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Show ! f burcft Universal " 1 I i I CHURCH CALENDAR. f I Seventh after Pentecost. St. I Kn K. Kom. VI. 19-23; G. Matt. VII, I 370.S40 for sinners. m. t. ran teleon. 576.291 for the I jnu-'mrcrato. s. t. St. Nazarius and C 481,151 ' 1 for "'spiritual favors. I . Y. St.- Martha. 252,138 for tem- ' I nn'ral favors. ! I ,7). Tli. PS- Abdon and Sennen. 1.61S,- I J A for special, various. , I "si. F- Ignatius. For Messenger ! I THE GENERAL INTENTION I recommended by His Holiness, I Plus X. THE SEMINARIES. 3n almost every diocese there are col-; col-; pge? in which young men aspiring to the priesthood are formed for the of-fiVp of-fiVp t.- which God has called them. Viihout priests the work of the church ' ,annot be carried on. Unless the priests ;)rp formed upon the example of the Great High Priest, that work will be ,)nr," very imperfectly. Horn important ,hpn this Intention recommended during dur-ing this month of the Precious Blood! We arc to pray that our Lord will send workmen into the vineyard, as the harvest har-vest is ever ripe for the reaping. Thfn, too, we are to petition the Sacred Heart that those engaged in jhe training of the young Levites may b'e guided by the spirit that filled the 1 coul of our blessed Saviour In the for- ijnatlon of His disciples. ' We shall also be earnest in prayer 'or those aspiring to so sacred a call-in? call-in? -Jn so boly a choice no motive cave the highest ought to find place. X who take that yoke upon their sliiiulders should do so with the long-ir.c long-ir.c to win souls to the Master. In Tf;f:r years of preparation they must' soli oo 1 themselves to weigh the world I and the things of time at their proper I value. They will have to exercise them-I them-I pelv?? in those virtues which will de-I de-I vp'ii-ip within them a love of prayer I and the altar, a zeal for the souls for I which Christ died. Their one aim will lip such that they can say with St. 1 ?ai;i: "I live, now not I. but Christ if ::veth in me." What higher object of ! prayer to the Sacred Heart-during the ricnth when we commemorate the fhedi-ling of the Precious Blood! THE BROKEN CRUCIFIX. Inspires Daughter of M. Jaures, the French Socialist Leader, to Take Veil as Reparation for Sacrilege. reaching recently at the reception ' candidates into the austere order of i he Poor Clares Collettines, at St. 1 ('lare s Abbey. Carlow Graigue, Ire-! bud. Father Paul, O. S. F. C, after d-fi!ing upon the triumphs of the cross I Bmor.e savage peoples, said it was not i nresary to go into uncivilized parts r.or centuries back to find miracles of Gc-i's tender mercies. Wlm. be asked, in recent times has r.nt heard of that advanced leader of th? Socialist party in France, M. Jfrures. a more notorious enemy of the rhurrh and of the crucifix than ever t:p the cannibals of Brazil. "Well, I enly a few months ago an incident was Ip:;: g the rounds of the Parisian papers that brought tears to many eyes and ynt a thrill of joy to many hearts. 0:;e evening, when M. Jaures had returned re-turned frm the Chamber of Deputies after a hard day's work, in which he had endeavored and to his mind successfully suc-cessfully endeavored to kill the Church in France, he threw himself -into an -..- chair in his study and heaved a siph of reiief that the debate was ever and that he had some time for re- J.r,,C. Suddenly a gentle knock was heard at the dnor; a graceful hand pushed Efide the rich hangings, and there Ftnod before him the tall, slight and handsome form of his daughter. Lean-irx Lean-irx on a chair close by, she sweetly fiid. "Father, you must be very tired." "Yes he replied, "I am." "Oh. then. I should not have come," he continued. 1"0h, don't say that." he returned, "I ?1U, Vfry l'lf'as'i to see you. What is '"VcIl. father, she timidly spoke, "for t long time I have been anxious to en-.1 en-.1 ;t convent and consecrate myself ! Go." "Oh. i.finsf nse!" he ejaculated. "What 1 rut that into your head? Have you ?r'kc.- t'i your governess about it?" "Ah. no," said she, "the governess has ; r' digion. and she does not know any-ij any-ij ;-'i:r.c about such matters." '"K'ei;." he continued, "some one must ay- '; you to this brink of the abyss, 'i I a:n anxious to know all about "Father," she went on, "it was this "a5". About four years ago the c-ven:e.ss and myself were out for a va.k in the country. We strolled away T. h lr,ny road till we came to where ere if tjlr. wayside ecrosses had been I1- .' 1 ile.wn and the crucifix broken to I'ie ; s. Tho poverness and myself set " out putting the pieces together as j"-t we could, just as children build .(c;Srv f fr,:n little blocks. Soon we had I 'Vfry ,hCo jn its place, and the cruci- x v.;;s complete. But, oh, from that ,iri.v t this the look from the eyes of ''"t broken crucifix has caused a har-c. har-c. ideas to spring up in my soul ' "'t j,., ,,ne ever sowed there. Its tver haunted my mind and .!-;);rerj Ine to make some reparation ! "' h'A tiiis sacrilege. 