Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20
LENTEN SERMON AT
ST. PATRIcK's CHURCH
Passionist Father Tells of Sin and
the Horrors of He'll.

st. Patricll's church was taxed to it's |
utmost seating capacity Sunday even !
| ing. Father Malachy, a Passionist |
priest from Boston, delivered a very
instructive sermon on Mortal Sin. F'a-
Their Malachy told of the punishment
| of sin when first committed by the
angels, the punishment of the sins of
Adam and how sins were atoned for
! by the cross.
| Rev. Peter Cuny sang vespers and
the choir sang Irish airs at the open
| ing and closing of the service. Miss
| Loretta Higgins in sweet voice rem
| dered o SalutarisI
| The first sin ever committed was
| committed by angels, said Father Ma
| lachy. They were at the throne of
| God but they rebelled and were con-
| sequently hurled from the barriers of
heaven to the lowest depths of hel.
| They had no more their celestial
| beauty. their glory. They were left
in misery and torment forever. Think
| of it, for trifie God ban1shed the
royal princes of his household. Think
! Of it brethren. LUcifer, one of Gods
angels, now suffers in , hell.
| What that unhappy wretch thinks
| of mortal sin would make our blood
curdle. The Almighty God punished
| the angels for their sins, showing his
hatred for sin. The very devil in hell
hates his sin. Let us consider how
God punished man for his sin. Adam
was a very happy man in the garden
of Eden. He had everything his heart
desired. There was no suffering, no
sickness. no worrying and no sorrow.
But brothers, one, just one mortal sin
changed all this, destroyed it an.
Adam and Eve disObeyed God-they
committed n mortal sin. They were
driven from the garden of Eden to
earn their bread through toll. From
that day the lot of man on this earth
has been suffering and evil appeared
on the earth as a result Of Adams
sin.
; Turn your eyes to the terrible war
in Europe. The wounded and dead
soldiers, sorrowing mothers. wives and
. sisters, all mourning because of
, death.
Turn to our poverty stricken, des-
: titute homes where children are cold
l and hungry, to families where the
; mother tolls from morning till night.
/, Co to your hospitals and observe the
suffering of humanity You will find
e misery in every hospital. Go to the
!, graveyaTds and read the epitaphs on
:. | the tomb stones. Each one will tell
= you of a heart broken through mis-
cry. All this misery comes from the
| result of Adams sin.
n Sin is n friEhtful evil and absolute
p " nothing can describe its malice
/ ! Every single mortal sin COMMITTEES
= is just as deserving of punishment as
o. Adams sin.
: But how is this to he atoned for
Every mortal sin committed must b.
p atOned for by blood and sufferinG
. | equal to the malice. Turn your eye!
= to the cross. Turn and see Jesu!
: J crowned with thorns, see him Strug,
!, Cling fer Calvary kicked, Knocked ant
; nailed to the cross. Here is the worl
: of sin. the malice of sin.
II Perhaps we look on it as a trife t
remain in bed on Sunday instead o
going to mass. When you are tempt
ed turn your eyes to the cross o
It Calvary. Day after dav we sin 70
y the slightest reasons. We eat, sleeT
.e laugh, smile and never give a though
K. to the state of Gods anger while w
lie walk near the brink of hell and a
l. last we lunge hopelessly over and ar
er lose.
Keep before you the consequence
in and then you will learn from sin wha
al it is and despise it as the saints an
y rather die than ever be guilty Of sir
er You do likewise and you will
Sc crowned with glory.
is The Almighty God will hold us re
ee sponsible for every sin we commit
B., Consider the nature of hell II yo
n, want to know what sin is. A pool {
ry fire and birthstone with nothing hi
everlasting suffering. Form an ide
Of the sufferings in he'll.
10 Father NTulcahy told of Lazuru
az and the rich man. How after deaf
81 when the soul OF Lazarus rented
- | heaven the soul of the rich man We
-. | in living torment. The rich man beg
~, ged of LNzurus a little drop of watt
a to moisten his lips. vet he was refus
~ ed. He craved and begged for "
!" drop and is still doing so. Trul
- from this incident the physical sui
no 10 fering of hell must be terrific, but tn
- Is nothing to the torment and sufferir
- of the soul. It is the soul that Il
, torments of hell are realized.
"a If that Soul is chained down 7
~ mortal sin, it may rise and try to {
= on but it will reach no further tina
the barriers of hell as it will I
- beaten back again. Bretheren, all tn
-. misery and suffering of body and so
IS is eternal everlasting. for ever ar
- ever.
ne Father MaIcahy told of a man WI
- was buried alive in n mine and whe
the body was recovered his featurt
were a picture of despair. So will Il
- soul rage in hell day after day, YET
81 after year, forever and ever.