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Show L ' liurcb Universal & ' 1 - - t -' . I Devotion to - St. Joseph. 1 f,y John jlarypon in Rosary Magrajino ! The- Marh Trinds , blow, the pearly I clotiVllHs cay I 5"m.j) o'er the blue the ns.adovs hayte 1 to grow, . I ;And all th? STcen-toiK-hed "woodlands 4 s-erni to know ! 'lis Joseph's Day. 5 The uiet filods a mi?ty incense pay. , Ami earliest blooms send fragrance on V 5 I the .-Kind. " i dearest tjaint, what off ring: can wc I ' lind ! l'er Joseph's Day? i 1 Nusrlit ran we bring of pomp or I proud display, j .Vi1 ihou, O Father, wast as poor as I !-vinp heart anJ glad simplicity I 1 t Joseph's Day. ; 1 Hid all the plaguing hosts of Care j away! 1 'M-i t?p as trustful, calm and blythe as i he; I Js.ujght canst thou ask. that he'll not frie to thee -' 1 mi Joseph's Day. J I And when the sunshine spends its i latest ray ! jwA nights unnumbered starry lights ! et'i'far, 'jlh.u lt say, "a happy time of all the year! I This Joseph's Day:" j CHURCH CALENDAR. I Sunday, 19 Second of Lent. St. Jo- seph. ; Monday, L'O St. Cyril. 1 Tuesday. 21 St. Benedict. "Wednesday, 22 St. Catharine. ' j Thursday, 23 St. Victorian. I Friday, 24 Holy Shroud. St. Simon. I Saturday, 25 S. Annunciation. 1 THE REVERENCE DUE THE HOLY NAME 1 The Catholic church has been called, I pri'i correctly so. a great school of eti- i oueite. "Whoever carefully watched a 5 solemn high mass, a procession of the j J'.iessed Sacrament, an ordination to the ia.-red priesthood, without being impressed im-pressed by the regularity, the; precision, tli" order with which the solemn cere- i I nonies are performed? A well-trained ' .iltar boy is a picture and pattern of ' This marked feature in the church's I Rfneral whole, even as is a skilled mas- I '- of ceremonies or a very exact arch- ? bishop. When each individual knows his own peculiar duty and place in the solemn function; when each does his share toward making the grand cere- jiiony perfect around the holv sacrifice of the mass, or in the procession about i our sacramental king, then the com-1 com-1 pletc whole becomes a living type and I image of the heavenly ceremony that forever goes on in the courts of God above. Those splendid ranks on ranks j nf glorified Fpirits, described in Dante's ? 0 famous poem as rejoicing in the eter- ral joys of the celestial . kingdom, till they form one immense' and radiant I rose bloom of dazzling magnificence ! n round their majestic center those ; long, pure, snow-white files of saints .Hid angels following one another in praeeful lines upward and onward as ' irn. ed by Fra Angelico's inspired pen- ; il all these are Unified in the proces- ; stons and ceremonies of the. Catholic ; hurch on earth, in her abiding atmos- j here of reverence, faith and lovel The spirit of reverence was very learly t-hown in the Jewish church, j The old Testament has long and de- i.n'id accounts of the manner in vhich the dignity of worship should be maintained in. the temple of the one ;o., the Maker and Ruler of the" world. This sain1 spirit of reverence appears j;i the Apocalyptic Vision of Heaven. How is It. then, that we hear one of tiod s children treat his awful name j vjth disrespect, use it irreverently, f Maspheme it or make of it in any way ' a byword, an expletive, a jest, a common com-mon thing? Indeed, it is a curlou3 I psychological question why any man I er swears at all. Where lies the sub's sub-'s fir. temptation to treat with irrever-l irrever-l fiioo God's holy name? One can un-J un-J d erst and why a man may yild to a i em pi at ion to steal, or lie, or kill; but io swear where is the use, the gain, j ihe advantage of it? "Where the earth- reason, of any sort whatever? One is ? a' tually led to see in it, as it were pal-; pal-; rably. the evil influence of a personal j -temprr. outFide of the human family, 1 m r-pecies; of that evil one whom St. I J'hn saw in awful vision, "a. beast ; oming up out of the sea having seven I heads, and upon his heads names of l ' . 