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Victoria. V. I., October 9th, 1864, (21st Sunday after Pentecost.) *'i #*l The object of this little paroplet is to show the nature of the Consecration, in order that the faithful being moved by the Pomp and Splendor of the ceremonies of the Catholic Church may be excited to the contemplation of that unutterable joy and inconceiTable happiness which alone can be found in the kingdom of Heaven. And that carried back to bygone days, we may see the wonderful harmony there exists between the ceremonies of the Church now a-days, and those which existed eighteen hundred years ago in the Apostolic ages. Remember the days of old and look upon every generation, ask thy fathers and they will declare to thee ; ask thy elders and they will tell thee. — (Deut. 32, vii. And that we may behold with wonder and astonishment the inscrutable ways of Ood with regard to his holy Church ever infallible according to his Divine promise. Behold I am with you all days even to the consummation of the world. — (Mathew 28, xzvi.) Jesus Christ yesterday and to day and the same for ever. — (Hebrews 13, viii.) All things being prepared His Grace, The Archbishop of Oregon City, Consecrating Bishop, His Lordship, the Right Rev'd Dr. Demers, Assisting Bishop, The Elected The very Rev'd Dr. D'herbomez, in company with the Sacred Ministers proceed to the Altar where making a genuflection, each proceeds to his respective position. His Orace. the consecrating Bishop, after a short time in prayer ascends the throne, where he is im. mediately vested in his Pontifical ^clobes. viz.. Sandals, Amice, Alb, Cincture, Pectoral Cross, Stole, Tunic, Dalmatic, Gloves, Chasuble, Pallium, Mitre, Pontifical Ring, Crosier, and Grcmiale. The elected Bishop goes to the altar prepared for him in oom- pany with the Assisting Bishop where ho (the elected) is aho vested, after which they again pioceed to the altar, the elected makes a profound inclination to the Consecrator with bircto in hand, whilst the Assisting Bishop only makes a simple inclination with his Mitre on his head. They then take their seats, Elected turnrd to the Consecrator, and Assisting Bishop turned towards the elected. Having rested for some time they then Ktand up. Elected without his bireto and assisting without his Mitre. Who (As- sisting) thus addressing the Consecrator, says Most Rev'd Father our Holy Muther the Catholic Church requires that you elevate this present Presbyter to the Episcopal dignity. Consecrator says: Have you an Apostolic Mandate. Answer: We have. The Mandate is then read by the Notary, at the end of which the Consecrator answers Dco- gratias (Thanks be to Ood) also during the reading of the Mandate all sit down. After this the Elected in a long formula promises to be ever faithful to the tenets of the Catho- ;■■■■; 10742U lio Church, and ever obedieat to the Susoasiurs of St. Pater. Tlie examiiiiatian noir com- menoes, the Elected aad Assisting Bishap boing s.^ateJ, the Goaijcrator reads aloud the following Ezamen : let. The Ancient institutions of the Holy Fathers teach and cominand that He who is to be elerated to the dignity of Bishop first undergo a diligent examination with all ohanty on the faith of the most Holy Trinity, and moreover that he has acquired a suf- ficient amount of knowledge which will be able to guide him in the Right Government of so exalted a position and that he be irreprcbensible in all his ways. We by the same eommaad and authority interrogate you, Most Beloved Brother, with all Charity, whether you are willing to devote all your prudence as far as your Capabilites extend lo the Sense and meaning of the Divine Scripture; Elected answers, I am willing and consent to everything with ail my heart. 2nd. The Consecrator interrogates : Are you willing to teach by word and example the people intrusted to you all the Scripture you understand ? Answer : I am willing. 3rd. Are you willing to embrace reverently, teach and preserve the traditions of the ortho- dox Fathers and the Holy Decretals and Constitutions of the Apostolic Seat. ■ Answer, I am willing. 4th. Are you willing to show in all your actions, faith, subjection, and obedience to Blessed St. Peter the Apostle to whom Ood has given the power of binding and loosing, and to his vicar our Lord, Pio Nono, and to his Successors the Roman Pontiffs. Answer, I am willing. 6th. Are you willing to abstain from all evil with the help of the Lord, and to devote yourself to everything good. Answer, I am willing. 6th. Are you willing to preserve and teach Chastity and Sobriety, with the assistance of the Lord. Answer, I am willing. 7th. Are yon willing to devote yourself to the Service of the Lord, and to abstain from all lucre, as far as human frailty permits. Answer, I am willing. 