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Show ! , m burcb Universal . I CHUKCH CALENDAR, I ' L 1- ss- Philip and James. 1,245.604 Tor thanksgivings. t f lJ' Th-'it- Athanasius. 1,000,419 for v I Those in affliction. ILT3-, F- First Friday Finding- of the 2lo)y CroFB. 1,123,406 for the sick, in-fjirm. in-fjirm. S. Pt. Monica. 1,224.268 for dead associates. - U.5-T S- Fiflh afur Ea-Mer. St. Plus.-J s 1 hniV""' 1 22'2:' G- J"n. xvi 22-30.- t tJ.10,.o, for local centers. j . I THE GENERAL INTENTION. I I ' Recommended by His Holiness, I j Pius X. I I THE HEART OF MARY. I ! The reason this devotion is spoken of i;p.s Devotion to the Heart of Marv. instead in-stead of devotion to the Blessed' Virion, Vir-ion, simply, is because the mention of her heart suggests the unselfish love of I !?od of His blessed Mother and of our f 1 J'l!ow beings, Mith which this devotion J jfdiould inspire us. f ' " Under different titles is the heart of J Mary honored. There is first, for in- I I stance, her '"Sorrowful Heart." her J '"heart which was pierced by a sword of j Brief." according to the prophecy of I .Simeon; and wo are all familiar with I , the pictures which represent her hwirt j pierced oVer and over again, as each J n?v sorrow afflicting- her divine Son , .rd herself came into her life from His I .very infancy, when Herod sought to; j destroy Him, until His enemies actual- t My succeeded in nultinir ITim i lratl-i Then, the "Immacul ate Heart of 1 Mary" reminds us not only of her im- maculate conception, but of her stain- t lessnoss all through her life and of her 5 perfection in every grace that could I 'make her pleasing to Hud and to man. I 'Finally, there is the "Most Pure Heart" "f blessed Mother, which means not I that she was stainless and full of I i grace, but that her every affection was if : without division or reserve centered I upon Almighty God. as worthy above all things of the love of His creatures, r upon those creatures, only in so far iis they image His perfections. No matter how we regard the heart of Mary, the thought of it should inspire in-spire us with high and beautiful ideals, i and our trust in her should renew our : courage to endeavor to be worthy sons of such a beautiful mother. Merits the. Golden Rose. Father Louis G. Deppen. writing in .iho "Record." the official publication of the diocese of Louisville, says: "If there be a living- 1-mm.nn whose life and works have merited and do unceasingly continue to merit the M'Jolden Rose that the Roman Pontiffs love to bestow yearly: or rather, should we say. if there be one who would lend lustre to that Rose and make it. more golden, that being- is, albeit a religious, I Mother Katharine Drexel. Why? Her Mife and her sacrifices on behalf of the jpoor benig-hted Catholic Indian child-ron child-ron is the answer. But for her, what would now be the condition of those i hapless little ones of the Indian races? M'e'l does the director of the Bureau jiif Catholic Indian Missions remark: .'The tremendous burden that the thir-'leen thir-'leen million Catholics of the United ,.tates impose constantly upon Mother (Katharine Drexel cannot be other than I a subject of amazement to any thinking think-ing person." I None Dares Defend Him. f From the Sacred Heart Review. Kvery newspaper has had its exper- j. (jeiice of the delinquent subscriber. The Catholic paper is no exception. Every i ';i 1 bol ic rmlilii'atinn tioo 11 4 " r . hies with the man who will not pay for - what he has received. A western edi- ' 'tor. whose soul has evidently been sear- . ed by sorry experience with this sore of subscriber, unburdens himself as fol-i fol-i lows: 1 "A man may use the mole on the bad; of. his neck for a collar button;: )." may ride a freight to save three i cents a mile: he may light the. lamp 7 wjih a splinter to save "matches; he f. 'iwv fte.p his watch at night to sav; j . wear: use a. period for a semi-colon to X save ink, and pasture his grandmoth- i ,r-s grave to save hay; but a man of- this kind is a scholar and a gntlemtn! , ompa?-ed to a man who will take a' .newspaper and when asked to pay fori 5t.. put it back in the posloffice marked I r. 'Refused.' " I ' Comment on this would be like paint- f. 