1 lsphemy. And he opened his mouth T ! f i:i,ir. blasphemies against God. to blas- i vhen.e liis name, and his tabernacle, I inl tlirm that dwell in heaven." I Now there is a remedy for the poor i fallow Aho is tempted to swear or so f -.r forgets himself as to use lightly ! the holy name. Iet him give to hinl- i self the bsson of reverence that is 1 i :,rned by every priest who stands at ;oI's altar in his holy temple. ?:ach .: of uS is. individually, God's temple. ! io.j dwells in us. Let us reverence the i Tame as well as the presence, of the g:.at king. Sacred Heart Review. The Catholic Paper Has a Mission in i ' Every Community. 1 So, n.- time ago forty Catbolic gen-j gen-j ii. me,, ,,f Louisville, Ky.. put up 0 h to strengthen a. Catholie. paper in i t it itv. Besides which, they worked I in ,t it advertising. What bad they v. aHiii personally? Nothing. But tho public-spirited gentlemen who be-I be-I 1 e,i thHt a Catholic jiapcr in the com-! com-! i"ii;iity was a necessity. - - "'it is vorth at leatt : a year to ! 5 o." says a priest, "to have informa- i; ii every week during the session of J tii' legislature as to whether any meas- hostile to the church are pending, i atholic paper informs me." I " -Jhe Catholic paper, entering aJL h v tid weekly newspaper officer; is j " enlightenment in those influential j : ..i-iers against anti-Catholic misrep- i --i.1hi ion. if it were not for the -li'-.li.- paper, the dailie? would poy little attention to Catholic news. I T' m- Mntiid be lea.scareful about mis- I i ' it' y nting us. j 1 -' The power above and behind all j Tl'".'Mes. i public opinion," Under mod-J I :'"!: eonditions, no racial or religious I ' !-'"ent is strong unless it possess an I i!l vigorous and well equipped jour- 1 "1 d- voted to its interest and pledged i1" ihe beliefs, causes and opinions ';iar. it holds dear. To take a Catholic V"i-r in a fcign of Catholic public i '-Mi-it. I-- "I" a social and business way dis-" dis-" t" t to my creed is disrespect to me i'"oiMilly. Consequently a Catholic l )" r v.hi. h holds up the public respect i" at,y creed, defends its good name j A ' ' hampions its fair claims in fipht- i ' ,! z my personal battle, l am going to -Hid by it at least to the extent of my Mii.s.-ript ion, f2. And when I can do so " ill tnfluenee others to subscribe." j i fi--"No doubt the Catholic paper will live without my $2." wys a thoughtful j rriider. ..But i shirk because j Hkts more public spirited will keep 11-e flHg flying? My subscription may let be necessarv; but then, again, it Jy enable the Catholic paper tO'pay yr more contributions and better spec-m1 spec-m1 features. Every subscription i Mr"ogthei)S the cause. No. I will not h irk. "Milwaukee Catholic Citizen. I Public Responsibility of Catholics. N ti Whether Catholicity .shall do for us ' .!E" Vn'"k needed in this country, and. erefopp Mhf,(hrr wp fifj)i our mis- t r not. depends on the fidelity or !! non-fidelity of Catholics , themselves. " is not enough that the Catholic: church is.here. She will not operate as a. charm to remove, existing evils or to give us the needed virtues. It is not enough that there is a large body or Catholics here; their mere presence naa itself no virtue to save the country or to enable it to fulfill ite mission. This is a fact that we should lay to heart. If Catholics do not surpass sur-pass others in domestic and civil virtues vir-tues they Will render. the country no greater service than others. As yet; we Catholics cannot applaud ourselves as having done much to advance public pub-lic virtue. We do not see that the catholics Ave have had In public life nave shown themselves much more honest, more capable or much less accessible ac-cessible to party or selfish interests than the non-Catholic in the same rank or official station. Too many who pass as Catholics have been as deeply tmplieated as any other class of citizens citi-zens in the scandals-in our elections. We do not find that. Catholics have been especially diligent to study the institutions, to understand its peculiar dangers, its more urgent wants and the special duties as citizens. They are no worse than the non-Catholics and would deserve no special censure if no more was demanded of them than of non-Catholics. But the responsibility responsi-bility of Catholics in this country are greater than that of any other class of citizens:. It is only through Catholicity that the country can fulfill its mission, mis-sion, and it is through Catholics that Catholicity reaches and assists the country. The salvation of the country coun-try and its future glory depends on Catholics, and. therefore, they