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Is it St. Paul, in the veth a bishop to iscopum irrepn- iitation of bishoj) illiant from the poraries labored ^nerable Mother pon him a just gladly accepted nan of high me- dary is his life n." It behoveth rudent, priiden- i which sprung ven superabun- , of caution an and resigned, stands at the fool of the altar, and prays for his persecutor after the example of St. Thomas a Becket, like him ready to ehed his nlood for justice sake. To this contempt of life he had long prepared himself, by giving up all earthly blessings. •1 ^. mpm ■paH m "1 li •♦mm*" 1 <'VtH'*#N| e i The bishop must not be greedy of filthy lucre, non turpis lucri cupidum (Titus I, 7.) ; and our illustrious father in Jesus-Christ had carried disinterestedness to heroism. The heir to one of the j^reatest families of France, he renounces his titles on behalf of his brothers. The means which he reserves to himself, and which he receives from the munificence of his benefactors, he makes over to his Church and to his Seminary. He kee|)s nothing for himself. He chooses to live and to die, like His divine earthly riches. model, poor and divested of all The Apostle St. Paul may further add : a bishop must be holy, sanctxim (Titus I. 8) ; this obligation im- posed upon bishop de Laval need give us no apprehen- sion. Undoubtedly, to the Church alone it appertains to place the aureola on the brow of tlie christian heroes she wishes us to honor with a public worship, and we do not here presume to anticipate her judgment. But, O. D. B. B., if, to possess the quality required by St. Paul, it be sufficient to have practised a humility, a mortification, a charity, which, according to his con- temporaries, were in no wise inferior to the heroism of the primitive ages ; \i it be sufficient to have been animated with burning zeal ; if it be sufficient to have founded and governed a vast church with so much grace and light, that his immediate successor was en- abled to say : " What I regret the most is to take pos- " session of a church wherein I find, as it were, no field " for the exercise of ray zeal ; " if it be sufficient to have been a faithful son of the Holy See, ever ready to receive its teachings, notwithstanding the pernicious examples shown by France ; if, in a word, to be holy, it be sufficient to nave vowed to one's duties an invio- lable fidelity : we are firmly convinced that bishop de Laval has not remained far distant from the ideal des- cribed by St. Paul, and in him shall ever be found one of its most perfect realizations filthi/ lucre, non X our illustrious iintereateilness to •eatest families of If of his brothers. If, and which he benefactors, he Seminary. He ps to live and to divested of all add : a bishop IS obligation im- us no apprehen- one it appertainy e christian heroes worship, and we judgment. But, required by St. u humility, a ding to his con- to the heroism of it to have been sufficient to have h with so much successor was en- )st is to take pos- s it were, no field ; be sufficient to iee, ever ready to g the pernicious word, to be holy, i duties an invio- d that bishop de om the ideal des- iver be found one Great as a bishop, as a citizen bishop de Laval was also great. He holds the foremost rank among the founders of our nationality. One day even, owing to his powerful mediation, our ancestors were saved from the abyss into which they were about to be engulfed, together with all our future prospects. It was in 16G2, three years after his arrival in Quebec ; what a distres- sing sight met the eye on all sides ! at home, a general famine ; abroad, threats of war, of atrocious tortures which awaited missionaries and the inhabitants of the colony; in the minds of all, the const;) nt fear to witness the hopeless overthrow of both ( lurch and State. Discouragement became so general tl ^ some even proposed to renounce all future prosp ind to return to France. Bishop de Laval, alread} Cana- dian than French, energetically resisted a projo^ . vhich would have annihilated us as a nation, and profiered to go and beseech the King to come to the assistance of his remote subjects. The saintly bishop was received at the court of Louia XIV with the respect and vene- ration due to the greatness of an illustrious name and the lustre of heroic virtues. Troops were sent : the administration of public affiiirs was organized, and gratitude might have bestowed upon the prelate the title of " Saviour of his country." Canada became so thoroughly his country that he could no more absent himself without feeling as an exile. Where thou shall dwell, I also will dwell, thy veople shall be my people, said that heroine of Holy Writ to Noemi ; The land that shall receive thee dying, in the same will I die : and there will I be buried (Ruth. I. 16. 17.). Such language did bishop de Laval hold to the young nation which had grown under the benign shadow of his pastoral staff. His life had been spent whole and entire in the service of Canada : to rest there after death was the supreme consolation he ar- dently wished for. When he visited France for the JJ- .