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1254. MOSLEY, JOSEPH. (MD; Cath.; 1730/1-1787; in MD 1756-1787)
“On ye Nativity of our Lord.” [1760] 12pp. [Acc. No. 1033]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Special Collections)
Bib. Ref.: “Et hoc vobis signum: invenietis Infantem Pannis involutum, & positum
in Procepio [i.e., praesaepio]. Luc: C: 2. V: 12. And this shall be a Sign unto you:
You shall find ye Infant in swaddling cloath’s, & laid in a Manger. Luke: Chap: 2.
Ver: 12.”
Commentary: Notes at the head read “Bour: T: 1. Mys: P: 1e. St Joseph 1760
Sakia 1762. Chester 1765 Wye—1766.” The sermon is based on the “Sermon sur
la Nativite de Jesus-Christ” by the French Jesuit Rev. Louis Bourdaloue. Cf., for
instance, Bourdaloue’s Sermons ... sur les mysteres. Tome premier. Paris: Chez
Rigaud, 1726, pp. 1-44. There are some later emendations in pencil in an unknown
hand.
Keywords: Bourdaloue, Rev. Louis;
1255. MOSLEY, JOSEPH. (MD; Cath.; 1730/1-1787; in MD 1756-1787)
“A Sermon for ye 6th Sunday after ye Epiphany.” [1752] 15pp. [Acc. No. 321]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Vos imitatores nostri facti estis; & Domini excipientes verbum in
tribulatione multa, cum gaudio Spiritus Sancti. You became Followers of us & of
our Lord; receiving ye Word in much Tribulation, with Joy of ye holy Ghost. Words
taken out of ye 1st Epistle of St Paul to ye Thessalonians chap: 1. Ver: 6th.”
Commentary: The sermon is dated 1752 at the end. A note at the head reads
“[illegible] Cobs. 1758.” Mosley, a Jesuit until the suppression in 1773, served in
Maryland from 1756 until his death.
Keywords: suffering in this world;
1256. MOSLEY, JOSEPH. (MD; Cath.; 1730/1-1787; in MD 1756-1787)
“On ye Sign of ye Cross. 5th Cate: Discourse.” [1760] 11pp. [Acc. No. 327]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
Bib. Ref.: “Mihi autem absit gloriari, nisi in Cruce Domini nostri Jesu Christi ... Ego
enim Stigmata Domini Jesu in Corpore meo Porto. Ad Gala: C: 6. V: 14, & 17. God
forbid, that I should Glory, except in ye Cross of our Lord Jesus Xt ... For I bear in
my Body ye Marks of our Lord Jesus. Epis: ad Gal: Chap: 6th. Ver: 14th & 17th.”
Commentary: A note at the head reads “Sakia 1764.” A note at the end reads
“Decem: 4th 1760. Newtown.” Mosley, a Jesuit until the suppression in 1773, served
in Maryland from 1756 until his death.
Keywords: Cross, sign of the; Stigmata;
1257. MOSLEY, JOSEPH. (MD; Cath.; 1730/1-1787; in MD 1756-1787)
“on St Ignatius.” [1759] 12pp. [Acc. No. 235v]
Repository: Georgetown University, Washington, DC (Woodstock College Archives)
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