8th. Are you willing to preserve humility and patience in yourself, and to teach them to others. Answer, I am willing. 9th. Are you willing to be affable and merciful to the poor, and to strangers and to all who are in want, for God's sake. Answer, I am willing. I'he Couscrator then says. May the Lord give you all these gifts, and guard yon and strengthen you in every good. All answer. Amen. 10th, Do you believe according to the intelligence and capacity of your understanding the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. One God omnipotent, and an Entire Deity in the Holy Trinity, Co-essential, Con-substantial, Co-eternal, and Co-omnipo- teut, one will, power and Majesty, the Creator of all Creatures, from whom, through whom, and in whom are all things visible and invisible both in Heaven and on Earth. Answer, 1 believe, and assent. ' 11th. Do you believe that each person in the Most Holy Trinity is God, True, Entire and Perfect. Answer, I believe. 12th. Do you believe that the Son of God, the Word of Ood, eternally born of the Father is Con-substantial, Co-omnipotent, Co-eternal, and Co-equal with the Father in his divin- ity and that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and temporally born of the Blessed Virgin Mary, with a rational Soul, having two wills, two nativities, the one eternal of the Father, the other teicporal of the Mother, True God, and True M^n, not adopted, net phantagtic, but the one and the only one Natural Son of Ood, in two and from two natures not in two Persons but in the- singularity of the one Person of the Divine Word, Impassi- ble and Immortal in Hi« Divinity, but in his humanity for us and fur our Salvation suffered the real torments of the flesh and was buried and rose again the third day from the dead in the resurrection of the same flesh, and that forty days after the resurrection, He as- '- ' ! m •A m- he ' oended into heaTen in that body which he had arisen from the dead and which He again united to his soal, and that he sits as to his humanity at the right hand of the lather, rrom whence He shall come to Judge both the living and the dead and that he will ren- der to every one according to his works, whether good or bad ; I believe and assent to everything. 13ih Do you also believe that the Holy Ghost is an entire perfect and true Qod pro- ceeding from the Father and the 8on, Co-equal, and Co-essential, Co-eternal, and Co-om- nipotent in all things with the Father and the Son. Answer, I believe. 14th. Do yoa believe that this Holy Trinity is not three Oods, but one Ood Omnipotent, Eternal, Iav:'«ible, and Incommutable Answer, I believe. 15th. Do you believe that the Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church is the only true one in which there is given one true baptism, and a true remission of all Sins. Answer, I bblieve. I6th. Do you also anathematize all heresies raising themselves against this Holy Catholic Church. Answer, I anathematize. 17th. Do you also believe in the true resurrection of the same flesh which you now have, and in eternal life. I believe. 18th. Do you also believe that the Author of the Old and New Testaments of the law and the Prophets and the Apostles is one Qod and Lord Omnipotent. 1 believe Then the Consecrator says. May this faith be increased in you by the Lord to your true and Eternal cieatitude. Most beloved Brother in Christ. All answer Amen. Aft<'r the examination the elected is lead by the assisting Bi&hop to thn Consecrator before whom ho tzenuflects, and reverently kisses his hand. Then the Consecrator having deposed his Mitre turns to the altar and commences the mass with his ministers The Elected in the meantime remains at the left haad side of the Consecrator, whilst the Assisting Bishop also repeats the usual portion of the mass with his Chaplain, The Con- secrator now ascends the altar together with his ministers, and after kissing the altar, and the Gospel that is to be read he continues the mass until the alleluja, when ho returns to his seat before the altar. But the Assisting Bishop conducts the Elected to his own altar were He is now vested by the Acolyths if not heretofore, viz., in Sandals, Pectoral Cross, Stole, Tunic, Dalmatic, Chasuble and Maniple. He then proceeds with the mass as far as the alleuja attended by the assisting Bishop. After this the Elected is again lead by the Assisting Bishop before the Consecrator who is now seated before the altar, and the Elec- ed having made a profound inclination, all sit down, the Consecrator with Mitre on his head turned towards the Elected thus addresses him, saying, It behoves a Bishop to Judge to intrepret to Consecrate to ordain to offer to baptize and to confirm. All stand up now whilst the Consecrator standing with his Mitre on his head, says. Let us pray Most Dear Brethern, that the provident benignity of the Omnipotent God may bestow the fulness of his Grace upon this Bishop Elected for the utility of the Church. Then all Kneel immediately, the Elected being prostrate whilst the Litany of the Saints is being recited. At the usual benedictions the Consecrator rises up turns towards the Elected and with the crosier in the left hand blesses him after the following manner. 