St Dominics Church San Francisco

Author : Antoninus Rooney
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483155046
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Rev. Fr; Rooney's Oration on St. Patrick's Day written by Antoninus Rooney and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-15 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Rev. Fr; Rooney's Oration on St. Patrick's Day: Delivered at St. Dominic's Church, San Francisco, 1878 But the Irish priests are not patriotic; they never go with the people; they are always preaching obedience to the most cursed of governments. The priests are men of sense; they are not madmen; they study and see conclusions, and wisely tell the peo ple to wait yet longer, and to keep aloof from unnecessary and wanton danger. Does a man lose his patriotism, his love of coun try, his devotion to his nation, by becoming a priest? Heaven forbid such a thought in any man's mind My own solemn opin ion is, that a man always becomes patriotic in proportion to his religious convictions. Irishmen, if there be one man that I warn you against above all others as the enemy of your race and your creed, and as the traitor to your cause in the hour of trial, that man is he who mocks your priests, who bids you to pay no atten tion to them, who lures you to forbidden societies, and who is himself a member of condemned and secret organizations. Have no fellowship with those of that ilk. Ireland's cause is just. She has suffered, for religion and nationality, wrongs unparalleled in history. She need have no fear Of being condemned by God or the Church so long as she acts wisely, prudently; and not under the guidance of madcaps, who have, unfortunately, but too often exposed us to ridicule and contempt, and have given England fresh Opportunities to persecute us still more. Yes, Irishmen, always trust, as you ever have, as a nation, your priests; and when the propitious moment will come to settle accounts with old, brutal England, the murderer of your priests and of your forefathers, the merciless despoiler of your sanctuaries, the pilferer Of your possessions. And the cruel hater of your grand old Roman Catholic faith, those priests will bless the sword that you will use that it may cut the more keenly, and the bullet that it may perforate the more deeply, and your hands that they may wield the weapons the more powerfully, and your nerves that they may be the more steady, in carrying out the revenge which, as a people, you have a just right to wreak on your worst enemy. Yes, and the bloody memories of the past seven hundred years will rise up before you, and the martyred dead, and the starved population of Ireland will cry out: Avenge us, our descendants, and blot out forever the nation that has so outraged faith and nationality Irishmen, you have no necessity to join secret societies - they are reprobated by the Church, and never brought anything but evil wherever they existed. Keep out of them, and if you had the misfortune of entering them, cut loose from them, in God's name. A nation, says Saint Augustine, has no soul then it must be rewarded or punished here according to its deserts. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.