Life of St John Vianney.pdf - the Catholic Kingdom!

"CONCLUSION. 347*Leave it to the clergy of this diocese, which, witha holy pride, numbers you amongits members.Leave it to your Bishop, so sorrowful, and yet sojoyful, as he speaks of you. And be well assured thatthe brightest and most earnestly desired day of his episcopatewill be that on which the infallible voice of theChurch shall permit him to chant solemnly in yourhonour :Euge, serve bone etfidelis ;intra in gaudium Domini tui.Amen"And now, O holy priest, humble follower of Jesus,while you shed your benediction uponthose devotedhearts which knew and loved you when on earth, forgetfrom afar.not us, who look wistfully to youHave you but one blessing, tender and lovingfather ? Have you none for this poor land, once theIsland of Saints and the dowry of Mary ; which hassold her birthright, and cast away her blessing ?Our hearts have thrilled at your words of consolation, which bade us hope for the conversion ofEngland.Pray for us, then, holy confessor of Christ.By the slow martyrdom of your life-long toil for souls,pray for our priests that their labours may be multi;plied, and their numbers and their strength be madeequal to their labours.Pray for our unbaptised children, O father of theorphan and the outcast. stillPray more for thosewhose baptismal robes have been stained and blackenedin the streets of this sinful city, for lack of a Christianmother s care, or a Christian pastor s eye.Pray for us all, poor sinners that we are, O pitifulami loving Saint, that our cold hearts and listless lives