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George Herbert Ely; Edited by Brother Hermenegild Tosf; R. De Maulde De Claviere
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Saint Cajetan lived in Rome in the early 1500s. He went to Venice
and then returned to Rome to found the order of the Theatines.
Signs, Signals, Symbols seldom seen, science says sing silent songs
of the glory of the maker of five hundred million suns. I. The
Wonders of The Heavens. II. The Wonders of The Solar System. 111.
The Wonders of 'l'he Earth. IV. The Wonders of Life. V. The.
Wonders of Human Life. Go out at night, when the stars shine
bright, and look up at the heavens. A ring of light at a vast
height sweeps round amid the stars. A great half-circle it seems
-in our northern latitude, its two ends lost below the horizon. Go
south, below the equator, and you find it forms a mighty white
cloudy ribbon, running round the whole heavens. It inclines at an
angle of 63 degrees to the equinoctial, that imaginary plane where
the sun is when days and nights are equal. From far-off days, when
our race was young, men asked: What is it? Because of its
whiteness, the Greeks called it the Galaxy, from gala, "milk," and
we the Milky Way. Sweeping round the whole firmament, as a mighty
ring, looking like a bright, 'long, white expanse with irregular
borders, nowhere broken, it ever excited curiosity, and claimed the
study of the world's greatest minds. All was guesswork till the
telescope was invented. the two Herschels, Sir William and Sir
John, father and son, using the most powerful instruments known in
their -days, spent almost 'their whole lives in its study. The
greatest astronomers of all ages, in every civilized country, tried
to penetrate its mysteries, and in few words we will lay before the
reader the sum total of their labors. How can we make the reader
grasp the Wonders our instruments reveal, when so many learned men
have spent their whole lives studying the heavens how, will we
condense their discoveries into a few pages?
OUR holy faith teaches us, and we are bound to believe, that in the
consecrated Host, Jesus Christ is really present under the species
of bread. But we must also understand that He is thus present on
our altars as on a throne of love and mercy, to dispense graces,
and there to show us the love which He bears us, by being pleased
to dwell night and day hidden in the midst of us. It is well known
that the Holy Church instituted the Festival of Corpus Christi with
a solemn octave, and that she celebrates it with the many usual
processions, and such frequent expositions of this Most Holy
Sacrament, that men may thereby be moved gratefully to acknowledge
and honour this loving presence and dwelling of Jesus Christ in the
Sacrament of the Altar, by their devotions, thanksgivings, and the
tender affections of their souls. O God how many insults and
outrages has not this amiable Redeemer had, and has He not daily,
to endure in this Sacrament on the part of those very men for whose
love He remains upon their altars on earth Of this He indeed
conlplained to His dear servant Sister Margaret Alacoque, as the
author of the Book of Devotion to the Heart of Jesus relates. One
day, as she was in prayer before the Most Holy Sacrament, Jesus
showed her His Heart on a throne of flames, crowned with thorns,
and surmounted by a cross, and thus addressed her: "Behold that
Heart, which has loved men so much, and which has spared Itself
nothing; and has even gone so far as to consume Itself, thereby to
show them Its love; but in return the greater part of men only show
Me ingratitude, and this by the irreverences, tepidity, sacrileges,
and contempt which they offer Me in this Sacrament of Love; and
that which I feel the most acutely is, that they are hearts
consecrated to Me." Jesus then expressed His wish, that the first
Fridtty after the Octave of Corpus Christi should be dedicated as a
particular festival in honour of His adorable Heart; and that on
that day all souls who loved Him should endeavour, by their homage,
and by the affections of their souls, to make amends for the
insults which men have offered Him in this Sacrament of the Altar;
and at the same time He promised abundant graces to all who should
thus honour Him.