must prove themselves superior in intelligence, intelli-gence, independence, public spirit, all the civic virtues, to non-Catholics, or else they will do nothing to save and develop American civilization. Orestes A. Brownson. There would seem to be something humiliating in praise given to one's words, since a man's proper praise lies-in lies-in his deeds. But there ' are words that are. as the mightiest deeds, since they, have the power to inspire them Bishop Spalding. A Royal Convert. A few months ago there appeared in the columns of Le Voix de St. Antoine an ancient of the consecration of St. Anthony's church at Frankfort-on-the Main, Germany, and of the erection of a monastry for the Capuchin Fathers, who are in charge of the church. At the same time mention was made of the kindness of her royal highness, the Princess-Dowager of Hessia, nee Princess Prin-cess Anne of Prussia, and aunt of Emperor Em-peror William II. " The interest displayed by this royal lady then a Protestant in the construction con-struction of St. Anthony's church, erected near her place, was great, but did not stop there; for shortly afterwards after-wards she donated a large bell, which was dedicated in honor of St. Anne; subsequently she offered a beautiful monstrance, in proof, of her gratitude for the happy deliverance of her daughter-in-law. Princess Margareth, the sister of Emperor William. The general public saw. in these donations nothing else than signs of courtesy and politeness. Great was, therefore, the astonishment and the joy of the Catholics when the papers suddenly sud-denly made official announcement of her conversion to Catholicity. The solemn sol-emn ceremony of her abjuration of Protesantism, and her return to the Catholic church, took place at her summer sum-mer residence, the castle Adolfeck, before be-fore the Lutheran secularization, an abbey estate. Catholic Universe. CATHOLIC MISSIONS. Converts by the Hundreds. The New York apostolate, during the months of January and February received re-ceived into the church 112 converts as follows: Thirty-one in St. John's, Philadelphia: Phil-adelphia: 28 in St. Stephen's, N. Y.; 40 in St. Edward's, Cleveland and 13 in Kingston, N. Y. The Paullst Fathers, Conway and Harney, have the names of 147 who have expressed a desire tlo become Catholics, the result of a recent non-Catholic mission in St. Paul's, New York. The reports from other missionaries mission-aries are equally favorable. . The Cleveland bandl gave an interesting interest-ing mission at Berea, Ohio. There are two arge schools for adlvancedl stridles here, Baldwin university and the German Ger-man Wallace college. The theological students of the latter particularly attended at-tended the mission faithfully with pencil pen-cil and tablet and had many conferences conferen-ces with the missionaries. These young men W ho are preparing to teach others, asked such questions as why we proclaimed! pro-claimed! many infallible, why we go to her to have our sins forgiven. They had no doubt that all the priests in the Catholic church preachedl in Latin. They admitted that their Catholic authorities au-thorities were Maria Monk, Chiniquy, and O'Connor. Chiniquy was then favorite. fa-vorite. Many o fthem believed, reli- ! giously, that Lincoln was assassinated by Jesuits, because he defendled Chiniquy Chin-iquy in a law suit. It was very choice work to take adlvantage of the opportunity oppor-tunity of giving to these young men the truth about Cathoic teaching. The student priests of the apostolic mission house have a very busy programme pro-gramme for the Lenten season in the churches in Washington, D. C. PRACTICAL TALK. (The Republic.) "As I was saying, when interrupted," said the apt imitator of Dr. Holmes, "Young men's thoughts do take certain well-defined flights about this season of the year." "Yes. I guess they do. Get too flighty sometimes. Go so high you can't bring them down with a double dou-ble barrelled, gun, nickle-cocked and primed, for most careful shooting. But. because this is a very practical sort of proceeding, just suppose you don't get flighty this year, and now that spring is budding buoyantly, and threading to mak" port in any gale, just take things in about as general and easy a way as you have been doing. And. because 'the oung man's religion.' which Cardinal