'iris the liij. f' y- Resolutions Don't Pay Bills. ( A pfeasin; jiastime of not a few so- l .Holies, and one that helps to fill space I in the press reports, is the resolution I invariably passed at the conventions laudatory of the Catholic press, and :. tint it should be generousls- supported. IJke the majority of other resolutions, V- , it does not materialize. And yet socie- i ties with ample treasuries, large as.sess- t - ments of their members with their so- f t-ial rounds of amusement, and for which they charge admission, whose j benefits are confined strictly to mem- bership, in fact, a close business cor- f j-oraiion, come in forma pauperis to the ; press lor tree advertising- of thc-ir pro- je.ts: nay. are indignant if the'r com- municatiu-'s are not published ver- i batim. Societies with treasuries and !. funds of their own shov.ld pay as they f- go. Xo newspaper is repaid in a reso- luiion of sujiport. Pittsburg Catholic. Pope Pius X on the Catholic Press. j1- (From Rome, if Piux X has always taken Ahe keen- st inTeret in the daily press. While he was Patriarch of Venice he almost dited the "Difesa" during- times of i special crisis. Since he has been Pope ' he has been supplied every morning ;. with all th" notes and articles regaixl- t ing the Hily See that have aireareu during the preceding; twenty-four i hours, and he find time at least to glance through half a dozen of the firineipal Catholic papers of Italy and ; France. This week ii is Holiness sent the following autograph to the editor j f the "Croce" of Naples, on the occa-J ; sion of the publication of a special ! number illu.-trating the necessity of a1 ; pood Catholic press: j ; " 'onsidering: the unbridled Heense of j the non-Catholic press, by means of which the eternal laws of truth and justice are impugned or denied, t lie j ; church is rendered an object of hatred and the most pernicious doctrines. tainting the mind, fomenting perverse appetites, flattering the senses and corrupting cor-rupting the heart are instilled into the souls of the people, everybody must see how necessary it is that the good j should strive as one man 10 turn to! the welfare of the Church and of socie- j ' ty an instrument w hich the enemy is I using for the injury of both. We therefore there-fore cannot but praise highly Catholic writers who endeavor to oppose the antidote an-tidote of the good press to the poison of the bad press, and that they may not t lose heart in the midst of the fatigues, annoyances and difficulties inseparable from all good works, we impart to all of them lhat blessing by which . the Lord will sustain them In the fight and will ever bestow on them an abundance of heavenly help." The Easter Duty. In the performance of our full duty as Catholics it is not enough that we kep only the commandments of God, our Father. That is not the entire obligation; ob-ligation; there still remains something else, which is the observance of the precepts of the church, our mother. These are laws instituted by God's representative rep-resentative for our spiritual welfare. To them we owe complete obedience, for God has said, "he that will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican." The laws in question are six in number, num-ber, and are called precepts of the church. They are binding on all the faithful. By the fourth of these we are commanded to receive the Blessed Eucharist Eu-charist at least once a year, and the time fixed for it is Easter, or thereabouts. there-abouts. Hence it has come to be commonly com-monly designated as the Easter duty. Two things, therefore, naturally suggest sug-gest themselves here to all of us. The first, what is the reason of the injunction, injunc-tion, and the second, within what time must the duty be performed? Every Catholic has learned the answer to each in childhood, but, perhaps, the many cares of life have made them dim. It may not be amiss, therefore, to repeat them. We are commanded to communicate commu-nicate by the church at this time because be-cause it was during this time, namely, on Maundy Thursday, that the Holy juc-narist was instituted, as a marK 01 our Savior's love for mankind: in memory mem-ory of his death and our redemption. I Then, as the time fixed for the performance per-formance of the duty. In this country it begins with the first Sunday of Lent, and extends to Trinity Sunday. During this period every Catholic of proper age is bound to receive holy communion under un-der the pain of mortal sin. No one is exempted. Sickness even that precludes pre-cludes the getting to church will not suffice as an excuse. The obligation still remains, and the pastor of the church should be notified that he may bring communion to those so incapacitated. incapaci-tated. This is the whole doctrine, and those who desire to continue living, active ac-tive members of the church, must comply com-ply with it. Calendar. A "Prayer!" The chaplain of the house of representatives