The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1905-05-27
THE NTERMoUNTAEN COLORADO CATHOLIC MAY a. 1905

priests are the leaders, the guides OF
the army. They form and drill the
soldiery; they inspire and direct move
| ments; they hold in their hands victory
or defeat. They must be holy, such as
10 draw down upon themselves light
teach by example while teaching by
word. Plus X urgently demands hol-
ness III the clergy as the fruit and the
chief condition of their ministry The 3
| should be learned-such as to commend
the respect and the attention of un-
believers as weH as of believers, such
as TO be able TO defend the faith in
| these troubled times. and meet success
| fully the problems confronting them.
Never before was learning so needed in
the clergy as in our times. Courses of
| study formerly adequate in the prep
aration of the levites of the sanctuary
| are today totally insufficient. The
methods of warfare are new; so must
| be the armor of the combatants. ] am
not sure that we are duly awakened
TO this most important fact
] view with some alarm the paucity
of numbers in the theological halls of
our university, and the seeming reluc-
tanee of seminaries to lehgthen the
{ period of study as prescribed by our
Plenary Council. The clergy should be
earnest. wholly in their work. putting
into it all the energies of mind and of
heart, bent on conquering at all costs.
Routine in method, tardiness in move
ment, relaxation on the field of COM
bat, inevitably insure defeat. This is
true along all lines of activity: it is es-
pecially true in the ministry of souls.
which encounters most dreadful oppo-
sition in the passions of men, in the
indifference to the supernatural and the
predominance of matter prevalent in
the conditions of modern society,
! pray for greatness in the clergy.
Let the rank and file border. if you
WILL upon the ordinary: but here and
there the extraordinary must be seen.
to draw upon the Church the eyes of
the multitude. to serve as an ideal to
the many and by personal magnetism
hold up the many even to becoming
common level. This is true in the
world of literature in the world of
law-making, in the world of arms; it is
no less true in the world of religion.
A peril of the clergy is respectable
mediocrity-if this respectable medi- ,
ocrity become the prevalent type. The
Church of America in the nineteenth
century had its great men; will she
have her great men in the twentieth?
The advancing throng of youth must
give answer.
I pray for an exemplary laity
Brethren of the laity, without you
bishops and priests are titled COM
manders without an army. Hence the
first duty of bishops and priests is to
form you in the combat; and your first
duty, when religion is at stake, is to
gather around them, equal them in
ardor-even bid them by your skill and
courage to move beyond their chosen
outposts. When the layman believes
that his work is done in the salvation
of his own soul the Church halts and
recedes. We need today an active and |
militant laity. We need a laity thor |
oughiy instructed in the faith, able and |
ready to defend it; we need a generous |
hearted laity, eager to give to religion |
the service of their purses, and yet |
more, the service of their personal la |
bors in works of piety and of charity; !
and we need a noble laity, irreproach I
able in maner of life, towering above |
others in honor and honesty, in all the |
virtues of tn efamily circle and of the |
broad field of citizenship, so that when |
the question is put where are the |
fruits of the Catholic faith? the Church
may proudly answer, see my sons and
daughters.
In the battles of faith in the TWEEN
tieth century, what will thy part be,
Church of st. Louis? Speak in pres
ence of the pallium of Rome, which
speaks to thee and summons thee to
speak. Remember thy past: be salts
led with no ordinary role; hegenony
vas thine; it must be thine in the fu-
.ure.
Archbishop Glennon, as 1 love the
Church of America. l love the Church
If st. Louis : T. wish her to do her full
part in the battles of the future; hence
ny joy in seeing the spallium of Rome
descending upon your shoulders. 1t
,etits you. AS years so by. may it befit
iou more and more! You are rich in
alent; you are rich in good will and
.nergy; you are fashioned to conquer;
md youth is yours. Youth burns with
he fire of enthusiasm, so important in
lin who is called to do great things;
t allows far-reaching vision and wide
md thoughtful planning. 1 envy you
'our youth on the threshold of the
wentieth century, when such wond
ou opportunities are unfolded, when
he trumpet blast summons to such
)ortentous battles. Forward to your
odgiven work. Clergy and laity
rust you. and pledgeeto you unreserv
ID and unwavering loyalty. Forward,
n the might of your soul in the might
# divine grace Great things must you
10 for st. Louis and for America. You
will huild a cathedral for st. Louis.
,uild it. The honor of st. Louis de-
nands a cathedral; the complement of
he crown of its many other religious
,lories. 1t demands cathedral worthy
# it's own past and of it's future
owering high to the skies, as towers
he historic eminence of St Louis; rich
nd rare in it's beauty and sanctuary
nd aisle, as is rich and rare the faith.
he piety of the Church of st. Louis.
Build your cathedral. Take up the
memories of the old cathedral-the
cathedral of Rosati and of Kenrick;
he cathedral of the pioneer Catholics
f st. Louis, perfurning with them the
lew cathedral. Build your cathedral,
tut remember that when your career
5 over the cathedral must draw its
ighest and sweetest honor from this,
hat it is a monument to the glorious
leeds done by you in the spiritual
york of your episcopate-deeds done
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