Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1910-10-31
THE CARDINAL CONFIRMS
Administers Rite OF Church To
Many AT ST. Mary's
HIS SERMON ON LOVE"
Domestic Icebergs" In The Home Repel
The FamiIy-Let The Fire OF Love
KindIe And Radiate All Hearts
And Homes

And Homes
Preceding the confirmation of a
cass of seventy-fve adults and chill
dren at ST. Mary's Catholic Church
yesterday morning at the High Mass,
His Eminence. Cardinal Gibbons, OF
Maryland, deliverd,a a forceful address
TO the candidates for confirmation
and to the large congregation that fill,
ed every available seat in the church.
At the High Mass the celebran
was Rev. j. Schuck, with Rev. j.
Orecht, deacon, and Rev. j. Henrichs,
sub-deacon. The master of ceremo.
nies was the Rev. ]. Dlag, and Fath
er Clark was assistant master OF
ceremonies. The Fathers of the Sec
ond Novtiate sang the Ecce Sacerdos
before the Mass. and Veni Creator dur.
ing the confirmation.
The Cardinal took for his text the
Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans,
XIII chapter, to 10th verses in
elusive i'Owe no man anything, but to
love one another, for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law. Thou
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
Love worketh no i'll to his neighbor
therefore love is the fulfilling of the
law"
In his simpe but impressive man.
ner the Cardinal spoke earnestly and
deliberately. He spoke in part as
follows:
"If | were asked what is the un-
derlying basis of the Gospel, l would
say as the Apostle says, Love. Love
is the fulfilment of the law. If we
group together the teachings of the
Decalogue, the Sermon on the Mount,
and reduce to one analysis it is the
one short word Love. Sometimes
we are benefited by precept and
injunction, but if we are only faith
full in loving God and our neighbor.
we are fulfilling the law. He that
loveth his neighbor, the text tells US.
fulfilleth the law. Gods chief com.
mand is love thy neighbor as thy
self.
The Cardinal said you may search
the Bible from Genesis to Macabes
and you very rarely find God the
Father" but not so in St. Paul
Here we find we have received the
Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry
abba Father.
Fear is the predominant note in
the worship of Pagans. but love is
the principle, the most potent force
to command the worship of Chris.
tians. Pagaus were too far away
from God. He, too far from them.
Christ discovered the means of recon
CLING US to God. God became the
Son of Man. that the Son of Man
might love God. Christ loves al
men without distinction of race,
color or condition. Christ on the
cross illustrates His love for US
God loves you," said the Cardinal
las though you were the only crea
ture on the earth. Christ loveC
little children because of their in
nocence, guilelessness, their absence
of elf-consciousness, but happily Oul
Lord loves not only little children
but repentant man and woman.
"You do not read in any portion o.
the Bible that Christ laughed, bu
that he "wept" with Mary and Marth;
at the tomb of Lazarus. Christ:
personality, His sterling manliness i!
incomplete without that sensibility
of heart that Christ manifested. The
love of Christ for Lazarus was mani
tested by the tears that he shed
Christ showed His great love for Hi
Apostles when He said Il will no
longer call you servants, but friends,
yet one betrayed Him and one denied
Him and they left their Master il
| the hands of enemies. Christ did no
teach the theory of an eye. for al
eve, a tooth for tooth, nor tha
not to resent a wrong is cowardly
His was an. example of magnanimity
1.-The highest type of heroism,
the Cardinal said, is that whicl
shows forgiveness. 1t is natural no
to forgive, but it is heroic to shov
magnanimity. Any man who says b
loves God and hates his brother j
a liar"
The Cardinal spoke of "Domesti
Icebergs, and admonished hi
hearers not to be an iceberg lin tn
family circle, repelling others. LIE
your heart, he said, be filed witt
the fire of love, and let that fir
radiate. Be joy-a satisfaction
and pleasure to others. Tighten th
burdens of others and cheer tnei
heart. Make your home a place o
JOY and comfort, and let the fir
of love kindle and radiate, and ma
the Spirit of God kindle in your hear
the fire of Divine Love"
Following the address the candi
dates for confirmation were present
ed, after which the Cardinal made
few remarks to those he had con
firmed, urging them to be earnest i
prayer and faithful to church dutie:
He said prayer is intercourse wit
God, who does not sleep and is neve
engaged otherwise that He cannc
hear Us when We call upon Him.
The services closed with the eor
gregational singing of the hym
"Holy God We Praise Thy Name"
The Cardinal received those who d.
sired to call upon him after the sci
vices in the Vestry room of ST. Mary
Church.
Three receptions were held b