Car-dinal Gibbons talks about is so very homely and every-day an affair, we might include this in our list of things to be thought of." The point is right here: Why wouldn't it be a first-rate thing, beginning with next Wednesday, to go to mass every morning during Lent? Now I know just as sure as one can be assured, without being bonded, that this sort of talk seems pretty much like preaching. But appearances are deceptive: de-ceptive: if I wanted to have you preached to, 1 wouldn't attempt the role mvself. I'd open the columns to some bright, brilliant and able young priest, with which type the archdiocese is so thickly studded, and let him talk to you. The matter is. I conceive, most practical: only you haven't been used to thinking about it. I know as well as you do that the average av-erage voung man isn't "going to stand for anv sermonizing. They very properly prop-erly have got to thinking that they have enough to do that work for them, and do it well. And the matter of going go-ing to mass mornings during Lent does not conflict at all with this opinion; because betweeD an able priest with the true conception of things, and a just ordinary chap, there is no comparison at all. I'm looking at this thing from a verv practical roint of view., and if you don't think the same as I do, then iisten to a few reasons, Two years ago, a young ..fellow, a graduate from a high school, started to work in a bijj executive ofllec in tins city. He was a Catholic, but his name would lead one to think otherwise, and the very practical man of business, hasn't any time to do much more than judge from that panhandle. Well, an opportunity came up for advancement, and the head of the house, who himself was a Catholic, knew that the peculiar nature o fthe position required a fellow who was just a little might apt to do some thinking about his religion, and what it stood for, and he knew, too, that a good Catholic would be the best possible selection for such a position. Remember, I said a good one I didn't mean a cloitered and perenially bead-telling bead-telling individual; but a healthy-minded, able-bodied, clean and straightforward straightfor-ward chap, who knew how to temper a worldly tendency with his religion in just the proportions to bring excellent results. Well, the manager was sparring spar-ring around for a good man, and some one suggested the young man he spoke of. That was the first time the manager man-ager knew the young man employe was a Catholic, and then, when he was told that the same young fellow was a pretty decent sort of one. who thought it a good policy to get to mass as often as possible in a weeV, he jumped at the suggestion to take him. Well, he did take him. and put him going, in a way that he couldn't have gone unaided. un-aided. I knew an old fellow,' who, when he got 'long past fifty, took on the role of adviser. Sort of thought that if he hasn't given young fellows a good example ex-ample when he was young, it was his duty to give them good advice now that he was no longer young. He made everyone who knew him pretty much tired out with his assumed pedagogis air, and the funny part of it was that he yelled loudest on the church question ques-tion and never went to church himself. him-self. Sort of thought that there was just the reason why he was a good counsel on church affairs; because he could see the tljing from the outside, and didn't have any of the sanctuary oil clogging his view of things. They had a mission at his church, and he Mas prevailed on to, at the least, start it. And strangely enough, he stopped advising people then. He went about two nights, and absolutely refused re-fused to receive an impression; said it and he got on pretty well so far, he guessed he wouldn't bother changing at that late day. Well, the third night of the mission, a strong verile young missionary who knew men way clear through to the backbone, and who could tell you you'd to under certain conditions better than any one I ever heard guess, mounted the pulpit. He quoted a bit of scripture, which gave the clue to his talk, and my old friend, who was indifferent before, got a bit interested, when he heard that he was going to hear something about Hell, he was willing to get out; but he was just where he had to stay. In about two minutes I saw him nugging closer to the man next