This is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following
1.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and
Introduction on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide Matthew 10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Matthew 22-28 and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius
a Lapide Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
John 1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21
and Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
II Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
This is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following
1.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and
Introduction on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide Matthew 10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Matthew 22-28 and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius
a Lapide Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
John 1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21
and Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
II Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
This is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following
1.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and
Introduction on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide Matthew 10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Matthew 22-28 and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius
a Lapide Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
John 1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21
and Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
II Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
This is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following
1.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and
Introduction on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide Matthew 10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Matthew 22-28 and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius
a Lapide Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
John 1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21
and Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
II Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
This is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following
1.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and
Introduction on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide Matthew 10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Matthew 22-28 and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius
a Lapide Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
John 1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21
and Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
II Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
This is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following
1.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and
Introduction on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide Matthew 10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Matthew 22-28 and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius
a Lapide Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
John 1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21
and Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
II Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
his is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following 1.The
Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and Introduction
on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew
10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 22-28
and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John
1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21 and
Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide II
Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
This is an eight volume set. The volumes contain the following
1.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide Matthew 1-9 and
Introduction on the Gospels 2.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide Matthew 10-21 3.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
Matthew 22-28 and Marks Gospel 4.The Great Commentary of Cornelius
a Lapide Luke's Gospel 5.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
John 1-11 6.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide John 12-21
and Saint John's Epistles 7.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a
Lapide I Corinthians 8.The Great Commentary of Cornelius a Lapide
II Corinthians and Galatians This is a photographic reprint of the
original to insure accuracy of reproduction. The dignity,
usefulness, and majesty of Scripture are so great that it surpasses
the books of all philosophers and theologians, both Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin, as much as Divine surpasses human wisdom. For Scripture
is the Word of God. It is the very utterance of God, by means ot
which God enunciates His wisdom to us, and points out to us the way
to virtue, health, and eternal happiness. S. Augustine asserts
that" Sacred Scripture is an Encyclopedia of all the sciences. Here
is Natural Philosophy, because all the causes of all creatures are
in God, the Creator. Here is Moral Philosophy, because a good and
honest life is derived from no other source than the love of God
and our neighbour as they ought to be loved. Here is Logic, because
Truth and the Light of the rational soul are God. Here is Political
Science, for a really flourishing State can neither be founded nor
preserved except upon the foundation, and by the bond of faith, and
firm concord, when the common good of all is loved: that is to say,
when God is loved above all things, and when men love one another
in Him, and for His sake." After an interval he adds, "By the
Scriptures depraved minds are corrected, little minds are
nourished, great minds are delighted. The only minds which are
hostile to this doctrine are those which either by going astray
know not its healthfulness, or being sick dislike its medicine."
Sacred Scripture is the art of arts, the science ot sciences: it is
the Pandora of Wisdom. In our own time, S. Theresa, a woman endowed
with the spirit of prophecy, and renowned throughout all Spain for
the glory of her miracles, and the sanctity of her life, was taught
by God that all the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the
world, flow from this source, that men do not, by clear and sound
knowledge, and serious consideration, penetrate into the verities
of Sacred Scripture. See Franciscus Ribera in her Life. S. Basil
says, "Holy Scripture is the universal depository of medicine for
the cure of souls. From it everyone may select the remedy which is
salutary and appropriate for his own disease."
This work begins with the dignity of the family and proceeds to the
dignity of man and woman. This is followed by the dignity of the
Christian child and then proceeds to discuss the holy sacrament of
Marriage. This work is a must read fro anyone entering the holy
state of Matrimony, as it details the rights and responsibilities
of Christian parents. Consider this on the dignity of the Christian
child: "A foreigner, who has come to the United States and wishes
to enjoy the rights and privileges of an American citizen, has to
appear in open court and declare his intention of becoming a
citizen of the United States. If he then continues to reside, for
five years, within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the
grand llepublic, and conducts himself, during that time, as a man
of good moral character, is attached to the principles of the
Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good
order and happiness of the same, he receives his naturalization
papers as a citizen of the Union, after having declared on oath, in
open court, that he will support the Constitution of the United
States, and that he does absolutely and entirely renounce and
abjure all allegiance and fidelity to every foreign prince,
potentate, or state sovereignty whatsoever, and particularly to the
government of the country to which he was formerly subject.
"Christian parents your children, too, have become, on similar
conditions, citizens of the kingdom of God on earth and in heaven.
There are two great kingdoms in this world-the kingdom of Jesus
Christ and of Satan. The kingdom of Jesus Christ is the Roman
Catholic Church. In his kingdom alone are found true peace and
happiness, the forgiveness of sins, the means to obtain the grace
of God and to lead a virtuous life. To remain a faithful citizen
and subject of this kingdom, is to be forever a citizen of God's
kingdom in heaven. The kingdom of Satan in this world is that
corrupt body composed of three foul and abominable members: "The
concupiscence of the flesh, the concupiscence of the eyes, and of
the pride of life." One day our dear Saviour permitted Satan "to
tako him up into a high mountain, and to show him his kingdom of
this world and the glory of it,"-that is, the riches, the honors,
and the sinful pleasures of the flesh; and Satan said to him: "All
this I will give thee, if, falling down, thou wilt adore me." What
Satan here promised to our Saviour, he promises to every one who
wishes to follow him. To remain a faithful subject of Satan's
kingdom, is to be forever his subject in the torments of hell. Now,
Christian parents Your children were born into this world as
citizens and subjects of Satan. You knew this, and therefore you
felt that something was wanting to fill up the measure of your
happiness at their birth. It was not the subject of Satan, but the
subject of Jesus Christ, that you wished to press to your heart.
