The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-04-11
IRISH BISHOPS.
Treat of Many Subjects in Their
Lenten PastoralS.

Lenten Pastorals.
1t is to be feared that our people do
not appreciate sufficiently the power
! of the press for good or evil. Hence it
! is that our Catholic press is so scant
and i'll supported. Were we more thor
oughly convinced Of the good which
is effected by a genuine Catholic press,
and of its necessity to counteract the
evil influence of a hostile literature,
more generous support would be
given to the few Catholic journals and
periodicals which we have; and this
encouragement would result in an in
crease of their, number.-Cardinal
Logue, Archbishop of Armagh
1t continues to be necessary to put
the faithful on their guard against
being led into superstitious practices
by unauthorized recommendations of
certain devotional exercises, from
which they are told that wonderful adj
vantages, both spiritual and temporal.
are to be derived. The promises of
benefits to be derived in this way are
usually published on small fly leaves.
1t is to be regretted that some such
publications, bearing the names of
Catholic printers or publishers. are at
present in circulation in this city and
elsewhere. In all this matter the only
safe rule for the faithful to follow is
to give no countenance to any pub
LEGATION. however small. which is is
sued without the usual indication of
the approval. or permission, of the
diocesan authority. Archbishop
Walsh of Dublin.
There is saying that "home makes
the man. but this is to be understood
of good homes. In the good Catholic
home the habits which form our char
acters and make the practice of virtue
sweet and easy are readily acquired.
We are all aware of the force of hab-
it, whether for good or evil St Au-
gustine speaks of the bondage of bad
habits as a chain by which the will is
weakened and bound; by which the
power of self-control is reduced, and
in some instances practically lost. The
neglected home of careless parents is
q nursery of bad habits, while the
good home becomes a training school
of good habits and establishes the
characters of children in obedience,
purity, temperance and every Chris
tan virtue. Habits are formed by
careful training. and 1t is astonishing
how easily good habits are set up by
discipline and system. In this way. in
a good home. the habit of daily prayer
is established, the habit of obedience
is learned without difficulty the habit
of temperance is acquired and estab-
lished, and so on with the other vir-
of Cashel.
Take care that Jesus is invited and
is present at your marriage. He is
willing to be present at every mar
riage, but he will not come unlimited
That invitation is necessary for the
happiness of the married state, but !
alas, how many neglect it, to their
own great loss. When the first thought
of marriage enters your mind. Jesus
must be asked to the wedding before
any one else, by frequent, humble, |
fervent prayer. He must be asked for
light and grace to know if that is the |
state in which God wishes you to live |
He must be asked to make known to |
you whether the person you have Sc
lected is the one that He. in His |
providence, has determined for YOU |
from eternity. Vows made to |
God may be dispensed with by the |
power of the Catholic church; but not |
even the church can interfere with the |
bond of marriage; there is no dispen- |
sation here. Listen to St Matthew: |
What God has Joined together, let no |
man put asunder. Bishop of Meath. |
With unfeigned pleasure the Irish /
Bishops bear witness to the fact, now
well known. that the vice of intemper-
AiASC IL oCSiilIlllS III Tie GOQIlIN. re
ferring to the welcome change Bishop
Sheehan of Waterford writes: mo
one who observes the present-day
habits of the people can fail to be
struck with the fact that there is far
less drunkenness than there was even
n times very recent" The Arch bishop
Of Tuam says in the matter of intern
oerance there has been a marvellous
change for the better. The evil of
writes Cardinal Iogue,
has been abated, but hard jealous.
work is still needed to res
,ue our people from the degrading
vice" Testimony to the noble work
accomplished for temperance by the /.
franciscan Capuchin Fathers is borne
~ Bishop Clancy, Bishop Brown
Bishop O'Neill and others. Bishop
)'Dwyer points out that a substan-
ial reduction in the amount of Ire
and's drink bill would mean that
would flow into every part
# the country.