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Show CHURCH CALENDAR. "0 M PS- P,ter and Paul. 1,057,124 , ;",Pniporai favors. "(i T Oomnien. St. Paul. 1,130.742 f cppVia!. various. -'loiular for July. 1908. and petition? , 1 "nra vers from associates, 1908. for5 yv. St. Ferdinand 2,401,783 Tor j 'l.'-n!!1 Visitation B. V. M. 978,253 t tnrv Mfflii-ted. n -p. First Friday. St. Leo II. -r'v'fi for the sick, infirm. 4." S. St. Bertha. 955,711 for dead ..scil-iiltOS. "' - fourth after Pentecost. Most Acinus Mood. E. Rom VIII. 18-23: G. l.uk'' v- 1-11 338,504 for local centers. THE GENERAL INTENTION Recommended by His Holiness, Pius X. THE SEMINARIES. Ina!'';,ist every diocese there are col-i:i col-i:i .which young men aspirins to ,i, priesthood are formed for the of-'fr.c of-'fr.c to which God has called them. Without priests the work of the church qn,,t tip carried on. Unless the priests Vre farmed upon the example of tht. Great High Priest, that work will be I (i'.me vr,-v imperfectly. Horn important Jhon this intention recommended dur-jr,r dur-jr,r this month of the Precious Blood! We are to pray that our Lord will send n-orkir.cn into the vineyard, as the har-vlVt har-vlVt is ever ripe for the reaping:. Thorn, too. we are to petition the 1 c-icrrd Heart that those engaged in - I jiie training of the young Levites may I jpuidod by the spirit that filled the I c,ml of our blessed Saviour in the for- n-?.tion of His disciples. -1 ' w shall also be earnest in prayer ' fir those aspiring to so sacred a call- inp -1 Pn holy a choice no motive I jve the highest ought to find place, f ll who take that yoke upon their j piifTulders should do so with the long-1 long-1 ine to win souls to the Master, In 1 their years of preparation they must I c-liool themselves to weigh the world I rtid the things of time at their proper J value- They will have to exercise them-1 them-1 wives in those virtues which will de-1 de-1 v,nj within them a love of prayer j s -id the altar, a zeal for the souls for I Vhich Christ died. Their one aim will hp such -that they can say with St. raul: "I live, now not I. but Christ 'ivpth in me." What higher object of p-ayer to the Sacred Heart during the nniith when we commemorate the i od.ling of the Precious Blood! Holy Mother church has dedicated ne month of July to the Most Pre-, Pre-, "u. Flood. "Come, let us adore fhrist. the Son of God, who hath re-oeonird re-oeonird us by His Blood." Could more ppt words he chosen to invite us to r,;isri rate in honor of the Blood of our Blessed Savior? The church exhorts us hi rendering homage to the Divine Flood. Let us therefore enter into the intentions of the church during these Jl days. Come, to adore tire Blood of Jpsus in the Sacred Host which so oft-'i oft-'i en issues from the tabernacle to re- cive our prayers. "O Jesus, open to us thy Sacred Heart: let us there enjoy en-joy the fruit-of thy Blood shed for our raViSom." J. F. R. Their Work Has Told. To what do we owe the great change pf public opinion in regard to the rhurch in these days? Men are about the same now as they were a hundred years ago. The church is certainly the same, yet behold the change. In a creat measure we owe it to the Catholic Catho-lic press. Prejudices and misconceptions misconcep-tions have passed away, the light of truth is spreading. Our Catholic edit-; edit-; :? are. in general, men of superior ability, well educated, well read, good philosophers and fair theologians. They are qualified to correct the historical misstatements, the false notions on important im-portant questions and on errors in fundamental fun-damental prirfc-iples of society. They know the truth, and they vindicate it. Their work has told and is telling every iday' on the social world. Western watchman. Ominous for the Sects. One of the most notable things ahonf many of the Protestant sects i ihVi,-gradual ihVi,-gradual transformation into a specie's of social organizations. This trans formation is exceedingly significant Half a century ago the verv sects which arc now relying upon extraneous attractions were permeated with a spirit which made it unnecessary for their -ministers to cast about for mere tricious means to fill their churches The members of their congregations believed in the Bible and its teat-hin-s It was what may be designated the aire of faith in the Protestant churches in this country. It no longer exists. Certainty Cer-tainty has been succeeded in questioning, question-ing, and that in turn has begot disbelief disbe-lief in what were once considered the cardinal doctrines of Protestantism Eut what -can be expected when the very divinity of Christ, which the sects, with the exception of the Unitarians, firmly believed in, is now questioned by many of these bodies- The courting room and smoker annexes, viewed aright, are ominous signs for the future of the Protestant churches which may .adopt them -Freeman's Journal. Little to Boast Of. Another moot question is: "Did Milton Mil-ton d:e a Catholic?" One of his kinsmen kins-men so declared. We have discussed Shakespeare's Catholicity, and we have also canvassed the notion that George Washington died a Catholic, and that Abraham Lincoln ought to have been a Catholic. All these inquiries are useless. use-less. If a man's Catholicity is not so plain that it is beyond doubt, it is not the sort of Catholicity that we care to boast of. Catholic Citizen. |