The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . enemies of the Church, wiio by 94 The Parables of Christ. destroying the many convents of St. Francis, which once sanctified theIrish soil, hoped to root ont from the isle of Saints the seraphica;] order ofSt. Francis. The asylum opened at St. Isidores by Father Waddinghas preserved these good Fathers. There have been formed those num-bers of missionaries, who often at the expense of their lives maintainedfor generations the faith of their countrymen, and America has profitedand still p
The Metropolitan : a monthly magazine, devoted to religion, education, literature, and general information . enemies of the Church, wiio by 94 The Parables of Christ. destroying the many convents of St. Francis, which once sanctified theIrish soil, hoped to root ont from the isle of Saints the seraphica;] order ofSt. Francis. The asylum opened at St. Isidores by Father Waddinghas preserved these good Fathers. There have been formed those num-bers of missionaries, who often at the expense of their lives maintainedfor generations the faith of their countrymen, and America has profitedand still profits by the generous foundation of the nephew of Gregory XY. THE PAEABLES OF CHEIST. To the most careless reader of the gospels the peculiarity of our Lordsteaching by parables must be apparent. It is well to say, that it was toadapt himself to Jewish customs, but we know that neither the prophetsbefore, nor the apostles whom he instructed, ever taught in are peculiarly the teaching of our Lord, and meditate on them as wewill, are ever full of instruction, consolation and Many are prover])s, perhaps common at the time, now stam])ed with aspiritual meaning. How can we think of the parable, Can the blindlead the blind? do they not both fall into the ditch ? and not see its appli-cation iu the Church. Man left to his reason is blind. He cannot see histrue end. There is a way which seemeth right to a man, and the endthereof is death. What has caused all heresies, schisms and scandals,l)ut this attempt of the blind to lead the blind ? What better lesson isthere of the necessity of an unerring guide to save us from the pit ? i The Parables of CJirist, 95 - Such parables are numberless in our Lords discourses: others aredrawn from every action of life, the household and the iield, the flock andthe banquet, the fishery and the shop. These are comparisons, and inthis way the kingdom of heaven is likened to leaven, to a mustard seed,to a net, to the pearl
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