The Spirit of the Cure of Ars.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

8' SPIRIT OF THE CUR^ OF ARS.pure regions from which dogman and mysteriesdescend. As the saint spoke, new and clearviews opened to the mind; heaven and earth,the present and the future life, the things oftime and of eternity, appeared in a light thatyou had never before perceived.When a man, coming fresh from the world,and brin,&g with him worldly ideas, feelings,and impressions, sat down to listen to thisdoctrine, it stunned and amazed him-it set eo,utterly at defiance the world, and all that theworld believes, loves, and extola. At first hewas astonished and thunderstruck; then bydegrees he was touched, and surprised intoweeping like the rest. No eloquence hasdrawn forth more tears, or penetrated deeperinto the hearts of men. His words opened away before them like flames, and the mosthardened hearta melted like wax before thefie. They were burning, radiating, triumphant;they did more than charm the mind,-they subdued the whole soul, and brought itback to God, not by the long and diflicult wayof argument, but by the paths of emotion,which lead shortly and directly to the desiredend.M. Vianney was listened to as a new apostle,sent by Jesus Christ to Hie Church, to renwin her the holiness and fervow of His Divine