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Show 1 1 NNr I CHURCH CALENDAR. : 1 M ideation. St. Gregory VII. ; I -? . for 'conversions. I, l-S';''4"! !,,ogati(in. St. Philip Neri. n fl.r sin uors. V r.ogatjon. St. Mary Magda-'" Magda-'" c r-izzi --1.3S1.01S for the intem- Jen ' I r'o(f' Th rhP Ascension. 2,531.536 for ; 51'lritual fa0,SMaxinlusli736 217 for oq r ' I -nnra! 'avers. ? Su Felix. 1.696.775 for special, varinir. VjJjljn octave Ascension. E. Pt" fv. 7-1"; G. John, xv, 26, xvi 4. J:rf ji'pfncr readers. rLTBAL INTENTION -FOR MAY. I rje.; by His Holiness, Pius X. I Devotion to Our Blessed Lady. I fVi:i to Mary is the intention for I , v.,- .ne to pray during this month I ' Vav iii"" ready a response this re- I ''"Jjsf '.i' r jr Holy Father should find 1 .r 'hearts of all our Associates', i J.tor'd vot ion to our Blessed Savior 1 p-f rv re is'none dearer or closer rhnlic Heart man aevouon to I pk M ":,-'r- From all eternity she was I v.spti '"''n'l out of an 'nfinite num-I num-I tr'o' o:-rs whom He could have se-I se-I JT-ted ' 1 ,V"J P1'1' of the Irvine Ma I ! -nl'v yl Mary an3 not another was 1 chi- (- 'r ,his P?erlp!5f: honor. So, I (ri ;.r,se Mary to he our Mother. I i tV- dying gift of her dear Son I ' a (s'lrful race. As she was given Him I il he His Mother at Nazareth, so He vctowe'l her upon us from His cross. u'rh a pifi. immeasurably precious at .'rvtlrr.e. becomes infinitely more so at i'jh a t!mc The privilege of loving r Creator with all our heart, and all ormind and all our strength, is a command.0 com-mand.0 from the lips of the living rj.r.:SL jn like manner the privilege of iminp His Mother is ac precept from uf dvinc lirs In every Catholic heart these two l-'cs arc "ever found the love of Je-pi'c Je-pi'c snd the love of Mary. When the j;Rp! ranie on their Journey over sandy jpprt. from the East, the gospel tells ' "ji'ipy found the Child and His Vnhr." In the devotions and prayers '0t the 'church the Son and the Mother re ever intimately linked. How close-iv close-iv knitted together are the thoughts of them In tnP Rosary and the Way of the cross t In all Christian art ft is the "nape of the Child and the Mother iijtich l.a? captivated the fancy, won 'heart pud held the mind and hand ' the artist. So, too, in the souls-of the children of the Church, these two sages are painted and the example of t'lieir flaily lives copied. To copy Mary ar.d Jesus is to be truly devoted to PASSING OF PROTESTANTISM. Will Narrow Religious Argument Dawn to Simplest Terms "Catholic "Cath-olic or Nothing." . K-v. 1). S. Thelan in Western Watchman.) Watch-man.) it is acreed on all sides that Protest- snrisin is surely dying. "The Bible is e rrlifion of Protestants," we have (I yen tr.ld from the very beginning, iicher criticism has for. educated Prot-ftants Prot-ftants wrecked the New and Old Tes-t:nent.-and nothing remains of either tot a pleasant' memory of a' venerable I r.jr?pry tale. There are doubtless some 1 Protectants who still cling to the I Scripture and treasure them as the in-. in-. j spired word of God: but their position f U illogical and cannot long withstand th '."rriblo assaults made , upon it by r.'n once foremost champions of Bible Christianity. They will be forced into the Catholic church or into atheism; afl that very soon. ,. Niw. are we glad that Protestantism if pssshe away? Some years ago a ldirg Protestant paper made bold to rtante us with a desire to destroy P"nttantism, and our answer to that fa-eo has hern repeated In a muti-k'M muti-k'M form, ten hundred thousand times fit-?. We, frankly confessed that we M wpjconie the destruction of Prot-'-ir.tism, moi and branch, and its ignmHH to the fires of hell. We de-fi de-fi That it was all evfl. and that the pood fr-atures of its workings the worst of its: evils. The great ' Protestantism was that it gave ra pretext to stay out of the. church "i. outside of which salvation is O''s?iblo. If there were no Protest-s-"i5m :i,.ire than half the Protestants :r day would be devout children of '"'Cathoii" church.' i B'"'t Catholics will much benefit from I vr:" disappearance of Protestantism. 'n lt strong and vigorous; S.R'J l,K "dherents went to church on '"ay: wh.-u ihey had family prayer; ra b-f. .r .- uv.d after meat, and tho 'Oiiig of t),,. Bible was the occupation tne eveji-.jig hours. Catholics .felt the 'mu'us " ' -xample and priests sel-h.. sel-h.. ' " ('"niIJ,ain nf failure to as- fnt,81 ,: "r neglect of. the sacra-z-i' ,hi,t Protestantism Is tV-'f'4 li'A'i " Protestant with a !v p.'' ' ' 'a'Pl 1" enlightenment reads .' r :l'ns t a sermon, Cath- ,, ,v f uawn into ine current ?'''" i indifference, and neglect ksX U' ' 5(u s:ir'raments is becom-:'i"'r becom-:'i"'r of lUr day. And jv'a ' i,V'h' '"' 'nt'e improvement until dlC,rC r !'r,,''st:nt church closes its 'ati ri 'r "' '"'nmunicants. Then tr '"''' ize once more and to ('' ''"" 'V;' :ruth that to be Catholics end'7" ft' '" in r-ractice, is a fraud r; r.nd,? i;; '" ,;s v- sd t be honest t; ' n "il her get out of the Cachings '' M' vinff in il' Practice its P;r,v!" x "f the failure of 'v-l'r''V'" '""""K Catholics we nc'w:''1 'i; snral result will be ; i;, a'';ai '' way. It will result 1 r'ho'vr ' :! l-uir'K un of the entire t;.,p' 'tie strengthening of all ;he t 1: h ; titinctive positions; and i;;, s ''' K "f the bonds of Catho-)V Catho-)V '''l'1 ",'!,'.' ' wa,ks of Catholic Ul t'h 'iU'' 'he argument down t-j '? & P ''-position: "Aut Catholi-j I Aj -World Poer. '' ' '"'ucht up the subject of i'iiirV,' ' .'n tlis -St- Patrick's day i.e ttv". V' ; right in maintain- hvifr" 