The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

""442 THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.Amen, I say to you,it shall be more tolerable foithe land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judg1ment, than for that "Hecity."that heareth you,heareth Me; and he that despiseth you, despiset.hMe ;and he that despiseth Me, despiseth Him thatgent Me."2God requires not only that His Gospel should beheard with reverence, but that the persons of HisApostles should be honored. And as no greaterinsult can be offered to a nation than to insult itsrepresentative at a foreign court, so no greater injurycan be offered to our Lord than to do violence toHis representatives, the Priests of His Church.Touch not My anointed, and do no evil to My*prophets."God avenged the crime of two and fortyboys who mocked the prophet Eliseus, by sendingwild beasts that tore them in pieces. And the frightful death of Maria Monk, the calumniator of consecrated Priests and Virgins, who ended her life adrunken maniac on Blackwell s Island, proves thatour religious institutions are not to be mocked withimpunity.When an ambassador is accredited to a foreigncourt, from this country, he is honored with the confidence of the President, from whom he receives private instructions. So does Jesus honor His ambassadors with His friendship, and He communicatesto them the secrets of heaven :I will not now callyou servants ; for, the servant kuoweth not what hia1Matt. x. 14, 153Luke x. 16.3Paralip. xvi. 22.