1st. That you deign to bless this present elected, We beseech thee hear us. 2nd. That you deign to bless and Sanctify this present elected. We beseech thee hear us. 3rd. That you deign to bless Sanctify and Consecrato this present elected. We beseech thee hear us. The Consecrator again genuflects until the Litany is finished, then all rise up when the elected genuflects before the Consecrator who is standing before the seat with the Mitre on his head, Then the Consecrator having received the book of the Gospels, attended by the Assisting Bishop places the book when open over the head and shoulders of the Elected saying nothing, the book being sustained by the Chaplain of the Elected. He, the [4J Conieerator) and Aaaisting Bishop, Uy their hands upon the head of the Elected saying ReoelT* the Holy Ghost, which being done the Consecrator having deposed his Mitre says, Be propitioos O Lord to onr Supplications and haring poored the streams of the Sacerdotal grace apon this your servant deign to infuse into him the virtue of your dic- tion through our Lord Jesus Christ your Son who with Thee lives and reigns for ever and ever one God in the Unity of the Holy Spirit. A preface peculiar to the occasion is then recited by the Consecrator as follows : PREFACE. V (VnEFAOB IS 8UNO.) ' ' For ever and erer. Amen. The Lord be with you and with your spirit. Let us raise up our hearts, let us raise them up to the Lord, and let uh give thanks to the Lord our God. It is truly meet, just, right, and available to salvation that we always and in all places give thanks to thee, Holy Lord, Omnipotent Father, Eternal God, O Qod, author of all dignities which tend to the sacred order of your glory. O God, who with sweet and secret inspirations didst teach Moses thy servant, and among other things didst con- verse with him on the subject of Divine Worship, and on the dress which should adorn your Holy Priests. God, thou didst ordain that Aaron be clothed with a mystical garment when engaged in iho service of the Lord, that we, their future posterity, might under- stand their meaning by the examples of our forefathers, in order that no future age might be ignorant of your celestal doctrine. And as with the ancients, the mere shadow of sig- nificatirns were regarded with a sacred awe. How much more in the new law ought we to be struck with wonder and ain>^zement at the sight of these things of which the ancient ceremonies were only vague representations. But although we be adorned like the priests of the old law, yet the pontifical robes are not to us a matter of glory ; but inas- much as they tend to the salvation of souls, for it is the splendor and beauty of the soul that must be sought for by the priest of the New Law. For all the things which gratified the carnal sight in the old law are figures of those things which tend to the conversion of souls in the New Law. Therefore, Lord, we beseech you bestow your graces upon this thy servant whom thou hast raised to the ministry of High Priest, that whatever these vest- ments in the splendor of gold, in the beauty of gems, and in their multifarious embroid- ery signified may be to this thy Figh Priest a bright gem, a new diadem of grace and beauty in all his morals and actions. Complete in this thy priest the perfection of thy ministry. Instruct him with the ornaments of thy glorification, and sanctify him with anointed dew from heaven. At this part of the Preface comes the Hymn <' Veni Creator Spiritui." The Consecrator takes his seat now at the middle of the altar, divests himself of the ring and gloves, resumes the ring and gremiale by ud of the ministers, dips his right thumb into the Holy Chrism and anoints the head of the elected, who is kneeling before him, aaying: May your head be anointed and consecrated with benediction from above, in order that you may ba able to go through the duties which are attached to the great and awful dignity of Bishop. In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. And after purifying his fingers proceeds with the preface after tho comple- tion of the hymn : O Lord, may '.his ointment copiously infuse itself into his head, that it may be the courier of all subjects that come forth from his lips, and may it descend into the very marrow of his bones, that the infusion of your holy spirit