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Show , ! mm Universal . j church - calendar; i ? The General .Intention for May. I- t,;..i:iv. -1 ft'' after liastcr. St.Uos- rii 1-:. James i. 17-21; O. John xvi, '' j'li.i'.lay, 22 51. .lolin Nenomucone. I Tii-'I;,'. 2:; 151: Andrew Uobola, ' ! -.!. j , .iiu Iay. 21 Our Lady Help of I Tliins'liiy. 2; St. Gregory VII. I j-Y,,i.-,y. 26 St. Philip Neri. t ' inii 'l'iy. 27 St. Mary Magdalen of I 1 I T A BALLAD O FTREES AND THE j MASTER. I -,. . j)... w(xm1? my Master went, I i ;".:;'i!t. fortx-nt. j j ,, ;h'' ols my Master cam?, J TV: nt w itli love and shame, f ill'' "lives they were not blind to I Him. I -,. little gray leaves were kind to ? Him; n . ii. Mii-trce had a mind to Him I -'. ! i into the woods He camp. c the woods my Master went, I ! 11, ns well content. J .! "f the woods my Master eame, I m with death and shame. 1 '." Peath and Shame would woo I His last. j j- . mi. ier the trees th.y drew Him J last: I "f "ii a tree they slew His last V :i- ii "ill of the woods He eame. j Sidney Lanier. I OUR LADY'S MONTH. J overwhelming majority of I t ' 'ath.ilies the advent of Our Lady's tli is a source of heartfelt rejoicing, j 1 in . n the same spirit as that which, 'nit's affectionate children eele- 3 ; .t:i,g with ardor the birthday or i joynus anniversary of a nHoved f - ,:! i. fervent clients of the Blessed I J A - Lin delithf.to testify throughout the j J ! ..saiiH May time their devotion to I : r. Heavenly Mother, their cratitude ! ' v ."untless favors received at her ) --K their perfect confidence in .her cMiiiuied protection.';. Attendance .at. t'..' '-veiling exercisesi. : -which in 'most I I i Irishes- w ill signalize Mary's" special i l innli. can scarcely fail to be of salu- i;-vy ;"iiclit t even -the lest method- f i a! "f hep children; hot the May devo- I ii..iis will he most, prolific of blessing?" ' K t.r th"se who set about performing j He hi with a well ordered purpose, ; v, i;h definite, specific ends in view. I M.-ri'ly to kneel at Our Lady's shrine, I 1.. join in the. hymns that proclaim 1 r glories, to listen to the eulogies 1 ronounced on her prerogatives, and to ak through her intercession in general j I'-nns for the grace and strength we I daiiy need merely this much is no j doubt excellent. Far better, however, j will it be . to particularize at the b-uiiining of the month just what j favors we 'wish our Blessed Mother to J procure for us: just what vice or fault I -up need her assistance in overcoming; J just what virtue proper to our state in j life it behooves tts with her powerful i f lie'p to acquire; just what enterprise ' I r we re especially desirous, in stibsorvi- I La-e of course to God's will, of having I Vr brin? to a irosperotis issue. t M-.st of u need no arguments to I convince us of Mary's power to aid us. I "l- of h'T love and consequent willing- I urss to exorcis- that power: but what many of us do ne;cd is. a turning I from vacits generic, almost abstract j appeals to practical, concrete, individ- Inai petitions' for this or that exhibition f her power and mercy. AVe are but ill-instructed' and ' lukewarm clients of ur Lady if wo have not the fullest coiiii, leuec. at the openinc of her beau-; beau-; 1iful month, that she will procure for ti-s. before its close, any favor, in the order of "Ur salvation, that we shall j ask of -her with faith and love and I i-veveraiiV-r-Aw Maria. . . : PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY OF I CATHOLICS. J W b' tlier Catholicity shall do .for us I il." work needed in this country, and J i ! fore whether we fulfill our mission I : not, depends on the fidelity or non- 1 ii l'lity of Catholics themselves. S It is not enough that the Catholic - 'i,.ii, h is here. She will not operate h charm to remove existing evils or to give us the needed virtues. It is i crouch that there is a large body "f t'aiholics here; their mere presence !,.'. in itself no virtue to save the coun-t- or to enable it to fulfill its mission. This is a fact that we should lay to I h'. 't. If Catholics do not surpass J (A-'ia in domestic and civil virtues 1 ill vender the country no greater !s -,.- than olhers. As yet we Cath- i - .-at i not applaud ourselves as hav- t ' c done mu'-h to - .advance public I ' '"i: . do not se that the Cath- s r - have had in public life have i " tlvnipplves much more honest, J i -a walde. much more devoted to S ; or much less accessible lo T'V': .,' s!fi::h int'f rests than the non- ' ' - in the same rank or ofiictal !Too ...any who pass as Catholics have . : ,i..f.piy implicated a? any other i ,'i- ,, citizens in the scandals in our I J ! i We do not. find that Cath- ' ""i'-s i i. ii'-en especially diligent to J s: a:- ;!..- ,, .-titutions, laws and genius v .i::!try. to understand its pe- i ".liar n.i ntr, i-, its more urgent wants, ' i t'i- st ia duties as citizens. They j '' o v.orse than th? r.on-Catholics I ' " i i i deserve no special censure f " was demanded of them than : ' 1 'at holies. But the responsilul-''at responsilul-''at holies in this country is ? - -' than that of any ot her class of i' ' ' '- .It is only through Catholicity : , outitry can fulfill its mission. ! through Catholics that Cath- ' ' .. . ' aches and assists the country. '' s; Nation of t he-country and Us t n.- -.'lory depends on Catholics. f ';' :' fore, they muft prove them- s' ' " -'it.'-rior in intelligence, inde- ; i" : ! a public spirit, in all the civic ''""'. to non-Catholics, or else they nothing to save and develop ' '"' iilization. Oiestes A. |