The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-21
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 training of His first priests, the Bless
 ed Apostles, He often told them to do
 the works that they had seen Him
 do.
 ''He told them, and in telling them
 gave them the power to cleanse from
 original sin and all actual sin by pour ing water on the head of the person
 who seeks such a cleansing, and to do
 this in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. They had seen Him forgive sins, by His
 sacred words. Thy sims are forgiven
 thee, go and sin no more. And ere He ascended into heaven He confers on them the solemn and wonderful
 power, whose sins you shall forgive
 they are forgiven them, and whose sins you shall retain they are retain
 ed, whatsoever you shall loose on earth
 shall be loosed in heaven, and what
 soever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven. And further still
 did our Saviour go in conferring pow
 CT On His priests in lifting them up into the unapprpachable altitude of
 His own power, when He commanded
 them to consecrate Bread and Wine
 into His own Body and Blood, fp or
 der to feed man with the everlasting
 bread that shall sustain eternal life. For he that eateth My Flesh and
 drinketh My Blood shall have ever lasting life, and on the last day will raise him up again Unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink His Blood you shall not have life in you. .-In order then that His
 love should show itself to men of all
 generation in this way, and give them the Divine Bread that nourishes eternal life in them, He said to His priest, immediately after He had con secrated Bread and Wine into His Own Body and Blood: Do this in com memoration of Me. As often as you do this, do it in memory of Me. Here in He sends forth the priest to do only by the power of cleansing the souls of His fellow man from sin and all stains, but also with the power of adornings ever ornamenting the souls of His fellow men by the won derful sacrifice of the Holy Mass and by the actual giving food of Holy Communion. It is therefore a stirring fact for all of US when a priest passes away. For 1t takes away from our midst one of Gods ambassadors, one who is adorned for our benefit with the high honor another Christi One who like Christ has been going around doing good.
 Truly, my beloved brethren, we can say this of the priest, Father Lynch, who lies in death before us, that he endeavored to carry on the duty of his priesthood nob1y and we'll Aye.
  admirably. For wherever his duty called him by the episcopal appoint ments, he 1abored zea1ously in that portion of the Lords vineyard. can not call attention today to all his sterling qualities, so let me conf1ne myself to a few of his characteristic priestly qualities. Contemporary with his coming to this parish is the open ing of his parochfaI school. On com ing to this parish he found here good and generous people, a people devoted to Gods church It was new parish At once he undertook the erection of building to serve as church and school. By this means he not only gave the people the 4oppor- tunity for religious services right bright avenue for the children, the | walking in which ever makes them healthier Catholics and growing up l makes them stronger and better Chris 1 tan men and women.
 ''The care which Father Lynch be- slowed on the children is one of his [ high priestly marks. For, besides the school building of this parish he also | erected the school and convent in St. Mary's parish of this city. He was specially solicitous for the little ones as is evidenced every morning in this | church by the large attendance of | children at daily mass and daily com He and his assistants were willing every morning to sit in the | confessional and hear the confessions |, of the little children and thereby give them the opportunity Of daily com Suffer the little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not was one of his Christly notices. Truly the Chrfst-like love for the children will make him dear to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ. who all through ais public nninistering on earth show sd a special predi1ection for the little ones of the fold. Unless you become ike a. little child, He says to His dis outing Apost ties, you shall not enter he K tngdom of God.' For of such is he Kingdom of Heaven he says when speaking of the children. There is lothing that more demonstrates that he heart of the dear Lord is in the priest more than true and kind so- for the children. This, is cer-I