may fill him interiorly with h«aveni7 thoughts, and may it exteriorly defend him from the enemies of his salva- tion. Make the constancy of faith abound in him, and may the purity of deleotion and the sincerity of peace be always stamped in his heart. May his feet be chosen by Divine appointment to go to preach the Gospel and peace to all mankind. Give him, O Lord, the ministry of reconciliation in word and work, in the virtue of sig.is, and in the working of 4 1»1 miraclea. May hit speaking and preaching be not in the pertnaaire words of haman wia- dom, but in tho show of tho spirit and of truth. Oive him, O Lord, the keya of the king- dom of heaven, that he may use not glory in this power which you have given for edifioa- tion, not for destruction. Whatever he shall bind upon the earth let it be bound alio in heaven, and whatever he shall loose upon the earth may it be loosed alio in heaven. Whose sins he shall retain, let them be retained, and whose sins he shall remit, let them be remitted, Whosoever he shall curse let him be accursed, and whosoever he shall bless, let him be filled with benedictions. May he be a faithful and prudent servant, whom thou hast appointed, Lord, over your family, and that he may give them bread in a suitable time, and may he make all men perfect. Let him be incessant in watching and fervent iu spirit. Let him hate pride, and let him love and cherish humility and truth, and may neither life nor death keparato him from them. Let him not call light darkness or dark- ness light. Let him not call bad good oi' good bad. Let him be a debtor to the wiae and foolish, and, like St. Paul, let him be all to all men. O Lord, may you give him an epis- copal chair to govern your Church and the people intrusted to his care. Give him author- ity, and power, and strength. Multiply upon him benedictions and graces, that he may bo always a fit subject to obtain your mercy, and let him not ever abuse your graces. Through mir Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns as Ood. in the unity of the Holy Ohost, for ever and ever, Amen. After the Preface is finished the Consecrator recites the Antiphon. .1. <. <, r Like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down upon the beard of Aaron, whioh van down to tho skirt of his garment, and as the dew of Hermon, which descendeth upon Mount Sion, for there the Lord hath commanded blessing and life for ever more. The 132d Psalm is then said, at the commencement of which a cloth is placed upon the neck of the elected. The Consecrator 8its down, receives the mitre, and anoints both hands of the Elected, vbo is kneeling before Lim, saying : May these hands be anointed with the sanctified oil, and with the chrism of aauctiflcation, as Samuel anointed King David and the prophet. Thus too may they be anointed and consecrated, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, and proceeds with the prayer : May Ood and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has condescended to raise you to the Ponti- fical dignity, may infuse into you the chrism and liquor of this mystical ointment, and may fertilize you with the sanctifying dew of a spiritual benediction. Whatever you bless may it be blessed, and whatever you sanctify may it be sanctified, and may these eonse ■ crated hands aid every person who tome to you in the great work of their eternal salvation. The Consecrator then, having deposed his mitre, rises to bless the crosier, (if not blessed already) and after sprinkling it with holy water takes his seat with the mitre on his head, and delivers the crosier to the Elected (already consecrated), saying : Receive the eroaier of your pastoral office, that you may be severe, yet lead by the principles of religion in the correcting of vices. May you hold judgment without anger, and may you be assiduous in the pvomotion of all virtue, and m&y you never forget to pass censures when deserved, bearing in mind that you must be guided by charity in all things. < ■■. r^ BLESSING OF THE EING. After the delivery of the crosier the Consecrator, having deposed his mitre, rises to bless the ring (if not already blessed), and again returns to his seat with his mitre. He then places the ring on the annular finger of the right hand of the consecrated, saying : Re- ceive this ring as a testimony of your faith, and that being ornamented with an inviolable belief, you may guard nndefileJ the spouse of God, our Holy Mother the Catholic Church, ▲men. The Book of the Gospels is now taken from his shoulders by the Consecrator and Assist- ing Bishop and given to him to touch, the Consecrator saying : Receive the Gospel, and 16J go Mid preaoh to the p«9ple iatratted to your oare, for Ood whs lives for erer «ad erer. it abU to inoreueyour graoe. He !