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CO WM Itistratian eathlif ltrorti. SUBIACO, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1875.
ArHE FOLLOWING LENTEN PASTORAL OF HiS LORDSHIP DR, GRIVER, BISHOP OF PERTH, WAS READ IN THE CATHEDRAL THIS DAY. AND ORDERED TO BE READ IN EVERY CHURCH IN THE DIOCESE :---
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by Holy Ghost, in proportion to their follow the aivice of his Spiritual MARTIN GRIVER, BY THE GRACE refraining from carnal desires, and former gratifications, Quantum in deliciis Director, let him think frequently on to resist guard your out constantly being THE OF GOD AND THE FAVOR OF tantum date ei tormentum ; the more the thirst of Jesus Christ in His agony all evil, and particularly, to overcome fait, in this life, on the Cross, for the relief of which, He HOLY SEE, BISHOP OF PERTH. To that vicious habit which is appropriately they gratified themselves they be tormented in the was offered vinegar and gall. These, more shall
the called your predominant passion. next. But l-esides the torments com- combined with the thought of the rich REN, TILE CLERGY AND THE FAITHFUL, Now, one of the evil habits which mon to all the damned, the justice of glutton who is tormented in the flames UNDER OUR SPIRITUALJURISDICTION, enslaves many miserable souls, and God has prepared a special one for of hell, still powerfully help him to keep seems so widespread, is-Intemperance in life time his resolve. The proper use of these Health and Benediction in Our Lord drinking intoxicating liquors. This is drunkards. As during their they indulged to excess in strong means will efficaciously help not only the Jesus Christinjurious to God, offensive a sin very liquors so in their vitiated sense of drunkard, but also any other habitual DEARLY BELOVED-Although we are at to man, degrading to human nature, taste shall they be proportionately sinner to refrain from his bad habits, detrimental to present distant from out See at Perth, ruinous to families, and by a never to -be-sated craving. and conquer all evil inclinations. tormented in the discharge of our Pastoral visita- society. But who will be able to desIn conclusion, dearly beloved, we 0 drunkards ! will you know beforetion, we deem it our duty to announce cribe within a small space the many hand what particular punishment you earnestly exhort you to comply with the to you that the holy time of Lent is near evils which are the effect of autikensuffer in hell ? Ask your com- injunctions of the Church during this at hand, and to remind you that this is ness ? In the first place, consider the shall the rich glutton, whose story is holy time of Lent. Observe faithfully panion, is a Man man. of character noble a penetential season set apart by our told by our Jiviue Lord in the Gospel the fasts ; receive, with proper disposiHoly Mother the Church for the per- being endowed by his Creator with of St. Luke, xvi. 19, and he will toil tions, the holy Sacraments of Penance the ; made to formance of penetential works, whereby reason and understanding Besides his uncharity in not and Eucharist, and pray fervently for you on we may appease the anger of GOD, image and likeness of God himself relieving poor Lazarus, his principal yourselves and your children, for the whom we have often and grievously account of his spiritual soul ; exalted gratification during life was, it appears, speedy relief of our Most Holy Father, above all the other beings of this visiele offended. and and for the triumph and exaltation of little less than the his indulging excessively in eatir.g Amongst those works which the world ; made only a every Holy Church. Apply frequently to the with drinking, he feasted sumptuously crowned and heaven, of Angels Church requires of her Children at this torment does he suffer SACRED HEART of our Dear Redeemer, is any of these day. And what Holy Season, is that of the forty days honor and glory. But in hell ? He cries, and says : " Father and entreat Him to purify and inflame a drunkard? in found be to fast-instituted by the Apostles-and noble qualites on me, and send yours with the fire of His divine love, in honor, he did Abraham, have mercy observed at all times, with sonic modi- No I Because being dip the tip of his and to remove all evil from His Holy may he that Lazarus He not understand his noble character. fications, up to our days. my tongue, for I Church. Solicit also the intercession of cool to water, in finger divests himself of his reason, debases Ile the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, the merciful This is not a work of supererogation am tormented in this flame." himself, degrades his nature, and left to our liberty to fulfil or to omit at becomes like the horse and the mule, declares that he suffers a burning Mother of our Saviour, and invoke the pleasure. It is a grave precept which that have not understanding. Nay, he thirst-a scorching heat in his tongue. protection of SAINT JOSEPH His foster we, with some exceptions, are bound to lowers himself beneath a brute ; because This is in punishment of his, intem- Father, that they may obtain for us all observe under pain of mortal sin. Dearly although brutes generally follow their perance. He cries for a drop of water those graces we stand in need of, but to cool his tongue ; but hear the com- above all the crowning grace of final Beloved, listen not to the vain excuses instinct, and endeavour to satiate their and false pretexts of the carnal minded, app. tires, nevertheless they do not fortless answer which is given him- perseverance. of whom the Holy Ghost says, that they " Son, remember that thou didst receive The Blessing of God the Fatber trespass the bounds prescribed by their thy life time, and likeare enemies of the Cross of Christ But, a drunkard not only good things in nature. and of the Son, and of the -self-mortification ; whose GOD is their satisfies his degrading passion, but, also, wise Lazarus evil things, but now he is Almighty, Holy Ghost descend upon you, and tormented." art thou and belly, who disregard the precept of comforted remain always with