repre-sentatives in Austin. Tex., gave utterance utter-ance to the following in his "invocation" "invoca-tion" at the opening of a recent session: mere are mousancis wno are cursing curs-ing the legislators for the laws -they have passed. Why don't they come here and curse them to their faces? Is it because they are restrained by the thought that they may get their teeth knocked down their throats by the stalwart stal-wart fists of these men here?" As a part of a political speech these expressions would be strenuous enough, but the man who uses them in a prayer has some very strange ideas of the meaning- of that act, which is a communion with God. Sacred Heart Review. I A Familiar Fallacy. Quality of children, and not quantily, is the oft-repeated reason of race suicides sui-cides for their one-rhild-ish-ness. Tut: The greatest men of any age and country coun-try have been not sole heirs, but the children of large families. The one or two ar usually pampered, spoilt children, chil-dren, spenders of inherited wealth. The A postdate. Two Great Instruments. In our days, and especially in our country, there are two chief Instruments Instru-ments for the formation of opinion, the enlightenment of the masses, the marshaling mar-shaling of strength, the accomplishment accomplish-ment of great purposes. These two instruments in-struments are always in evidence In the secular life around us. Mjn are al-icady al-icady educated up lo their constant use. The results they achieve in the secular world are palpable enough to meet our touch whether we wish it or not. Two valuable agencies that lie before be-fore us in the mission of the church agencies we dare not neglect arc the press and organization. The Monitor, Newark. The Better Version. ' To the Edilo- of the Sun. Sir: At the corner of Third and Mill streets in i Cincinnati is a vorv old Roman Catholic Catho-lic church on the front o which 1 lind this inscription: "Glory to God in the highest and peace on earth to men of good will." Where does the Roman Catholic get this inscription? The fourteenth verse of the second chapter of Luke, according accord-ing to' the Protestant. Bible, reads: "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, gooi will tc men." It occurs to me that the Roman Catholic Cath-olic version as given on the old church is the better, but I shDild like to know where they gel it. T. FREDERICK. Cincinnati, April IS. This is ihe reading in the Douay version ver-sion of the Latin Vulgate, the authori- I j-.nfcn.-Mi ii.--ii3ijiii.iii me jjnjie I for Catholics. New York Sun. j The Political Preacher. Thf re is no US" denying- the power of ; the political preacher: we may lau?h at ins ignorance and pity his vulgarity, but the congressman from the back-i back-i woods stiil holds him in respect. . . . j While these political preachers are j busy starving out Catho'ic education I among- Catholic Indians, they do not relent one iota from their efforts to maintain the Pro.estant Indian schools I v pon the plea that they are strictly non-sectarian. Protestants et along j with less religion than any people in ! the world. This is especially true of American Protestants. Give them a j ryinn and a short prayer and they will j be satisfied. This they manage to inject into the curriculum of all their non- sectarian schools-. Western Watch-iman. Watch-iman. The Jewish Colony of Rome. If you visit the Campo d'Flori on a Wednesday or try ;o buy anything in the shops of tho Corso Vit orio Emani'-ele, Emani'-ele, or want to chang? foreign money into Italian in Rome nowadays ou wiii be tempted to form the eonclusiV-n that at least half the population of the Eternal City consists of Israelites. Thar would be a great mistake according to the statistics just published in the "Lunario Israelite o" by the Rabbi Fer-n Fer-n cio Servi. According to nim there are only 10,u00 Je.vs in Rome and only five tim -s that number in all Italy. However that may be, the Jewish colony col-ony of R-me is perhaps the oldest in the world. There were Jews here before be-fore the time of Our Lord, and they have ever since formed a portion of the Roman population, varying between 1 and 2 per cent. For the 52,000 Italian Jews there nre fifty-seven synagogues, and the most imposing one in the whole world is the great new building- that now stands on the site of the razed Ghetto by the Tiber. In the Italian senate sit seven Jewish senators, and in the chamber of deput'es there are no fewer than thirteen Israelite members; According to the same authority there are at present 11,000,COO Jews scattered over the world, 9,000,000 of them in Europe, Eu-rope, 1,500,000 in America (and half of these in the city of New York), only 100,000 in Asia, the cradle of the race, :;5(,000 in Africa and 50,000 in Australia. The Jewish population of the. British Isles, IJ.'O.OOO, is four times as great as that of Fiance a rather surprising figure. fig-ure. Quite two-thirds of the entire Jewish people are to be found today in the countries of central Europe and in Russia, where they number nearly 4,-OK0.000. 