and dangers connected with our state, and our salvation depends on our zeal in asking for these graces, and our fidelity in corresponding with them.

MAY 15.-On the Obstacles which are opposed by the World to our Salvation.

I. The greater those obstacles are the more they should animate our courage.

To gain heaven is our object here: do you imagine that you will obtain it without its costing you an effort? You have also to obtain the crown of conqueror; can you hope to overcome without having combated? The greater the dangers are the more insurmountable the obstacles appear to us, and the more merit and glory we acquire by overcoming them. Shall we do less for God than for the world? Shall we have less strength, less constancy and courage in acquiring the immortal goods of a future life, than in procuring the frail and transitory goods of the present.

II. There is not one of these obstacles from which we may not derive some advantage to salvation.

Because there is not one which may not be a means of sanctification, if we know how to use it. Do not riches furnish us with a thousand occasions of exercising charity, and of amassing a treasure of good works in heaven? Does not power enable us to cause justice to be observed, and to conduct men to virtue by our example? In taking advantage of all, we find God throughout all we serve, we love, we adore him, we sanctify ourselves in all conditions, and in all circumstances of life.

MAY 16.-On the Love of Retreat.

I. To a Christian who lives in the world, this love is frequently an illusion.

Worldlings, themselves, sometimes form plans of retreat.When one speaks to them about being converted to God, and of reforming their conduct, they reply, that they wish to quit all, and abandon all, as if the disorder of their life were inseparably annexed to their condition, and that it was out of their power to find a cure for it. But, observe here: it is not the tumult of the world, and the exterior agitation of your business, which prevent you from serving God, it is rather the interior cry of your passions, to which you lend a willing ear, it is the tyranny of your vicious habits which you cherish.

II. We may find, where we please, retreat and solitude even in the midst of the world.

May we not by a good use of time, always gain some hours or some moments of retreat, to meditate on the law of God? May we not habitually make for ourselves a sort of retreat, in the bottom of our hearts, where we may entertain ourselves interiorly with God, though we may appear to be engaged only with the

cares and interests of the world? At such moments the spirit is attentive to the business of the world, but the heart is with God.

MAY 17.-On the Knowledge of the World.

I. THE more it is known the more it is despised.

If there be something in it to dazzle us there is also wherewithal to undeceive us.. Limited as our knowledge of it is, we are aware that no person is satisfied in it. We know what little importance we ought to attach to those fleeting goods which have no solidity in them, which glide away from us and disappear like vain phantoms at the moment we least expect it. The solitary who has not known the world requires much reflection to be undeceived respecting it. His inexperience conceals its nothingness and vanity from him. But when he examines it more closely, at the first glance.

it is revealed to him II. The more we know it, the more we should be weaned from it. It is sufficient to reflect on its false caresses, on its inconstant favours and its base artifices. All its promises are vain, all its friendships are false, all its discourses are flattery; calumny, ambition, interest, jealousy are its springs of action; truth is banished from it you find nothing in it throughout but dissimulation, lying, artifice and deceit. Amongst the crowd of people who surround you, how many are there who are attached to you by the ties of true friendship, how many are there who would share in your misfortunes, or who would not be ready to devote themselves to him who should occupy your place? Behold a true portrait of the world, and yet this is the world which is preferred before God.

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EXALTATION AND CORONATION OF THE POPE. [Continued from page 110.]

WHEN the scrutineers find that any cardinal has two-thirds of the votes, one of them raises his voice, and with a loud and grave intonation, proclaims his name. At that moment, the cardinals on either side, withdraw at a little distance from him, out of respect, and as an acknowledgment that they cease to be his equals. The first cardinal-bishop, cardinal-priest, and cardinal-deacon, then approach, to ask if he consents to accept the dignity to which he is elected. The Pope-elect kneels and bows profoundly in prayer, to beg the light and direction of the Holy Ghost; he then rises; and if he gives his consent, the solemn act of his election is drawn up; and he is conducted behind the altar, and vested in the pontifical ornaments. These are a white silk cassock, a fine linen rochet, a mossette of red satin, an embroidered stole and cap, and scarlet shoes, with a cross on each in gold embroidery. Thus vested he is carried in his chair of state, and placed before the altar, where all the cardinals do homage, kissing first his foot,

