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CIRCULAR VF HIS LORDSHIP
BISHOP LYNCH TO THE REV.
CLERGY or THE DIOCESE OP

Toronto.

St. Michasl's Palacc,
Torooto, April 3, 1868,

Rrv. AKD Dkab Sir,—

Id comptiauce with the laws
of the Church, the regrlar Trieonial Coun-
cil of the Bishops ol the Ecclesiastical
Province of Quebec, io Canada, has been
convoked by the Most Rev^ A^chbi•^ r
of Quebec, to meet in bis Metropolitan
Catheilral on the Seventh of Maj next,
the Feast of St. Stanislaus, Bishop end
Martyr. The object of Provincial Coun-
cils is, not to define the doctrines of the
Church, but to maintain its discipline ; to
correct abuses, if any should have crept in;
to provide for the always-increasing spirit-
ual wants ol the people entrusted to their
pastoral care ; and to extend the bleuiogs
of the Gospel to those "who sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death;" of enacting
laws binding in conscience Christian peo*
pie. In the true Church alone does this
authority exist, and it comes fi 3m Christ,
the Head of the Church, and resides in the
true Bishops of the Catholic Cburcb, suc-
cessors of the Apostles. " Take betd to
yourselves, and to the whole flock, niierem
the Holy irhost batb placed you Bishops
to rule the Cburcb nf God, which ht iiath
purchased with His blocd." (Acts xx. 28 )
The obligations of the Faithful to obey
these laws is evident from the words of St.
Paul, "Obey your Prelates, and be subject
to them; for they natch as being to render
an account of yourselves, th.t tbey may do
tbii with joy and not with grief. (Heb.
xlii

17.)

alwivB held

Councils of Bishops have been
Church on the model of

klwiys held ID the Church od the model of
that held id Jerusalem by the Apostles to
•ettle matters of discipliDC, (Acts z?,)
and of that if ben Matthias was chosen to
sacceed to the Episcopncy forfeited bj the
nnbappj Judas. (Acts i.) Our Lord Jesus
Chnst has promised that where two or
three would be gaihered^together io His
name, He would be there in the midst of
them. (Matt, iviii ) Now, majr we cot
with confidence expect tthat Christ, who
promised also to be always with His
Church, will be in the midst of HisBishops,
prayiog and consulting together for the
eitensioD of His Kingdom on Esrtb ?
More thin all others, the Faithful are in-
terested that the Holy Spirit preside erer
and direct these'solemn assemblies; conse-
quently they ought to pray with ferforand
constancy to obtain this faTor from tl)
Father of Lights, from whom cometh erery
good and ezeellent^gift. (St. James i.)
You will, theD,ReT. and Dear Sir, engage
your parishioners to acquit themselfes
fa thfu'ly of this important duty of prayer.
Frcm the receipt of this present letter
until the end of the Council, you will
please to add to the other collects at
Mass the prayei de Spiritu Saneto, In
Parish Churches and Religious Communi-
ties the Litany of the Blessed Virgin will
be recited, after Mass, with the people,
that She, through whom we have received
Him who redeemed us, may obtain for us
' from her Divine Son, the grace to santify

us.

Yours faithfully in Christ,

t JOHN JOSEPH LYNCH,
Bp. of Toronto.