you. he goes into excess, and fills up the Then drunkards shall be fasting. They say that Jesus Christ measure, until his nature can bear no (v. 25.) and hell, Given at BUNBURY, in the course of in the flames of suffered for us4true ; that He gave to He may enjoy his criminal tormented more. and a our Pastoral Visitation, on SEPTI7Athirst, a terrible suffer the Divine J.u.ice full satisfaction for shall they gratification, either in harmless but our sins-trusill that, therefore, it stupid quietness, or in merriment, burning heat in their mouth, in their GESIM A SUNDAY, in the year of our in their bowels; they shall, Lord 1875. is not necessary for 413 to mortify ourrising to a turbulent and furious riot, throat, and selves, or to do penance for our sinsthe rich man, cry and ask for a till the vapours of drink stupify his like t4 MARTIN GRIVER, false. " Christ suffered for us, leaving drop of water to cool their tongue ; b tt mind and enervate his bodily strength, answer will be given them than you an example that you should follow other no himself, sustain to unable and, being Bishop of Perth. " i.emember, that in thy lifetime His steps." (1 Peter ii. 21.) he falls down, like a corpse, to the this, liquors, Remember what Jesus Christ said to ground, even in the most filthy places. thou indulgedst in intoxicating His Disciples If any man will come Reason is gone, and there he lies. Can and now thou must be tormented for all N.B.-This Pastoral Letter, together after me, let him deny himself, and take you call him a man ? Has he not cast eternity." with the subjoined dispensation is to be up his cross and follow nie. For he that off man's essential quality - the noble Drunkards should reflect on this, and read in all the Churches and Chapels of will save his life shall lose it, and he that thculty of reason-and made himself make a firm resolution to take efficacious Sunday; shall lose his life .for my sake shall find like a brute ? " 0 Lord, thou 'last means to escape falling into that place this Diocese on Quinquagesima as soon as these are Stations what the country in But and it." (Mat. xvi. '24, 25.) of torments. Angels, the than less a little made man drunkard they can be visited by the respective Although it be certainly true that our thou hast crowned him with glory and efficacious means which a and Divine Saviour, by His sufferings, fully honour, and has set him over the works should take to reform himself ; and they are to be affixed on find them in Priests satisfied the Divine Justice for the sins of thy hands, thou hast subjected all save his soul ? Will he place at the entrance some conspicuous Templars, Good the of order of the whole world, nevertheless we have things under his feet, all sheep and the so-called Because these of the Church. ! to do our part. We have, as St. Paul oxen ; moreover the beasts also of the or such like. No aro reproved by expresses it, to fill up in our flesh those fields" (Ps. 8). But being in honor lie being secret societies a Catholic therefore, and, Church, himthe ; he debased understand not of the sufferings did things that are wanting without them of a member be not the can unto himself like self, and male of Jesus Christ, (Col. i. 24). It is not Church. that Christ's sufferingS are insufficient horse and mule that have not under- incurring the censure of the These efficacious means are to be to save us, but, it is required of us to do standing. And if from this debasing what is necessary, that His merits may state of the drunkard we pass to the found, where every grace is to be be duly applied to our soul?. The cor- other evils brought on himself and his found, only in the Catholic Church. ruptable holy is a load upon the soul- family, who can enumerate them ? She is the depository and her priestwe must reduce it by penance and mortifi- Quarrel's, fights, horrible blasphemies, hood the dispensers of the mysteries the Regulations and All inward power and THE following are cation. We are prone to evil-we must lots of situation, ruin and starvation of of God. Dispensations for the Lent of the to and unlawful evil of the use debts, from ourthe family, grace to refrain adopt salutary restraint, denying present year, 1875. The General law of the selves that the grace of God may be means to satisfy his craving passion. do good was merited by Jesus Christ, Church, which ordains abstinence from flesh means by consad meat during the entire Lent, is so far and communicated to us with us and abide in us. We must Such are some of the many with, that prepare to receive worthily the holy sequences of the degrading vice of of the holy Sacraments instituded dispensed 1. Meat may be used during the time of sacraments, which are the channels drunkenness. Even during life drunk- by Him. He is not a Catholic who does this Lent on Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, instituted by the Redeemer himself, ards are to pay very dear for their not confess this. He is condemned by and Saturdays, excepting Ember Saturday, of Lent. On the through which He communicates his short gratifications, which, by degrees, his own judgment who knowing it and the last four ofdays however, Ember Week, and Holy divine grace to our souls. This is our attenuate the strongest constitution, attaches himself to a forbidden order Monday,the use of flesh meat is permitted. Week, part. And, therefore, it is principally at leave but a miserable existence, and not like the Good Templars, or to any other On all days the permission is for dinner only, a with and institution, a sudden end in society of human this holy time, that the Church requires untrequently or once a day. 2. Eggs are allowed on all days, at dinner. you to approach to the holy sacraments improvidei death. But these are only view to overcome his failings, abandonexcept Ash Wednesday, Spy Wednesday,r powerful ing the Sacraments, the most of Penance and Eucharist, whereby temporal miseries. and and Good Frida . Che making a good confession of all mortal we say of the most of all means. He shows that he OUR BELOVED BRETHREN AND CHILD-
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