America is my home I have no other country. After my God and my religion, my country is the dearest object of my life I love my country as dearly as anyone else call. It is this love that makes my heart bleed when I call to mind the actual state of society in our country, and the principles that prevail everywhere. It is indeed but too true that we live in a most anti-Christian age; principles are disregarded, and iniquity is held in veneration. We see nothing but confusion in religion, in government, in the family circle. Sects spring up and swarm like locusts, destroying not our revealed...

During the three years and a half in which our Lord Jesus Christ manifested himself as the Saviour and Teacher of mankind, he drew all hearts after him-the hearts of children, the hearts of the just, and even the hearts of sinners. This wondrous power came from the effect of our Lord's appearance upon those around him. A majestic sweetness shone forth in his every look, word, and gesture. He chose for his emblem the lamb, the gentlest of all creatures; and so brightly did this gentleness beam forth from his divine countenance that as soon as the holy Baptist beheld him, he cried out: "Behold...

A CERTAIN traveller, returning to his home from a distant country, came, at nightfall, to the entrance of a vast forest. Being unable to tarry or retrace his steps, he was obliged to pass through the forest in the darkness of the night. As he was about to enter these gloomy woods, he met with an old shepherd of venerable aspect, of whom he asked the way. "Alas " said the shepherd, "it is not easy to show you the way. The forest is crossed by hundreds of paths which wind in every direction, and very much resemble one another. They all, except one, lead to the abyss." "To what abyss?" said the...

Three enemies are considered, Heathenism, Heresy and Freemasonry. Then Father Muller goes on to detail the unfortunate death of an enemy of the Church: IT may seem to some a useless task to speak here of the miserable end which generally overtakes the persecutors of the Church. Those who are guilty of persecuting Christ in his members, or by trying to destroy his religion, are, as a rule, deaf to all warnings. "Children of darkness, " as St. Peter would say, "they are the blind and the leaders of the blind. " "We should abandon them to themselves," says our Holy Father, Pius IX. "Preach not...

This is a basic presentation of the Catholic Faith from the aspect of the Apostle's Creed, especially the Ninth Article: I believe in the Catholic Church. Let us consider some of the chapter headings: How many Churches did Christ establish?- By what Marks is the Church of Christ easily known? - Which Church is One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic? Show how the Catholic Church is One Show how the Catholic Church is Holy What does the Word Catholic mean? Show how the Roman Church is Catholic, or Universal Show how the Catholic Church is Apostolic. Why is the Catholic Church called Roman? Did this...