The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-09-26
Church Universal

| If some good-hearted and devout Pro-
moter should come along with the Gift
of pair of beads and a simple expIa-
| nation of their meaning and the Wav
to recite them together with the t,ulv
angelic suggestion that after all il
ought not seem too difficult when the
weather is fair to attend Mass daily.
A fervent Promoter will be active
and charitable, and while attributing,
every best motive to all men and all
women. viii not suppose too much
| practical piety in all the faithful. nor
take it for granted that the most pos
sible good is being done even by those
who have every conceivable reason to
be on the alert in Gods holy service.
IT will, therefore. be your duty. if the
occasion presents itself, to take a spe-
cial interest in the aged and infirm.
and to set before them the advanta ges
of the Rosary. of the daily Mass. and
above all of frequent and daily Com
munion. The journey through life is a
tedious and wearisome one, and what
can be more like true Promoter than
to take a kindly and sympathetic in
terest in those who have nearly COM
pleted that journey. But there is no
better way of manifesting that kindly
and sympathetic interest than by en-
couraging those who have come to the
decline of life without going often to
| Holy Communion, at length TO make
amends for the past before they sink
down exhausted and disheartened.
If your band is made UP of young
people who are entering on new year
of study or a protracted season of hard
toll. it will be an easy thing by gentle
reminders to get them to place their
studies or their work under the pro-
lection o our Lady of the Rosary Ask
them to say not alone decade of the
! beads every day which they should do
as members of the Second Degree. but
to recite five decades a day and at the
same time to mediate on the appro-
pirate mysteries This will be in adj
dition to the regular morning Offering.
| 1t will be found easy. also. to induce
young people to get into the habit of
! invoking their Guardian Angels when
difficulties seem inSurmountable or
dangers and temptations press heavily
upon them.
In most of our churches it is custom
ary. during October, TO have special
prayers after Mass or in the evening
! in homer of our Blessed Lady of the
Rosary Would it not be possible for
YOU to invite your band to make sure
to participate in these devotions, and
especially when they take place dur
| ing or at the end of Mass? In this
way you will succeed in leading many
to attend Mass daily. And let the good
results be recorded in the treasury I'M
der the heading of Masses Heard"
No need to insist with a Promoter of
the League of the Sacred Heart on the
advantages of hearing Mass daily and
! on the abundant merit to be reaped
! from getting as many as may be to at
tend Mass every morning. Of course,
( it is quite out of the question for many
who are bound by the sincerest love to
! the Heart of Christ to be with Him
each morning at the August Sacrifice.
but it must be remembered that the
Holy Sacrifice Of the Mass is the SUI
prene act of Christian worship and
that il means everything for every one
who wishes to shelter in loyal and
religious heart the slender flames Of
love and reparation and faith, This is
of course. the case with Promoters and
Associates who know and believe and
rarely lose the chance practically to
confess that the Mass is above all and
beyond all the greatest and most pre-
cious blessing of the Sacred Heart.