and then his hand, which the Pope returns by a kiss on the cheek of each cardinal. Then the first cardinal-deacon proclaims the election to the people outside, in these words: "I announce to you tidings of great joy; we have a Pope, the most eminent Cardinal N. who has taken the name of N." This is received with acclamations by the people, by the ringing of bells, and discharge of artillery. Next follows the public homage to the new Pope. He is attired in his cope, and the mitre is placed on his head; and having received a second homage from the cardinals in the Sixtine Chapel, he is carried in his chair, in procession, to St. Peter's. There he is placed upon the high altar, before all the people. The Te Deum is sung, and the cardinals, in violet copes, do homage a third time. He is then lifted down from the altar, his mitre is taken off, and he gives the people his solemn benediction; after which, he is carried back to the Vatican; the city is illuminated at night, and his Holiness distributes large alms to the poor. The coronation takes place soon after, and is conducted with the utmost splendour and solemnity, in St. Peter's. It terminates with the Pope's benediction to the people, with a plenary indulgence; after which his Holiness puts off his pontifical ornaments in the Sixtine Chapel, and receives from the first cardinalpriest, in the name of the Sacred College, the salutation, ad multos annos. This day also concludes with the discharges of artillery, ringing of bells, and illuminations. Such are the principal features of the election of the Pope; which may justly be termed the most important affair of the Christian world; inasmuch as it provides a successor to St. Peter, a vicar of Jesus Christ upon earth, and a common Father to all the faithful. F. C. H.

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ANCIENT WISDOM.

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity; and the best provision against old age.-Aristotle.

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NEW WORKS.

THE BROAD STONE OF HONOUR.

By Kenelon H. Digby, Esq.-Booker, London.

We have scarcely ever read a more interesting or talented work than this. Its object is to show the true sense and practise of chivalry, and to defend the piety, learning, valour, and magnanimous conduct of our Christian ancestors, in what Protestants call the dark ages of Popery." We hope that our space will allow us to give suitable extracts from this charming work, which every man should read, who requires to know accurately the history of the crusaders, the character of the Catholic nobility, and the piety of the bishops, priests, and monks in former days.

THE ROCK OF THE CHURCH.

We have seen the MS. of this work, with the testimony of one of the most talented and pious of our clergy, recommending it for immediate publication.

It will, according to our judgment, give, in the space of about 150 pages, more points and arguments in favour of Catholicity, and more distinct answers to the quibbles of novelty, than any other book of the size ever printed. We hope to see it published before the beginning of August.

LAITY'S DIRECTORY FOR THE ENSUING WEEK. May 11.-SUNDAY, within the Octave of Ascension. Mass of this day: commem. of the Octave.-White.

In the D. of Kildare, Mass of the Invention of the Cross, (from the 3d inst.) commem. of Sunday. Pref. of the Cross. Gospel of Sunday at the end.-Red.

In the D. of Elphin, Mass of St. Monica, (from the 4th inst.) commem. of Sunday and the Octave. Pref. of the Ascension. Gospel of Sunday at the end. White.

May 12-MONDAY. Mass of SS. Nereus and companions, MM. 2d oration of the office; 3d Concede.- Red.

May 13.-TUESDAY. Mass of the Apparition of St. Michael the archangel, (from the 8th inst.) commem. of Ascension.-White.

In the D. of Kildare, Mass of St. Congal, (from the 10th inst.) commem, of the Octave-White.

In the D. of Elphin, Mass of St. Antoninus, B. C. (from the 10th inst.) commem. of the Octave.-White.

May 14-WEDNESDAY.

Mass of the Octave of Ascension; 2d oration

of St. Boniface, M. 3d Concede.-White.

In the D. of Lismore, Mass of St. Carthage, B. C. Creed.-White. In the D. of Elphin, Mass of the Apparition of St. Michael, (from the 8th inst.) commem. of Ascension, and of St. Boniface. White.

In the D. of Kildare, Mass of St. Antoninus, (from the 10th inst.) commem. as above.-White.

May 15.-THURSDAY. Mass of the Octave of the Ascension.-White. In the D. of Lismore, commem. of St. Carthage.

May 16.-FRIDAY, Mass of St. John Nepomucene, M. (from the 11th inst.) commem. of the feria.-Red.

In the DD. of. Ardfert and Clonfert, Mass of St. Brendan, B. C. Creed. -White.

In the D. of Lismore, commem. of St. Carthage and feria. Creed.

May 17--SATURDAY. Vigil of Pentecost. (Fast day.) Mass as on the preceding Sunday. Introit. Pref. Communicantes and Hanc igitur proper.

-Red.

In the D. of Achonry, 2d oration for Right Rev. Patrick M Nicholas, this being the anniversary of his consecration.

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No. 14.

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UNDER THE INSPECTION OF CATHOLIC DIVINES.

DUBLIN, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1834.

VOL. I.

ST. PETER'S CATHOLIC CHURCH, DUBLIN.

THIS sacred edifice stands upon an elevation, in the centre of the North Circular-road, at the commencement of Cabra-road, between Phibsborough, and the Park. It is in the manor of Grange-Gorman, within the jurisdiction of the Pastor of St. Paul's. The church is a neat Gothic structure, in length from out to out about 84 feet. It is to be regretted, that its breadth