| Show DOCTRINE OF PURGATORY CONSOLES CATHOLICS Father Reardon Says It t Is s Soothing to Heart Plunged in in Grief Rev ne Michael J. J Reardon preaching yesterday at nt St. St Marys Ians cathedral took for or the subject of his sermon Purgatory Pur gator and the tho text from Job 21 10 Have pity on me have pit pity on me mc at least you OU my friends for tho the hand of the tho Lord hath bath touched me In the introductory portion of or his hs sermon Father Reardon spoke of ot the thc solemn thoughts Induced In n the average person person person per per- son by a visit to the silent silent- cities of the he great reat majority the majority the dead ea In deliverIng delivering de- de liverIng tho the bod body of or his sermon he said In n part There Thero is 15 no doctrine of ot tho the Catholic church moro more consoling or more soothIng soothIng soothing sooth- sooth Ing to the time human heart plunged Into grief than tho the doctrine of ot purgatory It satisfies that yearning of or the tho human soul which sometimes verges vcrs on utter outer despair calming and restoring It to peace The human heart of f Its very nature yearns and demands some such uch consolation Even among amon the tho oJ old pagan pagan pagan an philosophies and writings wo we find rInd unmistakable proofs of ot a belief beller in a future existence where tho the spirit or orsha sha shade o of ot man may expiate his crimes and having paid the debt of or his guilt enjoy enjo the tho sunshine and happiness of or those happy happ re regions lons which Virgil and other poets of that time limo Immortalized In in ver verse e. e Father Rear Reardon on went on to explain the time doctrine of purgatory as us ono one of or orthe the man many articles of faith which the Catholic church has defined for her children and gave c a Its scriptural foundation foun foun- dation as interpreted by the church Another portion of at his sermon solmon was doroted do- do voted to a discussion of the subject of prayers for the dead claiming origin of ot this practice to have hae been among among- the earliest Christians and quoting from the writings s of or St St. Au Augustine and mentioning the ages- ages old Ill Inscriptions on the walls of at tho the catacombs those veritable storehouses of Catholic truth and doctrine In conclusion ho said EAld The church of God is most solicitous I about those poor souls and she offers us evor every inducement to help holp them Her Indulgences are arc numberless and In her love and wisdom she she- alloys allows her children children children chil chil- dren still in tho the flesh to apply them thorn to their suffering separated brothers Arc Are we to remain indifferent 1 No dear brethren Let us bo be generous and never novel let a a. day pass without doing something to help them In to their helpless helpless helpless help help- less state |
