The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-11-27
Thanksgiving Day at St. Mary's.

ReV. rather Curran celebrated the
o'clock mass. Rev. Father Kiely cele-
brated the 8 o'clock mass and delivered
the following impressive and practical
sermon:
Thanksgiving mass was celebrated at
st. Mary's Roman Catholic cathedral at
s o'clock yesterday morning by Father
Michael Curran, who preached a short
sermon appropriate to the day. Anoth-
er mass was said by Father D. Kiely at
o'clock, followed by a sermon. There
was large attendance at each service
For the o'clock mass, music was fur
nished by Miss Lille Whelan, Miss
Florence O'Neil Miss Genevieve Brooks
and Miss Mildred Cuddy.
Taking his text from Revelations vii,
II. Father Kiely read: 'Benediction
and glory and wisdom and thanksgiv-
ing, honor and power and strength to
our God forever and ever. Amen
Father Kelly said in part:
Before time began or man was Gre
ated, this was the angels prayer before
the throne of God. Thanksgiving day
means a day set apart when all should
attend church, and in the secrets of
their hearts acknowledge and confess
with joy the benefits which their Father
in heaven bestows either upon them
selves or others. BE nothing solicitous.'
said Saint Paul to the Philippians, but
in everything by prayer and supplica-
uon, With Thanksgiving, let your prayer
and petitions be made known to Cod
When friend bestows favor, graf
itude demands thanks. So universally
impressed is human nature with this
idea that one who fails to appreciate
favors is looked upon with contempt
and cstracised by society Even the
dumb brute will acknowledge the kind
ness it receives. This proves that the
instinct is universal. To God alone,
mankind is indebted for all it possesses.
What have you that you did not pos
sess? asks st. Paul; and if you re-
ceived, why boast as if you received
mott?
Since 186S-for nearly half century
the chief executive of the nation has
been sending message to all citizens
to return thanks to our Father in heay- |
en- for the blessings he in his bounty
bestows. These blessings are two-fold |
spiritual and temporal Spiritual |
blessings, known only to those who |
serve God, mean peace and happiness.
When one enjoys a peaceable conscience |
it means that he is at peace with God
and his fellow man. It means that a vir-
tuous life has been his guiding star
through thorny pathway of life. For
this we should be thankful to God who |
gives the grace to be honest. upright
and faithful citizens
Temporal blessings consist in houn-
-eous harvests. Our supply is greater
han our demand, and for this reason
should every loyal and patriotic citizen.
n obedience to the wishes of the ruler
If this great republic, today be CRATE
ul and return thanks for Gods ho,In |
eous providence.
A nation that denies and forgets
fod. cannot last. Unfortunately. that
'ery prosperity which is showered upon
he nation makes many forget God.
The Dispenser of All Good Things
For the last ten days we have been
eading the piteous appeals sent to
eaven for the entombed miners at
,herry. ILL.,; how all were awakened 10
sense of their dependence on God.
hose who escaped from the Jaws of
eath tell how they prayed, sang hymns,
'rote letters to their loved ones telling
nat their only consolation was in the
ope of meeting them in heaven. Tn
II the grewsome stories told by these
ylng heroes, faith in God and gratitude
him were supremely manifest. It
as their only source of happiness. 'Su-
erstftion,' say unbelievers: but a s11
erstition that Gains the soul of the
wing husband and father; that enables
i'm to endure without murmur the
angs of hunger and an unsIaked thirst
better and preferable to the anguish,
and hopelessness of the nm
clever.
For those who lost husband. father t
q brother, our deepest sympathy
lould go out today. What a cheerless
I'd and sorrowful Thanksgiving day is
eirs! For those who survived the poi-
nous gases, hunger and thirst and are
us day with their families, we should
turn thanks to God and, like the an :.
is, cry out: 'Benediction and glory
I'd wisdom and thanksgiving, honor
I'd power and strength to our God for .
er and ever. Amen"