The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-11-09

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country and one that is daily increas-
ing in which the moral rectitude has
been removed. And how many chill
dren are affected by the example and
direction of their parents in such
cases! What an effect it has upon
the lives of these children and what
an effect upon family life and homes
in this country in general!
Considers 1t States Duty.
ct is part of the states duty to
try to remedy this growing evil, and
that duty should be performed with
out delay. There should be no such
thing permitted in this country for
the country's sake as the breaking up
of home and family by divorce. The
law of the country should be that
there should be no divorce granted
when a valid marriage has taken
place. Divorce makes corruption, ruin
and dissolution of families easy.
Marriage is not only the most sa-
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tracts, but Jesus Christ elevated it to
the duty of a sacrament for the sane
LITIGATION of those who are so united.
1t is for that reason that the Cath
Ollie Church invests the marriage Of
her children with unusual solemnity
AND splendor. Not only does the
nIv
airy at time when others are barred
out, but actually interrupts the rites
of the sacrifice of the mass to invoke
two special blessings upon the bride.
There at the altar the marriage bond
is sealed with the blood of our Saw
Tor and the human love of the bridal
the spiritual by placing before them
as an ideal the mystical union Of
Christ and His church. The grace Of
the sacrament of marriage is bestow-
ed upon the bridal pair, helping them
to live right and happily.
d.. influence Of Church Discussed.
"As to the influence of the Cath
ollie Church in this country, it may be
. discussed in its twofold relations.
First, it's influence upon its own
members, which is to make them bet
ter men, better citizens and worthy
children of God. 1t teaches them to
be virtuous in order to be happy.
that they must keep their homes pure
and protected, that true education is
that of the heart and conscience as
we'll as the mind and body, and that
We are all created for something
more, better and nobler, than this our
temporary stay In this world and that
to attain salvation in the hereafter
we must follow the teachings of
Christ.
THE influence which the Church
exerts on non-Catholics and upon the
country in general may be compared
to the influence of the gulf stream
Which slides along our coast in the
ocean and which tempers the cold
blasts Of the sea, turning places which
without its influence would be glac-
iers into gardens.
What the Religion Has Taught,
ihere is not single feature of
the government Of our beloved coun-
try which we hold valuable which the
Catholic Church has not preached
from her pulpits and illustrated in
her discipline for centuries. The
Church has preached always to despot
ana subject alike the brotherhood of
all men, even when humanity was d.
Vlded into a despot who governed and
subjects who held their lives. liberty
and property solely at his discretion.
IF she assisted at the coronation.
1t was to administer the coronation
oath. and thus remind him of oh,,ra. :
tons that he owed the subjects WIN
lived under his authority. She braved
caesar In his seat of power, to tall
him that he must answer for thu
slightest injury done or permitted to
be done to the weak at a bar where
the weakest would be exalted among
the mightiest Of this world. To the
slave tho Church freely offered every
sacrament which could be admins
tered to the mightiest ruler. The
Church had no prayer to say over the
dead body of sceptered monarch
that she did not read when commit
ting the remains Of a pauper to the
grave.
Has Hold All Mon Are Equal.
There Is not principle of equal.
tty embodied in our constitution thai
has not always been feature Of
Catholic doctrine. All men are eoua
at the ballot box and for nineteer
centuries the Church has held all mer
equal at the Communion rail. An,
citizen born in this country is elig.
ible to its presidency and in the
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