to him, and to tell the truth, the whole congregation was just about getting ready to sizzle and parboil, par-boil, and they saw visions of flesh hooks and other demonic instruments dangling . over them. -The missionary Father was going it for all that was in him; as one apt phraser would put it, he was carrying about forty pounds of steam to the square inch, and was yelling down to the fireman for more heat every minute. Naturally he had some effect on his listeners and the fellow fel-low whom we've been talking about lasted about ten minutes before he huddled hud-dled up in a corner of the pew, and looked as though he wanted to shrivel up and get into a cooler surrounding. Well, the missionary Father kept pulling pul-ling it on, and he'd just about exhausted exhaust-ed his own guage when he got through, with everyone else in the church simmering sim-mering and Sweating until they were just .about exasperated. Guess the old fellow thought he was getting a taste of the real thing, and when the young priest told us he was going to "take us right to the brink of the hot place and let us peep in," he told the truth. Before that mission was over, my friend had a new lease of the life religious, re-ligious, and church couldn't come too often to suit him. He started in right there and then going to Mass, every Sunday, then wanted to go during the week, and insisted on dealing generously generous-ly with the collection box. Now here's an example of what some people will do. -".-:.. .; . : . Mass every morning during Lent won't be any terror at all like that, and I miss my guess if you won't get as much zeal into you, as your old friend did. if you accept this suggestion and, at least, give it a trial. Only, I meant to say. of course, that this only applies to those who don't have to get to work before eight or nine oclock which is a pretty fair-sized fair-sized assemblage. ; Catholic Citizenship. Archbishop Messmer of Milwaukee says: "For Catholic citizens, it becomes be-comes a duty, in the exercise of their citizen's rights aiid their duties as members of the organized society of state, to do whatever they can in order to shape the public life of the nation and the laws of the nation on the lines of Christian principles. That does not mean that religion must be brought in in everything that is called politics, but means, for instance, that it is a duty of the Catholic citizen, and the Catholic layman, as a citizen of society, so-ciety, that he must follow as a supreme su-preme rule and law the welfare of the country, and not his own private interests: in-terests: that in matters of public welfare wel-fare and public concern, he must not consider this or that person; he must not be led by mere personal views, or personal oV human respect; but he is bound by the law of Christian doctrine, doc-trine, by the law o f conscience, to vote and act according to principle." A MOTHER'S SHEEP. I tended my sheep with love and care tThe sheep to my heart so dear); I led them daily to herbage sweet Adown by the waters clear. As birds at home in a warm, soft nest My sheep safeguarded . in fold .were blest. ", I warned them oft of the ills beyond The hedge of the snow-white thorn; Of ravening wolves that lie in wait For sheep and the Iambs new born, Of evil spirits that lurk unseen Within the depths of the forest green. Alas! in the spring, when the thorn was white. Life parted my. sheep ami me: I called in haste, but they would not hear. I wept till I could not see. Then up on Calvary's hill I trod To leave my flock in the hands of God. 5 I pray. I pray, while the sun rides high: . I pray when the wind fierce blow, Oh! mother Mary, thy mother's heart Hath sounded the rleplbs of woe. Be kind and good to my poor lost sdicep The road Is long and the hills arc steep. i '.. My skies arc dark, but my sheep one day Will come to the hedge. I know. Again thro' the gap 'mid the thorns they'll step . . (Their heads for the shame bent low). Ah! what is the desert must leave its trace, If out in the desert my sheep find grace. . '; Arrah Luen. 'in Sydney. "Catholic Press.'' Poverty' adds a thousand charms to love. If there is more" than enough for all one never knows the pleasure of choosing the nastiest piece of bacon when there are only two on the dish and love sits opposite, Hubert Henry Davies. ,, |