered frequently when IL was for
/ their good.
Honor the saints by visiting their shrines,
! and by their shrines l mean their tornbs, or
churches bearing their names and containing
/ their relics. Some three years ago l visited
we told by the Bollandists. the Jesuit
writer's. that the body of st. Ann is pre-
| served. According to them. the sacred re-
mains were brought from Jerusalem to the
| Roman city of Apta Julia by Lazarus, Mary
/ Magdalen, Martha and others They were
committed 10 the charge of Bishop Auspicious.
/ a disciple Of st. Peter. During the persecu-
/ tions this sacred deposit was hidden in the
! crypt OF the Church. II discovered anew
I by CharIemagne, we learn from letter
| from him to Pope Adrian, well the reply
which the Pontiff wrote TO the Emperor. God
/ has worked wonders through the relies of the
saints In the fourth book of Kings we read
| OF a dead man who restored TO life by
/ touching the dead body Of a prophet. wo-
ment OF the Savior Touch and have faith and
your faith will make you whole. Invoke the
| intercession of the saints constantly. for by sc
| doing you will not only be benefitting your
Of the apostle, Render honor to whom honor
! is due