-IHl. .,JL l J ^11»i^ $ last time, an honorable retreat was offered to him on the part of the monarch, where his old age would have f'ome to a close amid universal respect and veneration. They could not propose to him a more painful sacrifice : " it was, as he said, asking him to renounce what he " held most dear upon earth." He therefore besought Louis XIV to permit him to come, and spend the last years of his life in the midst of the young nation he had loved so well. Touching spectacle which carries us back to the biblical scenes of the first ages ! I was in the presence of the King, says Nehemias, and I was as one languishing away before his face, and the King said to me : why is thy cotmtenance sad f And I said to the King : Why should not my countenance be sorrow- ful, seeing the city of the place of the sepulchres of our fathers is desolate ? If it seem good to the King, and if thy servant hath found favor in thy sight, thou wouldst send me into Judea to the city of the sepulchre of my fathers (II Esdras, II. 2, 3, 5.). The monarch was moved by so noble a stand and by so deep an attach- ment, or rather, Divine Providence did not permit that a strange land, as it were, should possess the mortal remains of bishop de Laval. They were ours by right ; and if this devoted father, this signal benefactor, this liero of sacrifice, this great man, animated with the purest love of country, had become so identified with us, as to persuade himself that his bones would rest more peacelully in our midst : what an immense consolation for us to be entrusted with the sacred keeping thereof! We have treasured them as an inalienable deposit, which recalls to us a past stored with innumerable and fond memories, and which is for the present generation, as -well as for posterity, a sure pledge of the divine pro- tection 1 But, O. D. B. B., one institution did Bishop de La- val cherish above all others : he was wont even to style it the soul of the church of Canada ; an institution ■l:a??^w*'»^" )frere(l to him on I age would have and veneration, painful sacrifice : enounce what he erefore besought id spend the last young nation he which carries first ages ! I was pmias, and I was ce, and the King id ? And I said manee be sorrow- sepulchres of our the King, and if ffht, thou wouldst '■ sepulchre of my e monarch was ) deep an attach- 1 not permit that oesess the mortal re ours by right ; benefactor, this mated with the ) identified with I would rest more lense consolation keeping thereof! ienable deposit, innumerable and esent generation, f the divine pro- l Bishop de La- ont even to style ; an institution 9 which he three times brought to life, since, having first erected it with his own hands, he, after two disastrous conflagrations, raised it up again ; an institution so admirably constituted that it has lived through the whole duration of our national existence, imparting to each generation light and virtue ; an institution which has escaped all perils, and has, more than once, proved a rallying point, as it were, for our people ; an institu- tion which, through gratitude for its founder, has willed that one of the finest sanctuaries of sacred and profane science should bear his name ; that institution is the Seminary of Quebec. Bishop de Laval was endeared to it with his heart's love, and with all the powers of his soul. He had created it, established it on a solid basis, intimately connected it with the Seminary of Foreign Missions in Paris, that admirable school of martyrdom and of evangelical preaching. It was, as he said, his chef-d'oeuvre, yes, admirable chef-d'oeuvre destined, without his knowledge, perpetually to repeat the history of his great virtues ! Is it to be wondered that having loved it so well in life, he should have wished never to be separated from it, even in death ? Therefore was he desirous to rebuild the chapel wherein he would sleep his last sleep, until the glorious resur- rection. But the hardness of the times did not permit him to realize this fondly cherished project. We have therefore thought, O. D. B. B., we would fulfil bishop de Laval's most legitimate desire, by granting to his worthy sons of the Seminary of Quebec the consolation to possess his mortal remains, after an interval of one hundred and seventy years. Let them therefore go, and rest in peace in the blessed sanctuary, where Divine Providence seems to direct and place them for ever ! The royal prophet, ad- dressing the Lord, said to Him : Shall any one in the sepulchre declare Thy mercy and Thy truth in the 10 iitj/'^e of death f Nuniquid narrabit aliquls in sepulcro itvhc Icordiam fuam el veritatem tvam in perditione I LX.XXVII, 1-1 ? Yes, shall we confidently answer. i". ,11 the depths of his tomb bishop dc Laval will continue to exliort and instruct us. He will proclaim both the wonders of grace effected in his regard, and the wonders which have attc'^ed the prodigious in- creiise of his church of Quebt*., 'o-day the fruitful mother of more than sixty dioceses. He will speak to the heart of that numerous youth, which will love to come, and pray, and seek courage by his immortal iishes. To all he will teach that tlie fulfilment of duty, and the pi actice of strong virtues is the surest pledge of the pro-perity of empires as well as of the happiness uf individuals. And all, attentive to his voice, and filled with the memory of his great examples, we shall see the wi^h of the psalmist fulfilled : The just shall be in everlasting remembrance : in memoria ceterna crit Justus (Ps. CXI, 7) ! Wliorefore, having invoked the holy name of God, we rule and ordain as follows : 1st. On the '2;ird of May, after a funeral service in the Basilica, shall take place the solemn depositing of the mortal remains of bishop de Laval in the chapel of the Seminary ; 2nd. The faithful of our Archdiocese arc requested to offer up fervent prayers to heaven, that the Church may, one day, |)roceed to the glorification of this great servant of God, if such bo the will of Divine Providence. The present jiastoral letter shall be read snd published at the prone of all parochial churches and chaj)el8 where public service is performed, and, in chapter, in roligious communities, on the first suuday after its reception. aBri^ssi^ m - i.'^iinur ^^^.. uls in sepulcro in perditione (lently answer. dc Laval will will proclaim is regard, and prodigious in- the fruitful will speak to h will love to liie immortal linent of duty, surest pledge the happiness lis voice, and pies, we shall e Just shall be a ceterna crit name of God, eral service in I depositing of the chapel of are requested at the Church of this great le Providence. Mud published chapels where ?r, in religious reception. II Given at Quebec, under our signature, the seal of the Archdiocese, aiul the counter-signature of our secre- tary, the thirtieth day of April, 2oGth anniversary of the birth of bishop de Laval, one tiiou>