HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP CLEARY

New Zealand Tablet, 16 September 1915, Page 35

HIS LORDSHIP BISHOP CLEARY

On Friday afternoon we 'received the following cable message from Rev. ■; Father Kehoe/ Sydney, with reference- to the condition of .his > Lordship Bishop Cleary: - After the /Bishop’s second, operation last week, he had three days and three" nights of high fever of over one : hundred and four 'degrees, with delirium. The patient’s exhausted condition , made the position highly critical, and ' required the constant use of ice - ■ packs, and the greatest skill and care.. He has had no ' £ nerve storms or shocks since the operation. - His Lord- .• ship is now making excellent progress, though he is - still very weak.’ BISHOP CLEARY’S MESSAGE TO HTS CLERGY ' RELIGIOUS, AND PEOPLE. • >/£ The following message has been . sent by his Lordship Bishop Cleary to ; his clergy, 'religious, and? people through the Right £ Rev. Monsignor : £ Brodie, V.G., Diocesan Administrator :- My whole heart thanks you for your fervent prayers for me and for your affectionate anxiety concerning me. But do not think of me only as a sufferer. I am only passing through a space of a shadow, but the shadow is the shadow of God’s own gentle and protecting- Hand. « So much of physical suffering as He ha's mercifully . blessed me with, has been merely a ’ darkened i avenue -‘H to great joy. For, in His own sweet and winning way, - ? He has used it to bring me closer and closer to Himself ; and He has given to me,; many a time, those inner -££ joys that are a noble compensation'for any'bodily pain. And if, in addition, this illness has brought your S hearts nearer to mine, it is an added blessing for me, - ;? whose heart enfolds you all with a deep fatherly affection. ’ Thus, I send to you • all my : dear love, in God £ and for Him? It will be a great joy to me, if God will that I shall again see the dear faces of my loved people ; just as, in equal and happy- acceptance of His most Holy Will, it will be my supreme joy, if He call me to Himself. Pray for one who loves you . all most deeply in the dear Lord of us all, and may the light - of His grace and the smile of His joy be ever in your £ I souls.’ This message was given by the Bishop on - - August 29, the day before his second operation, which .' ?■ was of a very serious ? nature ; considering the Bishop’s ? '?;s weak state. Rev. :Dr. Ormond remarked to his Lord* ship that the message was a beautiful one. : The Bishop i replied: ‘lt comes from the : heart, Avery word of it,’ ' J

0 ;' ■■ .... 7 -. ’ ■■ .. ■ - Latest cables, state that the operation was success- , ful and,; although there were -unfavorable signs for about three days, an improvement-has get ?in and 4is ip being maintained. ’ ‘ M &£&