The Irish standard., 1914-03-21


Importance as the authority of the pa.
rental roof.
But tell you-and I speak particu-
larly to the young women-you endan.
ger not only the happiness Of your own
souls when you enter mixed marriage,
but those who might be the result of
this marriage.
Then there is another greater con.
sequence Of greater evil growing from
such matters, and that is the indiffer-
ence that is inculcated towards all re-
ligion. Today If we had the Catholic
people of our land that are baptized
assembled in the churches, we would
not have half enough churches.
A marriage, no matter where it
takes place, that takes place away
from the Catholic priest, and there is
Catholic party, that marriage is null
and void, and it is the same If should
use the plain languages the same as
concupiscence.
They go down and get justice of
the peace who probably as soon as the
marriage is over runs out into the
brothel and the saloon and publishes
and announces the marriage.
Bishop Lillis, speaking on unhappy
and broken homes at the MONDAY
r,enten deyotions at the Cathedral,
Kansas City, said:
would like very much If had one
half hour for what intend to discuss
today. 1t is of such Importance that
I can do very little. 1t is in regard to
mixed marriage.
The purpose of the family is to imi-
tate the virtues of the family OF MAJ
areth; and all the component parts
and all the constituent elements, in
order that it may be a better home,
must work in harmony and must al
WAYS be in unity, if there is to be a
happy, good, true, Christian home.
Now, if any one of the elements that
are essential for the home is wanting,
there is something wrong in that
home.
It is the privilege Of every woman
and of every man to enter the sacra-
ment of matrimony. 1t Is not only
the privilege, but it is the duty OF the
majority of the world to enter this
sacred state. The purpose of mar
rage is, then, the propagation of the
virtues that were found in the home
of Nazareth. In this home at Naz-
areth we see three figures, represent
ing these component parts of the
home. We see there Joseph, who is
always referred to in Holy Scripture
as the protector and the guardian OF
the Holy Family, the one that is to
provide for the house and home, the
one that is to protect and look after
the necessaries of the other members;
and in the home we have one who is
above all the most essential for the
propagation of the virtues-we have
Mary, the virgin mother. In. these two
we see husband and wife, and In these
two we see embodied the greatest OF
all authority on earth, the authority
that was specifically pointed out to
us by the finger of God when He
wrote "Honor thy father and thy
mother" There is no authority that
is of such Importance as the author
ity of the parental roof.
In the home at Nazareth there was
the other element, the child Jesus
And He came not to break, not to de-
stroy the law: He. came to fulfill. He
came to carry out the law of God. So
that every home that must be called
Christian home must be based upon
the principles upon which that home
in Nazareth was founded. Remember
ing these things, then, how is it pos
sible that we have so many mixed mar,
riages? Why is it we have so many
mixed marriages? And when say
mixed marriages l do not want to be
understood as denouncing the non
Catholic. I do not want to be under
stood in that way. But tell you-and
speak particularly to the young wom-
en-you endanger not only the happi-
ness of your own souls when you en-,
ter mixed marriage, but those who
might be the result of this marriage.
Look at the consequences of an un.
happy home! Look at the effects upon
society of broken up homes! Mixed
marriage cannot have all the elements
of harmony in it. There is the danger
there, first Of all, of the perversion
Of the Catholic party, whether it is a
man or woman. And il the woman
happens to be the non-Catholic, then
there is even greater danger, because
it seems we all breathe through the
mother, and If the woman is not a
Christian woman, II the woman who is
the mother of Catholic mans chill
dren is not Catholic woman, he is
running the greatest risk Of seeing
his children leaving the Church. Then
there is the danger Of the perversion
of the Catholic party.
A long ways back in the dawn of
mankind we find recorded in the Book
- N.->.s. <ho< &A~ co~o - Gath xx,oro