Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-11-23
FR. SHERMAN TELLS
STORY or THE
MAGOALENE
A Deeply Interesting Lecture
On Confession As PractiCed
By the Catholic Church,

In his lecture last evening i'm st.
Mary's hall. Father Sherman address
ed himself to explain The Royal
Remedy for EVIL" that is to say:
Confession as practiced In the Cath
Ole church. He began by telling the
story of Mary Magdalene, weaving to-
gether the scenes Of the gospel ana
piecing them out with Christian ira
dition, bringing the story up to the
point where Mary carries to the apos-
ties the news of the resurrection, n
then the risen Christ appears in their
midst. He quoted from ST. Johns
gospel, chapter 20, verses is and %,
dwelling on the time, the place ami
the circumstances. Christ appearing
for the first time officially as con-
queror of sin and death, appearing To
His assembled church. says to the
apostles: AS the Father sent me |
send you" Their mission. then; is
the same as His" said the speaker,
Ito forgive sins. to uplift sinners. Re-
ceive We the Holy Ghost. He gItts
them the third person of the Trini' 4,
the gift of all gifts. Whose sins you
shall forgive. they are forgiven them
Now Mary Magdalene listens to thes'
words, and remembering how Christ
had wiped sin from her MI soul
had restored her TO her better SET.
had brought her back home to BEN
dlls ldu klNtH Itl NC bhtSN RA'F rE1
OF standing at the foot Of his eros q
witness His splendid act Of self-obla-
ton. and to taste His saving merits,
Mary now realizes that her privilege
Is TO be extended TO all m tace.
Any and every soul in sin, To the enc
Of time, can go to a representdti"- OF
Christ. throwing itself at his feSi.
cOnfessing its sins, as she COM es-sd
hers at the banquet Of simon, tue
Pharisee. and can hear from lips en-
powered by Christ the sweet words
Go in peace, thy sins are Forgiven
thee"
Father sherman dwelt then uopn
confession as practiced In the Cain
Ollie church. stating that this Is the
proper way to apply the power Wns q
Christ conferred upon the apostolic
body. He said that public confession
like that Of Mary Magdalene can ohiN
be expected Of rarely m"agnanlmous
and religious souls, such as hers
known to have been. The ordinary
inner can not be expected 10 90 20
much, but Christ does expect tH
they should confess their SINS anu ,hs
that they are sorry for their sins, be-
fore they can have the healing bdtln
II absolution applied 10 their souls.
hi telling Of sins IN q secret
way" aid Father Sherman, CORE
spends nicely to an instinct Of a nt-
ture by which we feel that u Nsa re-
LIEF 20 unburden ourselves 10 some
trusted friend or adviser. The most
trusted friend and adviser Of the SOU
Is the priest. who r. at once guide ana
father and apostle. appointed 10 heai
our sad tale. and 10 wipe that sin oai
uof our souls.
Further. every man feels from
time TO time that he would like 10
have a chance TO tur over a neW
leaf-to start his life afresh. a fat-
en- nature j. ever inclined to fail. The
best are simply those that sin tno
least We all. from time TO time.
need TO cleanse and purify U oul
in this beautiful bath provided for "a
by our loving Saviour The confes-
sion corresponds nicely to this need
Whenever o soul says 20 Itself, a. the
prodlgal said 4 viii 60 home 10 ms
father whenever We are resolved 70
give up guilty attachments 10 draw
ourselves away from occasions Of evil
We can g 10 y father and friend Nho
IN the name - the Father Of the
prodigai says TO -. Go ia peace. your
sins are forgiven you And mQrcn2eE
Catholics know By their exptfftnee
that they feel the same Joy. the same
relief. he same sense % being unpur-