Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-28
HUNDREDS PAY
SAD OFFICES
FUNERAL is LARGELY
ATTENDED
cAsKET is PLACED BEFORE HIS
OWN ALTAR
Bishop Conaty Pronounces EuIogy and
Pays Highest of Tributes to
Beloved Pastor of Sacred
Heart Church

Hundreds of people gathered at the
Sacred Heart church yesterday morning
to pay the last sad respects to the late
Rev. Michael McAuliffe, the beloved
pastor.
Long before the hour of service the
beautiful church of the Sacred Heart
where Father. McAuliffe spent the last
years of his life, was thronged with
parishioners and friends, all saddened by
the death of the well known priest.
Before the high altar, where he had
officiated. so many years, the casket was
surrounded with lighted tapers and en-
tirely covered whit a pail of violets and
surrounded with beautiful floral tributes
sent by the various societies.
At $3.50 o'clock the office of the dead
was chanted in charge of Rt. Rev. Mgr
Harnett, Revs. Raphael Fuhr and j. j.
Clifford being the chanters.
This was followed by solemn pontifical
requiem mass, celebrated by Bishop
Conaty, who was assisted by Monsignor
Harnett as arch priest, Revs. Barron and
Smyth as deacons of honor; Rev. j. j.
Clifford, deacon of the mass; Rev. Will
liam Quinlan, sub-deacon; Revs. f. j.
Conaty and C. MolonY, masters of cere-
mony.
The full requiem mass was sung by
a choir of priests, Rev. Raphael Fuhr
presiding at the organ. The following
priests composed the choir: Revs I. +.
Fahey, Florian Hahn, E. A. Antill,
George Donahoe, james O'Neii, G. J..
George, p. G.. Gay, j. King, William Pal
mer, S. F.. Cain. j. M. w. Beadry, Joseph
Nunan and w. Kirby.
About fifty priests of the diocese as
sisted in the service.
Following the service Bishop Conaty
gave the last absolution, after which
the body was viewed by the many hun
dreds present. Interment was made In
the priests plot in Calvary cemetery.
EuIogizes Pastor
At the close of pontifical requiem mass
and Immediately before the absolution,
Rt. Rev. Bishop Conaty preached the
eulogy, taking his text from Isaias 52 q:
How beautiful upon the mountains
are the feet of him that bringeth good
tidings; and that preacheth peace; of
him that showeth forth good, that
preacheth salvation, that saith to Sion:
Ty God shall reign"
The bishop said mo ordinary death
sorrow summons us to this church today
We are face to face with the death
of one who has been beloved priest,
the pastor of this devoted congregation,
the leader of this people. His death
has entered into the families of the
parish, and the hearts of a whole people
are burdened with grief at his loss. The
death of priest, who has been charged
with the care of souls, means a loss
to all who came within the sphere of
his influence. His days of stewardship
are over and he has been summoned by
the great High Priest to render an ac-
count not only of his own soul but of the
souls confided to his keeping.
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relation to God, to the church, and to
the people. The relations of his life are
supernaturally bound up in his priest
hood. No man should assume the honor
unless like Aaron, he is called of God.
1.-The priestly vocation bears with it
the highest dignity that God can be-
stow upon his creature. The Divine
Providence of redemption has SO or
unless, like Aaron he is called to God.
instrument in bringing to the souls OF
men the fruits of Christ's precious blood
God has chosen men and not angels, call
ing them in the days of their youthful
fervor and preparing them by years of
study and sacrifice for the work of the
priesthood.
Called to Be Priest
''He is called to be a priest forever, a
priest beyond all other thingsg not en-
tangling himself with worldly business,
but bound in one purpose to save the
people and praise God to whom he has
engaged himself. His relations to the
church are the relations of Christ him
self, for he is messenger sent by the
church to the people bearing to them the
truths of God according to the teaching
of the church, obedient to her commands,
docile to her authority, devoted to all
her interests. The priests relations to
the world are unlimited, they are as wide
as the world and as deep as the heart OF
humanity.
1.-THE priest belongs to the people, he is
debtor to the wise and to the unwfse
because he is the ambassador of God to
man, the minister of reconciliation, the
agent of sanctifcation. His priestlv
dignity is the highest dignity because
it is a participation in the eternal priest
hood of Jesus Christ. He is sent py
Christ as Christ was sent by his Heaven
ly Father. The obligation to hear him
is the same obligation which came upon
those who heard Christ. He possesses
power over the body of Christ, he has
authority to remit sins, and all by virtue
of his priesthood. In the providence of
God, he is as another Christ, exercising
the priesthood of Jesus Christ, according
to the promise to the prophet: I will give
you pastors according to my own heart,
and they shall feed you with knowledge
and doctrine
1.-THE priest is sent into Gods vineyard
on earth to work and to labor until the
evening of life. He is ordained
priest for men an hence his
life is spent in extending the
kingdom of God among men and
bringing the truth of God to the minds
of men, and in bestowing upon men the
sweet fruits of Christ's redemption. The
priests is sacrifcial man, empowered
to offer the great sacrifice of Jesus
Christ; he is sacramental man with
the authority to bestow upon men the
graces of God through the sacraments
which Christ has established; he has no
other duty in life than to build up the
mystical body of Christ-the church; to
extend the kingdom of God, to bring the
people near God, to spread abroad the
odor of a spotless life, to hold in in
nocence those whom sin has not touched
and to restore to innocence those whom
sin has defiled
Strength of Church
"The true priest of God is the strength
of the church, the salt of the earth, the
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