■ then reeeived by the Conteerator and the Auiiting Bishop with the Iiisf of peace, saying : Peaee be to you, and he answers with thy spirit Tha Conseerated is now led by the Assisting Bishop to his own altar, where, after being pUrifled, ha continues the Mass to the Offertory, attended by the Asairfting Bishop. The Oonseerator, after washing his fingers, does the same at the high altar. The offertory being said the Conseorator resumes his seat, and the Consecrated, conducted by the Assisting Bishop, comes to make hie offerings, ?ii : two wax candles, two loaTes of bread, and two kegs of wine. The Consecrator, baring washed his hands, goes to the altar to continue the Mass. At this time the Conseoratod, attended by the Assisting Bishop goes for the first time to the high altar, where he proceeds with the Mass at the Epistle Oorner. The Masj is nov. *he sanne as on ordinary Sundays, until the prayer Domine Jesu Christe, after the Agnus Dei. when both kiss the altar and give the peace, saying : Peace be to you and with your spirit. AT THB COMMUNION, The Consecrator consumes only one half the Host, whilst he lesTes the other half for the Consecrated. In like manner he only eonssmes half the Sacred Blood with "the parti- cle." Having oommnnioated he now gives communion to the Consecrated. First, half the Sacred Ho it and then the half of the Most Preoions Blood He ^.hen purifies him- self and afterwards the Conseerated. The Consecrated does not kneel down whilst com- municating. The Conseorator, after taking the ablution, assumes his mitre and washes hie hands. The Consecrated jroea now tc the Gospel side, attended by the Asiisting Bishop, where hft Tends the Con n and Prayers, whilst the Conseorator does the same at the Epistle side. The Ite - ^t being said, the Consecrator gives the blessing, saying : May the name of the Lord be blessed now and for cver more. May the Lord who made the heav- ens and the earth ceme to our assistance, and may the Omnipotent Ood, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost bless you, Amen. The benediction being given, the Consecrator retnrns to his leat before the altar, having reeeived his mitre, whilst the Consecrated kneels before him, having his bireto on his head Tho Consecrator then rises to oleas the mitre (if not already blessed). This being done he sprinkles it with holy water and returns to his seat, when he plaees it on the head of the Conseerated, attended by the Assistant Bishop, saying : We impose, O Lord, upon the head of this High Priest and defender of the Church of God, the shield of defence and salTation, that his face being deeorated and his head armed he may appear in the strength ofbothTestamenta terrible to the enemies of truth, and that having bestowed upon bim* the fulness of yoor grace, he may show himself a raliant defender of the affairs of the Church. And Thou, O Lord, who didst call Moses in a miraculous manner, with the sweet inspirations of love and tmth. Thou who didst order the tiara to be placed on the head of Aaron, thy High Priest, be pleased also to place upon the head of this, thy High Priest, N. N., this shield of prptection and salvation through Christ, our Lord, Amen. The Consecrator next blesses the gloves, whilst standing, and again returns to hii scat with the mitre, after sprinkling them. He then plaees them on the hands of the Consecrated, aided by the Assisting Bishop, saying : Invest O Lord the hands of this thy Minister with the cleanliness of the New Man who descended f^om heaven,and as Jacob your beloTed, having wrapped up his handi in the skbis of kids, obtained the celestial benedic- tion, having offered up food and drink most pleasing to God the Father, thus also may this High Prieet offering up through the instrumentality of his hands a pure obtation merit to obtain the benediction of Tour Grace, through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who in the similitude of sinful fiesh offered himself np for us on the hill of Calvary. < \ m .1 t The ConMorator th«n ritei and pUoM the Coaieorattd on tht throne, attoadtd by the Aitiating Bishop ; alio pats into hit hand the pastoral crosier. The Conaeerator then* baring deposed his mitre, turns to the altar and intones the Te Deam. The CSonseoratedt attended by the Assisting Bishop, now goes throagh the Chareh and blesses all, whilst the Consecrator stands in the same place at the altar, without his mitre. The Conseerated having returned again takes hit seat, whilst the Assisting Bishop takes off his mitre aad stands with the Conseerator until the Te Deum is finished. The Hymn being ended the Consecrator, without his mitre, stands atthr right hand side of the Consecrated and saya : May your hand be strengthened, and may your right hand be exalted. Justice and Judg- ment are