4,-OK0.000. From Rome. ANGEL AND THE CHILD. The angel stood with ladiant face. And leaning o'er the cradle's side. There his own image seemed to trace, As In a streamlet's gentle tide. "Dear child, dost thou my likeness bear," He said, "O come, thou, come with me," Together joyful will we fare.' The world unworthy is of thee. Never on earth is fill of gladness. The soul craves pleasure she denies; E'en cries of joy have in them sad-, ness, The senses' soft delights leave sighs. Gloom veils the dawning festal hour Ne'er yet did ky, though calm and bright, Foretell if 'morrow would not lower 'Mid darkness and the- tempest's flight. Must, then, the fret of griefs and fears Disturb this brow so pure and fair. And, through the bitterness of tears These henven-blue eyes a dimness wear? No. no! no granler fields of space With me art thou to fly away, Kind Providence has richest grace For all the days of mortal stay. Let them that in thy household live Put on no vestment dark and sad, i And to thy last hour welcome give As when thy birth their hearts made glad. Let no cloud rest upon "their brow. No shadow of the tomb be there; To child so young and pure as thou The last day is of all most fair.". And with these words his wings of white The angel shook and soaring sped, To gain eternal mansions bright Poor mother, thy dear child is dead! From the French of Jean Reboul, text of M. l'Abbe Drioux. Within the Span of a Single Life. Archbishop Williams was born in Boston, April 27. 1S22. In 1S22 Bishop Cheverus was still in Boston. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were still alive. The diocese of Boston then em-I em-I braced all New England, with a Catholic Cath-olic population of less than 10,000, attended at-tended by not more than half a dozen priests. It was in 1822 that Boston obtained ob-tained its charter as a city and had a population of some 45,000, of whom scarcely more than 3,000 were Catholics. Catho-lics. Contrasting this with the conditions today New England with a Catholic population of fully 1,500,000; Boston with a Catholic population of probably C50.000 within a five-mile radius of the state house on Beacon hill; over 1.800 priests In what now forms the province og New England, together with the churches, schools and charitable institutions insti-tutions everywhere to be found all forms a picture of gro.vth and progress during these eighty-live years that seems more like a dream of romance tnan an actual leality and leaves us in admiring wonder how such a development develop-ment could take place within the span of a single life. From Donahoe's for April. A Cure. Possibly the following story may help some victim of the drink habit to become be-come a total abstainer. It will be well for those who wish lo co-operato to have food handy in case of an emergency: emer-gency: A hard drinker was told by his doctor doc-tor that he could be cured if every time he felt that he must have a drink he would immediately take something to eat instead. The man followed the advice ad-vice and was cured, but the habit of asking for food had become so fixed with him tiiat once be was nearly locked up as a lunatic. He was stopping stop-ping at a hotel and, hearing a great commotion in the room next to his. he peeped over the -transom to see what the matter was. He saw and rushed madly clown to the office and shouted to the clerk: "The man in 153 has shot himself! Ham and egg sandwich, ple?.se!" Catholic Universe. r Hasty Criticism. For pity's sake don't cajrp or criticise or chew another's back before you know wh?reof you speak. How many, led on by the cowd,- speak destructively destructive-ly of persons and things to which thev have not given a single thought, and then coming, face to face with the person per-son or coining in touch with the n- ent are ashamed of themselves before God and men. but are too cowardly to acknowledge the harm they have done. The lestitution often comes too late when the injury cannot be repaired. If we shall give an account of every idle word, how bitter will accounting be of every word fraught with malice? The Apostolate. |