The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-09-15
DULUTH NEWS.


morning before Il congregation which
packed the church to its utmost ca
pacty.
The speaker, who is ~ domestic pre-
late and therefore one of the papcl
household, wore his monsignoral robes
in the pulpit.
His subject was The Feast of the
Nativity of the blessed Virgin" He
said in part: To-day the Catholic
church throughout the world celebrates
the feast of the nativity of the blessed
Virgin, the immaculate mother OF God.
I cannot. therefore. speak on Il more
appropriate subject than our devotion
to this, the chief of all saints. There
is hardly any devotion inculcated and
approved of by the Catholic church
which has been 80 strangely misund"r-
stood and so persistently misrepr"srnt"
ell .hs devotion.
"Thosc outside the church have seen
in it IL falling away from the purity
agincd that the love and veneration
that we show to her is something de-
Quoted from the love and vencration
due to God alone, and that by honor
ing her we dishonor Him. If that wera
the c;fsc and our love for the blessed
Virgin tended in the slightest degree
Il; toll, ia,
God we would be the very first to re-
.pudiate it, We would take the images
off of our affairs and level our shrines
to the dust. But Il careful c"nSid-
GRAFTON will show that SO far from.
this being the case, the love of Mary
has it's foundation In the love of Jesus.
W.. cannot love the son without loving
the mother, and il would be imros-
sibe for us to love her AS much as we
do. did we not love Him immeasur-
ably.
The first and most important
thought in the mind of every Catholic
is the greatness, the magniftcence the
none like unto Him in heaven or on
earth He is the beginning and the
end, the center and the circumference
of all that is. He alone can claim our
absolute alteration and service. How
eyer much we may love Him we can
not low" Him as He deserves. The
church commands III, To love Him with
our whole heart and soul and with all
our strength
Now, what follows from this" II
I love Him with all my strength IL
follows as night follows day that l
will love what He loves. hate what
He hates. will honor what He hon
ors and condemn what He condemns.
1 care not who it is or what 1t is.
Tell me He loves it ana l will love 1t.
tell me that He hates II and ! Will
hate ii even though my heart goes
with it.
III. then, God in the plcntitude of
His divine power, has been pleased to
ticular creature and to bcstow hon
ors and distinctions and gifts upon
her. why should question His choice
or criticize his action? My attitude
can only b. one of ncquiescence and
assent. When. therefore. God resolved
to be made man and selected the Wiz
gin Mary to be His mother. He be-
slowed upon her an honor dignity
to which no other can lay claim.
"Hc entered into the closest rela-
tionship with her and thereby h"n"red
her beyond the highest Of angels.
When the Professionals ask how 1t is
that the Catholics make such d dis
tinctinn between the Blessed Virgin
and other holy women. we are aston
ishc4l. 1t is not we, but God, rs we'll
as why the sun is more brilliant than
the stars or the diamond so much
more valuable than the flint.
Cod has done this AMI we merely
recognize what He has done and fol-
low in His footsteps. We honor her
alone above all creatures because He
has so honored her and she will ever
remain an object of greater love to us
because she is an object Of greater
love to Him."
The speaker went on to show the
unique position that the Blessed Vir-
gin holds in the whole economy OF
redemption and set forth many strong
arguments III support of his position.
MnnSignor Vaughan will remain in
the city the guest of Bishop McC;ol-
rick during the greater part of the
week. From here he will go to ST.
, Paul, where he will conduct II retreat
From there he will proceed to Chi
cago ana New York returning to Eng
land some time in November.
NJ j. Sullivan returned Sunday
from Princeton where he went on q
business, trip MIR. Sullivan has pur
chased Il hotel in that place. and is
preparing to move there with his fam
lily. He has been the manager of the
Esnunu hotel in the West End for
some time past. Tom Forrestal will
succeed him at the E:smond.
Miss Frances O'Brien. Twenty-sec-
ond avenue west. entertained a COM
re Cal, i o1,,t,, 1Nr,