1 have been held i Si;:d my heart torn at the thought '-uving you, but then the sorrows of b-jy ciuo;f;ei have been my strength J-nd consolation. I have prayed Him to ''l '' share his sorrows, that I may vjn f ir y,,u the light to know Him, th;:t we !nay joth i;ve an(j love Him ''tether." H(-r v.d' o was choked in her sobs; js-'r "uh say no more. He, too, broke he shuddered; he grew pale; he i.otjr.nci lcr lo leave; he wished to be . f'!". what a mysterious incident. How ;nviM;i ,he voice of Jesus from the 'Trr-s Well lias the Scripture ex-jrossr, ex-jrossr, jt -The heart of man disposetU ' V hy, hut the Lord must direct his ; '''Ts." What a shattering of the proud (f,nrej;s r,f tftj,, notorious persecutor of Church! He had egged on the i 'v'-1"'' "f France to pull down the t- .''yssdo -rosses to remove the sym-'o;s sym-'o;s of salvation from the eyes of the i'' a antry. But the broken crucifix will t&ke its voice heard where he knows Th'.'.' 5"'J wi" reign from the woodyn 1,0'ie, and conquer the choicest soul htjer t)K. persecutor own roof and 'dd away into seclusion the child of , ls kosnin. He had attempted to cx-T'ncuis:h cx-T'ncuis:h the light of faith in the -heart i . 7 country, but the broken crucifix lnrd'rj a narnp on nis own hearth that thing could extinguish. He had pushed from his home every symbol '. rf,''Rion. everything that could re-,'lnd re-,'lnd his fair child of God and His 1 'Sdom, but lhe broken crucifix on the wayside had frustrated all his 1 ! wicked designs and had stamped the mage of Jesus so deep on her heart that nothing could blot it out She is gone from her home to ween by the crucifix In solitude and may hope that her prayers and her tears win win for her father and for the llnd if her birth the light of faith and" the glory of the ancient Church. e Day Dreams. When the Sand Man comes bv nieht Stealing through the moon's pale li-ht Grown folks he cannot surprise l' All he blinds are little eyes Silver Is the sand he flings'" Modest are the dreams he 'brines-Cake 'brines-Cake and candy, doll and kite "When the Sand Man comes by'night. When the Sand Man comes bv dav Stalking in the sun's bright rav. Little folks he passes by Catches grownups on tlie shin sh-in his haze of golden snnd ' Most majestic castles stand With them Love and Fame hold RWay When the Sand Man comes bv day McrLandburgh Wilson. MOTHER'S DARLINGS. j wnen pretty eyes are closed in sleep And angels watch around their beds-' When evening shadows softly creep ' Through western windows o'er their heads Wh0rplavle hands have stPPe their And chubby faces nestled down- V hen o'er the hills and far away They toddle off through Slumber Town When tiny lips have lisped their prav-ers prav-ers By mother's knee, with white limbs bare; When they have climbed the drowsv stairs That lead away to Blanket Fair-Then Fair-Then o'er the house a silence creeps. And mother's head is drooping down-She, down-She, too. is tired, and softlv sleeps-She sleeps-She joins her babes in Slumber Town. Woman's Life. Paulists' Advice. The following don'ts for penitents are printed in the Paulist calendar for June. Con the list and see if any of these admonitions apply to your case: Don't crowd into the confessional ahead of some one else who has been waiting before you have come. Don't tell any one's sins but yours. Don't mention another's name in telling your sins. Don't make the priest irritable by forcing him to repeat: "How many times?" for every mortal sin you confess. con-fess. Don't forget it is a sin to accuse yourself wilfully of something you have not committed, just as well as it is to conceal a sin you have committed. Don't confess a doubtful sin as if it were not doubtful. Confess exactly as your conscience saw it. Don't fail to ask for special remedies reme-dies against your individual sins if the priest forgets to give them. Take an interest In your soul. Don't go to confession inteding to use all the wiles and deceits of present-dav worldly life to conceal tnd shade over and soften down sins and circum stances of sins necessary for the priest to know. Don't flit about from priest to priest to escape a little scolding for habitual faults. Don't think a confessor is naturally severe and stern because he is so with you. He may be the kindliest of the kindly with the one that goes before or follows you. Don't go to confession merely to relieve re-lieve your' mind. Don't talk so low in confessing that the priest cannot hear. Don't talk so loud that everybody can hear you. Don't neglect to say your penance immediately im-mediately after confession. Don't get the blues because your confessor con-fessor is changed to another parish. I Don't get the blues because he is not changed. j EVENSONG. ("Atlantic Monthly.) Beauty calls and gives no warning; Shadows rise and wander on the day. In the twilight, in the quiet evening. We shall rise and smile and go away. Over the flaming leaves Freezes the sky. It is the season grieves, Not you, not I. All our springtimes, all our summers, We have kept the longing warm within. Now we leave the after-comers To attain thji dreams we did not win. Oh! we havt wakened. Sweet, and had our birth. And that's the end of earth; And we have toiled and smiled and kept the light, And that's the end of night. Ridgely Torrence. THE SILENT. (Appleton's.) If the little sister of the little brother Came crying through the darkness to our door: "Beloved; thou canst help me and no other, Ah, pity I implore!" Would we not draw them close in tender ten-der fashion With never word of censure or surprise, sur-prise, And soothe and aid them there with all compassion. We, who are old and wise? How is it, then, when we