Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-03-10
BOSTON PRIEST DELIVERS
FORCEFUL SERMON ON SIN

Inc HfSt OIL The sermons which are
given every Sunday evening during
Len, was attended by large number
Sunday evening at St Patrick's
church when Rev. Father Anselm of
ST. GabriePs Monastery, Boston, de-
liVered forceful sermon on Sin. Rev.
Father Anslem took for his theme
Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane
when he pleaded with God to have
men.
Rev. Father Anslem said in part:
In ecclesiastical history we find a
princess who asked her father, the
king, to give her permission to enter
4 convent and consecrate her life to
Christ. Her father was astonished
that his daughter. who had never hail
a request refused, should want to re-
nounce all earthly things and become
d nun. She showed him crucifix
which she carried next to her heart
and told him that Christ had given
| his life up to save mankind and that
| she wanted to follow in the footsteps
| OF her Savior.
The power of Christ had lured her
| from the temptations of sin of the
world realm and so it is with you
| The human soul can be lured from
| sin, the magnetism of Christ will ever
| draw you toward him if you will. BY
giving thought to the sins of the world
| YOU will see the right way and feel
| m Your soul the passion IF Christ as
! h pleaded with his Father in Geth-
sdmane. He was sorroWful that night
On the Mount of Olives, not because
| his earthly life was almost al an end
! but because he felt anguish al the
sins of men. Our boys over in Franco
prayed not because they uenbled at
| death but because of a higher reason
| and Christ prayed for the redemption
| OF men not because he feared death.
! Christ looked about him and Their
| looked into the future into ete~aity
and saw what was before man, anG
he was sad. Today when we pick III
Il newspaper and scan the frcnt pare
we find where the commandments have
| hoen broken evsry minute of tho
Itwenty -four hours. We see a picture
| of a murderer, put there for US to ad
rhire or pity. A picture of man Sc
curing divorce his picture is there II
admire or pity, so it is with the THE
and others These things have be.
come so common that we give then
no thought and take them as a matter
Of course and we soon become har
dened to sin A prominent man OF my
| acquaintance once worked on a news.
paper but he gave it up because h,
said it blunted his sensibilities ant
morals. We are not rated now b,
virtue but by how much money W,
| have and how beautiful YOU are W.
are not rated now by virtue but b!
how much money we have and how
! beautiful you are. We get our ideal.
o. sin from the newspaper and thu
r1otion pictures hUt do we ro to thu
Rible for the definition of sin?
| Let us ASK ourselves ) hat our sen
unents regarding sin are Are the
the same as those of cur Savior
Christ in these few hours in Geth
semane scaarrd eternity and He wept
iin. saddened over mems souls. H
saw the sim; of the world erore hin
end then He saw the sels OF man, hi
creation. This soul w.uld H
embrace bul lie could not gather il
Inc sin with the soul Ii is our prob
lem of sin. We see Christ weepin
o"cr the sin al ~. This IS The mean
ing ing of tn Garden Of f;ethsemant