the close eoncomitants of your seat. 31ory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning it Is now and ever shall be, one Ood, world without end. Amen. After the prayer Deus Onanium ftde Hum, Sen., tha Consecrator remains with uacovered head at the corner of the Epistle, with whom the Assistant also stands without his mitre, whilst the Consecrated rises and gives the blessing. The Consecrator now reeeiTea his Mitre standing in the corn'>r of the Oosph as well as to the poor, to the noble as well as to the plebeian, to the priest as well as to the layman, to the man who is in high station as well as to the low This is the end of his vocation and Divine appoint- ment. This is the end for which he has taken upon his shoulders this light burden, this aweet yoke, that he might carry the word of salvation to all committed to his care, and teaeh them the truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. ON THE FORM OF THE CONSECRATION. 7. The Bishops lay their hands on the head of the Elected, saying : Receive the Holy Ghost. We read in the Acts of the Apostles (9c., 14v.) that Ananias went into the house where Saul was. and laid his hands upon him, saying, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus Christ hath sent me that thou mayest receive thy sight and be filled with the Holy Ghost." A Bishop can never sufficiently understand the gre4t things which the Lord hath done for him at this moment of the imposition of hands, a moment in which the streams of living waters are poured from on high and descends like a sweet smelling vapor to irrigate and fertilise the barrenness of his soul. Truly now it may be said of his soul what Isaias said . of old. " It shall bud forth and blossom, and shall rejoice with joy and praise" Th« glory of Mount Libsnus hath been given to it, and the beauty of Carmel and Saron (Isaias 85,2). God does not give his spirit to the Son by measures, saith St. Joh> (J.5] Tes, He is not given to the Bishop by measures. The Holy Ghost is given to him not only for strength and io tesiat temptations as to the Deacon, not only to remit and to retain sins as to a Priest, but the Holy Ghost is given to him indefinitely, and for all ends, so that it may be said of him, with St. Jerome, that '< at the very moment of consecration all the fountain! of the L9] Holy Ghost descend upon him." ^ what ought to be his sanctity, what his fervor, what his seal f he who is bedewed with such a plenitude of grascs.! ON THE DELIVERY OF THE CROSIER. 8. The Venerable Bedc says that the Bishop has a crosier that he might goTern his subjecta and sustain the infirm. This pastoral sceptre, as by its rectitude aignifles command and juiisdiction. occording to that saying of St. Paul to the Hebrews (Heb. 1-8). The sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom, an also by its strength signifies power, which (as the Apostle says, Rom. 13) is given for ediflontion, not for destrnetion. It is given to sas- lain the infirm, and, as the- Apos)Ic says, to sustain the imbecillitirs of the infirm, not to please himself, for Chrifit did not pler.sn h^m^Aif, At the end of the crosier there is a curve, which signifies that the Bishop, in the direction of others must always first look into his own interior, lest, as the Apostle says, th at whilst he teaches others he might be found wanting himself. For what shall it profit a rann to gain he whole world and suffer th« loss of his own soul (Matthew 36o. 26v.) ON THE RING. 9. The ring is the symbol of marriage between the Bishop and Church, or it is the ohar- Hcter of faith, inasmuch AS it guards " unsullied the spousicof Chri-^t, the Holy Cathnlio Church." Ho nee a Bishop, the spouse of the Church, and not so much a spouse, as a KUardian, ought to employ all diligence, care, and HOlioitude, wlieroby he may guard that spouse, ttir*. 'icliver her up to her Divine Spouse, Jcaus Christ, stainless, an 1 unsullied, holy, and immaculate, pure nnd as white as the mountain's mow. ON THE GEMS, GOLD, AND PRECIOUS STONES. 10. It is not for secular pomp,or the display of vain curiosity ,that gems,i];old,and precious stones are employed in the interior ornaments of the Bishop ; " the sanctity and maje&ty of the Episcopal dignity is a sufficient guarantee for this." They denote and signify something more noble, more lofty, and more worthy of our esteem and admiration. The Church, in the consecration of her Bishops, demands '* of Almighty God, that whatever those ornaments of the ancient Pontiffs signified, in the sparliling of Gold, and the splen- dor of Gems, and in the variety of Precious Stones, might apparently shine fo''h in all his morals and actions ; and that he, being beautified within with gems, ana gold, iiod precious stones, might be adorned with charity and all other virtues, and that his goal b»ing resplendent with celestial gems, might give more light to the Church, and glory to Qod." ON THE TOUCHING OF THE BOOK WITH THE HANDS. 