Your children were therefore taken from the cradle, and in the
midst of the rejoicings of the whole family, in the arms of a
godfather and of a godmother who were to lend to them their heart
and tongue; they were taken, as it were, to the open court of
Christ's kingdom on earth, that is, to the en trance of the house
of God, humbly begging the Church to admit them to become her
children, subjects of Jesus Christ, and citizens of his kingdom.
This is the 1910 edition of the Raccolta. Ambrose St John was a
convert to Catholicism at the same time as John Henry Cardinal
Newman and was ordained subdeacon along side Newman. The
translation of the Raccolta by Father St John was one of the first
books of popular devotion issued by the Fathers of the Birmingham
Oratory, and it supplied them with the congregational prayers,
still in use in their church, for the Stations of the Cross, for
the 1110nth of May, the Triduo and Novenas in preparation for the
Feasts of our Lady, and similar devotions. The fifth edition of the
book, brought out after Father St John's death, was printed in
Birmingham by the direction and under the supervision of Cardinal
Newman himself. Concurrently with the issue of the English Raccolta
Father St John translated and published a work on Indulgences by
the Abbate Dominico Sarra, Recorder of the Sacred Congregation of
Indulgences and Holy Relics, a handy popular treatise on the
doctrine and use of Indulgences published by authority at Rome.
This Edition has been conformed to the latest Roman Raccolta,
approved July 23, 1898, and the Supplement, approved July 31, 1902;
and contains also the Indulgences and decisions since recorded in
the Acta Sanctae Sedis up to the present time. This edition
contains the original or 'long' Saint Michael's prayer composed by
Pope Leo XIII after his vision. This prayer was shortened in later
editions of the Raccolta.
I AM persuaded, said Claude Bernard, that the day will come, when
the man of science, the philosopher and the poet will all
understand each other. Whatever we may think of this prophecy, we
most of us feel that the one-sided absolutism of the past, whether
religious or scientific, is no longer possible. The inevitable
vehemence of the reaction against bigotry and superstition has, in
a measure, spent itself, and the best minds of the present,
influenced by the spirit of Socrates' claim to wisdom, are
cautiously and tentatively feeling their way to a nicer adjustment
of the scales of thought. That these should ever be poised in
perfect equilibrium is no doubt impossible in this world of
clashing categories; but the undoubted truths to be found in
extremes are beginning to be recognised as partial and relative, as
only fragmentary elements in the ultimate synthesis. From the
conviction that the whole truth is not to be found in any partial
utterance of humanity, the passage is easy to the opinion, that for
a really philosophical appreciation of our nature, an impartial
examination of all the sides, of man is necessary. The philosopher,
the scientist, the artist, the saint must all contribute.
Contemporary non-religious thought, like its predecessor of an
earlier day, is becoming persuaded that some good. thing may come
even out of Nazareth. The thin, dry optimism of sectarian
Christianity and of official materialism we see now to be not so
much erroneous as unthinkable. We have done, it may be hoped for
ever, with If the proofs which proved, and the explanations which
explained nothing. A hundred years ago truth seemed a simpler
matter to our fathers. They stood on the threshold of the modem
industrial world, to them a coming golden age tipped with the
brightness of rising science. Exact knowledge and universal
education were to make men happy and wise and good. Kings and
priests were gone, or, at least, the back of their despotism was
broken; these incubi, the causes of all his misery, removed, man, a
well-meaning creature, and more than capable of taking care of
himself, would begin at last to live, and, in the normal exercise
of his natural functions, hitherto artificially strapped down by
theological and political tyrants, would find true satisfaction
and, consequently, the perfect happiness of his being. But they
counted without machine-looms or the law of heredity, of which they
derided the theological expression in the doctrine of original sin.
The true value of the Revolution did not lie in the supposed
sagacity of its political wisdom, and even less in its social
results, which we have with us today, but in the indomitable hope
and faith which animated some of its greatest illustrations. It is
impossible to read the best French moralists of the Revolutionary
period-say, Vauvenargues and Condorcet-without being struck by the
deep spiritual earnestness which underlay much in them that was
flimsy as argument, mistaken as fact, frothy and unreal as
sentiment.