'f '' '""'on has been a work'. f;rret, any years, and that its '!''s,iV;:iS ' r'ni" from ,h fu'da- '-'I'rlr,.'1' ' ' f government planted in li'a-v ml!5tary. needs -tr the I-oVvt ' " r'f 1 he 'country may be, itfc6ne,rT:! ' its millions of free by i,'f. 1 T-ossibilities were realized ,i)n 'ivn R' rit 'Ipners even !efore iiay fn,,V,T' an(1 when that war rut f;riffi ai'V '"f T anPpr of int.ern.il "''""l.ii 'jiS,:nir,n the hopes of those 'nr sh , ' witl1pss a failure here lh'l- '' With full play -given hbiiini R"'s .;infl activities of the in-ri,'hly in-ri,'hly ...'''j vi'h a" immense domain 1:Wlr.d . "W"'J by nature, with fhe un- fTr,1,Mra,,i"ns for emigrants, with troUi that was' recorded after ech deckde there was no necessity for any particular demonstration of or"I to prove that the world power had been acquired. ' A foreign conflict may have emnh-sized emnh-sized the facts and elicited comment that indicated a change of "ph S abroad, but it is the facts and not tie opinions that count. If may be inter esting to know that a Frenchman who writes for a Parish review recognizee i strength that he never recognized before. be-fore. The revolution, however" is in h: -mind and not in the country, and as we have indicated, not all "foreigner's have been so tardy Vith their recogni- those who imagine that the expansion expan-sion has come suddenly bv a ineip stroke confuse the larger and the smaller small-er expansion and give undue pdonii-nence pdonii-nence to the latter. Those who dwell most on the real sources of the world power have no doubts and demand no demonstrations save those that are ,c-curnng ,c-curnng every day in the industries f the country and in its schools and other institutions, in its government of. bv and for the people.-Chicago Record-Herald. Followed Her Children Into Church. Mrs. Robert M. McLane, wife of former for-mer Mayor McLane of Baltimore, was baptized last week by Rev. William A Fletcher. She made her first communion com-munion with her son. Jack Van Bibber 16 years old. who was baptized some time ago. She has another son who is a Catholic. For a long time her two sons have beep going to mass, and it is said their joining the Catholic -hurch was due to the fact that they had Catholic Cath-olic governesses. Excellest Them All. I There are wise women, sprightly women, wo-men, fashionable, scholarly women, eloquent el-oquent women, literary women, pretty women, handsome, loving and lovable women; but the most valuable, th.i most indispensable, the most womanly w oman is the .home woman. All of the others the world could afford to loe great as the loss would be, better than to lose the home woman. Without her the most ennobling feature of social life could not be. Without her the true home could not exist. Without her there would be none of the strong ties, the endearing loves, the tender sweet affections affec-tions that bind parents to children, children to parents, and render the memories of the old .homestead so endearing, en-dearing, so subduing all through our after life. Of the home women it may well be said. "Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excelles: them all." Bishop Cotton's Advice. Bishop Colton advises all girls who have no vocation to the religious life, to get married; and as a wise step in that direction he urges them to pray-that pray-that God may send Ihem good husbands. hus-bands. If they expect to meet the husbands whom God sends them, they should eschew Saturday night balls, promiscuous dances and steamboat excursions. ex-cursions. When God i sends a young man to a girl with a proposal of marriage, mar-riage, he generally tells him the route , he shall take: and that route is not byway by-way of the dance hall. Father Phelan in Western Watchman. , If Mary Intercedes. . Tou may be taken away young, you may live to four-score, you may die ir. bed. you may die in the open field, but if Mary intercedes for you, that day will find you watching and ready. All things will be fiixed to secure your salvation, all dangers w ill be foreseen, all obstacles removed, all aids provided. provi-ded. The hour will come, and in a moment you will rise; you will be translated into a new state, where sin is not, nor ignorance of future, but perfect faith and serene joy, and assurance as-surance of love everlasting. Cardinal Newman. The Gift of Life and Its Return. There are loyal hearts, there are spirits brave, There are souls that are pure and true; Then give to the world the best you ha ve. And the best will come back to you. Give love, and love to your life will flow, A strength in your utmost need; Haw faith, and a score of hearts will show Their faith in your word and deed. Give truth and your gift will be paid in kind. And honor will honor meet: And a smile that is sweet -will surely find A smile that is just as sweet. For life is the mirror of king and slave; 'Tis just what we are and do: Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. Madeline S. Bridges. When You Are Old. When you are old and gray and full of i sleep. And, nodding by the fire, take up this book. And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows shad-ows deep: I v How many loved your moments of glad grace. And loved your beauty with love false or true; 1 i But one man loved the pilgrim soul In ; in you. And loved the sorrows of your Changing Chang-ing face. And bending down beside the glowing bars. Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled And paced upon the mountains overhead. over-head. And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. W. B. Yeats. - - - |