11. The book being taken from the shoulders, is given to him to touch, thereby signifying that it must be his rule of life. At first sight it would seem difficult to a man of the world, btill the Bishop must do it. He must despise the complaints of nature, and listen to the sweet inspirations of Christ, saying " my yoke is sweet, and my burden is light." (Matthew 11,30.) ON THE IMPOSITION OF THE MITRE. 12. The sacred tiara which covers and ornaments the head of the Bishop, and crowns and protects his entire beauty, according to the words of an ancient author known for his piety and erudition, indicates to God all the consecrated senses of the head, and that all the glory of the body ought to be referred to the head. All the Bishops present impose the mitre upon the head of the consecrated, to show more forcibly the great prerogative of this holy and inviolable dignity with which he is marked by divine interposition. Also in this Pontifical tiara is shadowed forth the beauty of that '•unutterable glory with which he shall be crowned in Heaven, who shall have fought valiantly the battles of the Lord." The mitre represents the knowledge of both Testaments ; for the two horns represent the Testaments — the one in front represents the New Testament, and the one behiad re- presents the Old, which two the Bishop must always bear in mind. IIOJ ON THE DELIVERY OF THE GLOVES. 13. At the solemn consecration of a Bishop, the saadats are the first.aud the gloves the last of the Pontifical vestments. -\nd as at the putting on uf the sandals, the Bishop raised himself up from all thoughts and affections for the earth, so after faithfully discharging all his duty, he must beware of all pride and exaltation, and vain glory, which are fre- quently wont to infect some of the most noble virtues with their pestilential inspirations. Therefore he must cover his hands, that is. his works, with the veil of perfect humility ; and if be is compelled lo do any good before the eyes of others, that seeing they may glo- rify Ood, who is in Heaven. " I^ must also happen that sometimes his left hand must not know what the right hand doeth." ON THE ENTHRONING OF THE BISHOP. 14. This puts him in mind of the power and authority which is attached to the Episcopal dignity, for in it he is as it were fixed and confirmed, and that he may always keep before hit mind that pre eminent position which he holds in the Church. ON THE BENEDICTION. 15. The Elected Bishop gives the benediction in the name of the Most Holy Trinity to the people, which is, as it were, his first EpiscopiU duty, which ho solemnly exercises that he might make a public display of his peaceful advent among his flock. AT THE KISS 01?' PE.\CE. 16. The Consecrated is now received with a kiss of peace, to show the end of that war for which he girted himself by the rites of Consecration, and is r sign uf that eternal peace and kiss in the Lord, which shall be the end of all his hopes who has labored well in the vine- yard of the Lord. A SHORT EXPLANATION OF MASS. 17. Mass is the offering of the body and blood of Chirstto God ; it is the unbloody sacrifice of the New Law, it is a representation, a renewal and a continuation of the sacrifice of the Cross, not by way of a new sacrifice, but by way of a daily and standing memorial of the Sacrifice of the Cross. Mass was erdained by Christ at his last supper. The end of mass is that the Sacrifice of the Cross should be daily represented before our eyes, that it should be a standing iremorial of his passion and death, and that its holy fruits should be daily applied to our immortal Souls. And as mass represents the death and passion of Christ, and the Priest represents Christ as his minister, so also all the vestments used at mass represent those with which Christ our Lord was clothed at the time of his passion. Thus the amice, alb, girdle, maniple, stole, chasuble ; thus the altar, crucifix, chalice, paten, corporal, altar linen, are objects commemorative of the death and passion of Christ. Do this for a commemoration of me. (St. Luke, 22, xix) To show the death of the Lord until becomes. (1st Cor., 11, xxvi.) Who can fathom this mystery of the love of a God for poor sinners i How lovely are thy tabernacles Lord of Hosts, how beautiful are thy altars, my King, and my God. Better is one day in the courts of the Lord than thousands amidst the tabernacles of sin^iers. Blessed are they that dwell in the house of the Lord, Ha sbaU love thee for ever, (Psalm, 83, i. & ii.) Laudetur Jesus Christus, Laudetur in eternum. ^ May Jesus Christ be praised ; May he be praised forever.