from one another v Cry to those higher with despairing breath. Ourselves the little sister of the brother, broth-er, To one most wise In death? Fraying: "Ah, comfort me, ah, guide me truly," From thy white wisdom counsel or consent." Ah. ever to these silent rises newly Our sound of discontent. ( Can they forget so wholly, nor discover dis-cover The weak hands groping at their garment's gar-ment's hem The little sister or the little brother, Would we not stoop to them? Theodosia Garrison. BALLADE OF PLEASANT (Success Magazine.) Don't let us talk of wretchedness, Don't let us wallow in our woe, Don't let us drivel o'er distress. Don't let us wander to and fro, Amid the mire and mud below, But let us rise on joyful wings Into the golden sunlight's glow; Let's think and talk of pleasant things. Don't let us clamor for redress: Don't let us deem a soul our foe: Instead of cursing, let us bless; And never let us gloat or crow Oer some one's troubles; let us show What perfect peace our viewpoint brings To all who after goodness go; Let's think and talk of pleasant things. Let's talk of trouble less and less; To anger let us be more slow; Let's strive more patience to possess, And more compassionate let's grow; And you can quell the scorn that stings; This duty to ourselves we owe: Let's think and talk of pleasant things. ENVOI: Ho! mortal men and women, ho! Hark to the song a minstrel sings! If aught of happiness you'd know-Let know-Let s think and talk of pleasant things! All. for the Glory of God. It is very obvious to say that if we always knew what God wished, it would e a great help to us in serving Him. we should not surely throw ourselves into open rebellion against the express will of God. Yet practically, in by far the greatest number of our actions, we do not know this; and in all of them, if we do not know what He would have us do, we know at least the motive mo-tive from which He would have us act, whenever we act at all. "Whatever you do, whether you eat or drink, or whatever what-ever you do. do all for the glorv or God. ' St. John tells us that God is charity. Thus in the whole of the almost al-most infinite and complicated system in which we live, God has contrived all things, quite wonderfully, for these two ends, if they might not more properlv be called one end than two: He has arranged everything first, so that Ho may be loved; and secondly, so as to enable us to love Him. If we may dare thus to speak of the Almiehtv. He seems to have no other end in view at all; and He manages things bv artifices of almighty power in order to bring this about. This is His rule by which He has done everything. The hearts of His creatures are the only treasures He will condescend to accept from His own creation. Father Faber. Confidence in God. When people lose confidence in God they are guilty of the sin that is not forgiven in this world or the next. St. Thomas says that charity is the principle prin-ciple of merit, but confidence is the .principle of impeteration. We must learn to have confidence in God; to hope even against hope. Abraham was promised a long line of descendants through his son Isaac. Yet at the command com-mand of God he was ready to sacrifice sac-rifice him; hoping, as St. Paul says, against hope. After an act of love there is nothing that so honors God as an act of hope. The favors of God are always a gauge of further favors. He gives because He gave. He says by the Psalmist: "Thou wilt call on me in thy tribulation. I will rescue thee, and thou shalt honor Me." When He was about to scourge the people of Israel, Moses recalled to his mind the many and wondrous benefits He had conferred them. One would think this a poor way of appeasing the Divine Di-vine wrath. It would appear the surest way of arousing God's further resentment. resent-ment. But Moses knew better. His argument prevailed, and the people were saved. What causes hope to die in the heart is the overwhelming sense of guilt. People must be taught that sin is rather an inducement to hope. The man who approaches God with confidence in his own goodness insults the Divine Majesty, like the Pharisee in the Gospel. We have no merit we can justly call our own, and we owe all the good we possess to the sheer mercy of God. Sin is no obstacle to hope, no bar to confidence. The greater j the sinner, the stronger should be his hope, for God does not want his death. We should not hate or condemn our brother because he is a sinner. The despair of the few is the contempt of the many. We must love sinners, and we must teach them to hope. A Mother's Prayer. God bless and keep my little boy, Guard body and guide mind. Mix not his gold with base alloy-Dross alloy-Dross to the worldly kind. Oh! lay on me the care and pain! Spare him a little while; The heartsease will never spring again Which blooms now in his smile. Roll not the years too fast, O God! I fain would longer keep This tousled head which now doth nod, Finding the way to sleep. And let not time, with foot roughshod. My few small charms destroy; For there be years to come, O God! When I must woo my boy. Lend sweetness to his mother's voice To charm his critic ear; For siren songs will court his choice As manhood draweth near. Only the tender years are mine Ah, stretch their shortening span. Yet, if I must my charge resign, Make him, O God. a Man! |
