The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-05-19
How to got Karried.

How to get Married
y This is 8 very interestiue ouestion. an,
}. one which most people think about a GOO,
d Tya.. put 1t is not one question only
> ABOUT 1t. Letu take them one BY one.
!, an "a, certain old-fashioned recipe book
T Soo VIII ma the question treated ''How to
~ begin with the warning, /" First. catch
your hare" That is the first thing to be
zone ue In this case, alao but You must be A
ntsie particular as to. the kind of hare Won
G pu Make sure that it is q good one.
i at WY Dc 80. very carefulf For the fol-
Ahi' - AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT MATTER,
ana serious one, though you may be &C.
c1stomed to treat it lightly. II ia one
Whlch concerns your happiness for perhaps
1ne whole of your life for it IL mot as IL
you couta get a divorce, as the world vainly
onnt.n your marriage, once validity
and not only does it concern your bappi.
ness IN this life, but also in that which ia
20 20 come. Moreover, marriage among
CHRISTIANS is a sacrament, and therefore q
sacred as we'll as an honorable thing.
THE FIRST CONSIDERATION or ALL,
is, OF course, about religion do not, then. |
mmtar,y any one not-of your own faith. The !
S;snau n aonors suGh marriages, and gives
appropriations for them very unwillingly,
Inc danger to your own soul is great, es.
Peciatiy as things are with us now. That
trotestants here are, generally speaking,
!lcher and in better social position, while
IL Is an inducement to you, will also be a 1
temptation against your faith. Do not,
then, marry Protestant, unless there is a
good chance of converting him or her and, {
even If there is such q chance, remember i
the peril to yourself, and that your own q
soul is what you have to take care of be. 9
lore that OF any one else. IL
BUT IF you WILL INSIST ON MARRYING Z
without the blessing of the Church, bear in
mind what the Church absolutely requires
n such case. First, that it be done be- -
ore the priest; # you are married by a NJ
minister, you commit a most II
rievous sin, and are erconmunicated by the o.
cry act. Also, that you obtain from the h'
ther party a most distinct and solemn o,
romise that the children, boys and girls, IL
hall all be brought up Catholics; and that &C
our own practice of your religion, as we'll q
theirs, shall meet with no hindrance th
hatcher: If these two points are not Sc co
lred, the marriage cannot be allowed. To-
'me to see the priest; be sure they are to
ght In the fret place. But instead of cl;
king all this trouble, and running into tri
Il this danger, it is ever so much better &c
AXE UP YOUR MIND TO MARRY CATHOLIC, ~
I'd good Catholic at that. Take no one err
erely on account of good looks, or for the Gil
ke of money. Be sure that he or an
Q has qualities that will make you hap to,
as long ss you live. Look out for one ito
10 is honest and industrious who is not an,
trayagant and o burden instead of q sec
Up; who goes regularly to Mass and to the
. Sacramento who is free from bad Dire
bits, and especially from the disgraceful Coz
q Of drunkenness. Above all, take care Gin
but this last point do not make hell Ter.
yourself upon earth. of
so MUCH FOR WHO IT SHALL BE: teri
nnon sense ought to tell you this, and 9th
re. Now, let us see how to cook your pas
Q after 1t has been caught. ruit
,our intended is a good practical Catho. mel
then, that is understood. So you will any
go to the priest in the parish of one OF ass,
!, and give in your names without any sec,
J, to be called out in the church. With OF !
reason, and good one too, yon have Wit
right to be dispensed from this. II is ATT
a matter merely Of choice nor is it in COM
power OF the priest; it is o law of the reso
Ech, which cannot be put aside at H 5nat
sure. Do not, then, make the ridicu- ger
objection that You had rather NOT DC
that made any difference you might 10 sc
'eiI say that you had rather not abstain TOW
meat on Fridays. And do not urge ana
people will talk such q foolish . iel.
Ise is not sufficient. II there is no real tern'
on against it,
THE'BAESs MUST BE CALLED, Al
you ought not to, be ashamed If they made
but rather ii they are not. AS for its P
lng, there = really . great deel more Dick
q fex EseRls 90 talk tf they ase pot phFai
s. ssss s s! q .s:s,es sse over.
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