Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-29
ASTRONOMER Of
NOTE breaches
Rev. A. L. Cortie, Famous English
Jesuit, Fills Pulpit at st.
Vibiana Cathedral
FEAST DAY Is HIS SUBJECT
Will Have Part in Conference
Which Will Be Held on
Mt. Wilson
FEAST DAY is HIS SUBJECT

The Rev A. L. Cortie, S. J., repre-
sentative of the Royal Astronomical
society Of England at the Interna-
tional Convention of Astronomers to
meet at Mt. Wilson the first OF the
week, preached yesterday morning at
the cathedral of st. vibiana before
a congregation that taxed the seating
capacity of the church.
Father Cortie, who is a prominent
English Jesuit, and is to represent
the British government in securing
photographs of the next total eclipse
Of the sun, is fluent speaker and
preached yesterday morning on the
Father Cortie took for his text St.
Luke Psi. and said in part:
To-day the church celebrates feast
in honor of the most pure heart of
Mary. We call to mind the episode
in the life of our blessed Lord when
he went up to the temple with Mary,
his mother, and Joseph, his foster
father, at the age Of IL years and
was lost for three days. You all know
that 1t was the custom of the Jews
to worship God in the great temple.
LOST IN TEMPLE
"At this feast our Lord went to
custom to travel in caravans, one for
the men and one for the women, so
that we can understand that after
the holy family had paid its devotions
our Lord was lost through no fault or
his blessed mother or foster father
Joseph thought him with his mother,
who in turn thought he was with Jo-
seph's caravan.
consequently they did not discover
Io4.. LOSE .xK1fH ha nTaA nF HrGf
days journey and another day was
required to retrace their steps, and
on the third day they found him in
the temple discoursing with the doc
tors, putting wonderful questions We
have his answer to his parents re-
proach, Did you not know that |
must be about my Fathers business"
when God gives any work to do
neither parents nor country must stand
in the way. In this way our Lord
gave a charter and patent for those
who leave all-the holy nuns and
priests who abandon all for Jesus
Christ.
WIDELY KNOWN
"There is no man who is more
known that Jesus Christ. North,
south, east or west, all civilized ma
tions have heard and know of Jesus
Christ. Nor is this knowledge con-
fined to any place, time or nation, All
have it. Nor is it confined to any
epoch or time 1t was foretold. We
knew him as Christ our Savior as he
who has fulfilled the promise of the
prophets OF old.
"Some men know Jesus Christ as
a we'll wisher and well doer to the
human race: as one who taught ages
ago in Judea and was bounded to
death by his fellow men; who was
hanged on a cross. They are enthu-
siastic about him and know his doc
trine. To them he Is a mere historical
figure. Atheists may know him in this
way.
'"There is another and higher way.
We know him with the eye of belief,
not as a parsonage only of history
hut as the God made man, the second
person of the blessed Trinity to save
us and teach us how to live. We
look at him not merely as historical
person, but with love.
DEEPER KNOWLEDGE
but even among many who may
know him this way may not be mer-
itorious for eternal life. 1t is merely
sentimental We must have deeper
and truer knowledge If we are to en-
ter into the kingdom of God-not an
affective but an effective knowledge
and love.
Blessed are the pure in heart for
they shall see God in way that those
who are not pure may not. Jesus
Christ is the only one who will stand
by us at the end We may have pow
er and honors, but we must have
them in subordination to Jesus Christ.
pray that our hearts may be so
detached from the world that we pre-
fer Jesus Christ to all else. We live
in a commercial world. The dollar is
preferred to everything. What will a
dollar do for YOU on your deathbed 2"