This book was compiled from four lectures given by Henry Cardinal
Manning in 1861 on the present crisis of the Catholic Church. He
correctly saw that a grave crisis was approaching and described the
theological basis of the Great Apostasy and the more common
speculations of the Fathers and Doctors of the Church on this most
important subject. Further in several places he cites the Universal
Agreement of the Fathers of the Church, which we know to be an
infallible guide in discerning the truth in doctrinal matters. This
book is even more appropriate today, when many of these prophecies
appear to be being fulfilled. This book is even more important
today, when many fear the advent of Antichrist. Saint Pius X said:
"Who can fail to see that society is at the present time, more than
in any past age, suffering from a terrible and deep-rooted malady
which, developing every day and eating into its inmost being, is
dragging it to destruction? You understand, Venerable Brethren,
what this disease is-apostasy from God... When all this is
considered there is good reason to fear lest this great perversity
may be as it were a foretaste, and perhaps the beginning of those
evils which are reserved for the last days; and that there may be
already in the world the "Son of Perdition" of whom the Apostle
speaks." (E Supremi, Encyclical On the Restoration of All Things in
Christ, n. 3, 5; October 4th, 1903) However, there is hope as Saint
John Eudes tells us: "All the holy Fathers agree that after the
death of antichrist the whole world will be converted, and although
some of them assert that the world will last but a few days after
his death, while others say a few months, some authorities insist
that it will continue to exist many years after. St. Catherine of
Sienna, St. Vincent Ferrer, St. Francis of Paula, and a number of
other saints have predicted this ultimate universal conversion." A
small chapter has been added on the authority of the Fathers, when
they are in unanimous agreement, as Manning cites them thusly on
several occasions. Cardinal Manning says: "Next, the Fathers
believed that Antichrist will be of the Jewish race. Such was the
opinion of St. Irenaeus, St. Jerome, and of the author of the work
De Consummatione Mundi, ascribed to St. Hippolytus, and of a writer
of a Commentary on the Epistle to the Thessalonians, ascribed to
St. Ambrose, of many others, who add, that he will be of the tribe
of Dan: as, for instance, St. Gregory the Great, Theodoret, Aretas
of Caesarea, and many more. Such also is the opinion of Bellarmine,
who calls it certain. Lessius affirms that the Fathers, with
unanimous consent, teach as undoubted, that Antichrist will be a
Jew." And further on: "The holy Fathers who have written upon the
subject of Antichrist, and of these prophecies of Daniel, without a
single exception, as far as I know, and they are the Fathers both
of the East and of the West, the Greek and the Latin Church-all of
them unanimously, -say that in the latter end of the world, during
the reign of Antichrist, the holy sacrifice of the altar will
cease. In the work on the end of the world, ascribed to St.
Hippolytus, after a long description of the afflictions of the last
days, we read as follows: "The Churches shall lament with a great
lamentation, for there shall be offered no more oblation, nor
incense, nor worship acceptable to God. The sacred buildings of the
churches shall be as hovels; and the precious body and blood of
Christ shall not be manifest in those days; the Liturgy shall be
extinct; the chanting of psalms shall cease; the reading of Holy
Scripture shall be heard no more.""
You have asked me, brother Godfrey, to expand and put in writing
the substance of the addresses 'On the Degrees of Humility which I
had delivered to the brethren. I admit that, anxious as I was to
give to this request of yours the serious answer that it deserved,
I was doubtful whether I could comply with it. For with the
evangelist's warning in my mind, I did not venture to begin the
work until I had sat down and calculated whether my resources were
sufficient for its completion. Then when love had cast out the fear
that I had entertained of ridicule for failure to complete my work,
it was replaced by misgiving of a different kind; for I was
apprehensive of greater danger from the credit that might attend
success than of the disgrace that might attach to failure. So I
found myself, as it were, at the parting of the ways indicated
respectively by affection and by fear; and I was long in doubt as
to which was the safer choice. For I was afraid that if I said
anything worth saying about humility. I might myself be found
wanting in that virtue, whereas if, on grounds of modesty, I
refused to speak, I might fail in usefulness. And I saw that,
though neither of these courses is free from peril, I should be
obliged to take one or the other. So I have thought it better to
give you the benefit of anything that I can say, than to seek
personal safety in the harbour of silence. And I earnestly trust
that, if I am fortunate enough to say anything which commends
itself to you, I may have in your prayers a safeguard against
pride, whereas ifas is more likely-I produce nothing worthy of your
attention, there will be no possible cause for conceit. THE TWELVE
DEGREES OF PRIDE TAKEN DOWNWARDS 1. Curiosity, when a man allows
his sight and other senses to stray after things. which do not
concern him. 2. An unbalanced state of mind, showing itself in talk
unseasonably joyous and sad. 3. Silly merriment, exhibited in too
frequent laughter. 4. Conceit, expressed in much talking. 5.
Eccentricity-attaohing exaggerated importance to one's own conduct.
6. Self-assertion-holding oneself to be more pious than others. 7.
Presumption-readiness to undertake anything. 8. Defence of
wrong-doing. 9. Unreal confession-detected when severe penance is
imposed. 10. Rebellion against the rules and the brethren. 11.
Liberty to sin. 12. Habitual transgression.
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