The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1899-10-12

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Rev. James H. o'Donnell.

Rev. James H. ODonneL.
1.-The rules of his parish.
2-The chief truths of our holy reli-
gion.
S-How to bless himself properly and
reverently.
THAT the beginning of wisdom is
the fear of the Lord.
5-That God will render to every man
according to his works.
6-That the influence of good example
! is far-reaching.
| THAT the theological virtues are
Faith, Hope and Charity.
S-That the Eminent Good Works are
Alms-d Prayer and Fasting.
9-That the Evangelical Counsels are
Voluntary Poverty, Perpetual Chastity
and Obedience.
10-That the four Cardinal Virtues are
Prudence, Justice, Fortitude and Tenn
perance.
11-That it is improper to gaze about
in church while the Sacred Mysteries
are being celebrated.
12-That if late at Mass, he should
enter the church and take his seat as
quietly as possible.
13-That it is proper to rent a sitting
in church and pay for it regularly.
14-That to absent ones self from the
Holy Sacrifices of the Mass on Sundays
or Holy Days of obligation without suf-
ficient reason is a grievous sin; and
that grievous or mortal sin makes the
soul an enemy of God.
15-That the sacraments are channels
of Divine grace, instituted by our Lord
Jesus Christ, and are seven in number
viz Baptism, Confirmation. Penance,
Holy Eucharist, Extreme JUNCTION, Holy
Orders and Matrimony.
16-That the seven Deadly or Capital
Sins are Pride, Covetousness, Lust, An
ger, Gluttony, Envy and Sloth.
1I-That the virtues contrary to these
are Humanity, Liberality, Chastity,
Weakness, Temperance, BrCtherly Love
and Diligence.
1S-The Ten Commandments of God
and the six Precepts of the Church:
19-Some pious aspirations and ejac-
ulations to utter from time to time, es-
pecially in moments of temptation.
2O-"The Angelus." beautiful prayer
recited three times daily in honor of our
Immaculate Mother.
21-Some prayers to be said before
and after meals; that gratitude for
benefits received should prompt him to
be faithful to this exercise.
22-The Lords Prayer, the Angelica
Salutation or Hail Mary" the Apos-
ties Greed, the Acts Of Faith, Hope and
Charity and Contrition and the Con-
fiteor.
23-That the four last things to be re-
membered are Death, Judgment, I
Heaven and He'll. In all thy works
remember thy last end, and thou shalt
never sin.
24-That the seven gifts of the Holy
Ghost are Wisdom, Understanding, /
Counsel, Fortitude, knowledge, Piety |
and Fear of the Lord.
25-That the sins which cry TO Heaven !
for Vengeance are Wilful Murder, the !
sins of Sodom, Oppression Of the Poor |
and Defrauding Laborers of their !!
Wages. !
26-That the Sacred Scriptures are The !
inspired Word of God. and are worthy |
of our profoundest respect and rever-
enCe.
27-That honesty is the best pol
ICY in spiritual as in temporal mat
tiers; but that policy" should be syn !
onymOus with conviction, enlightened |
and strengthened by conscience.
2S-That the Ten Commandments are
reduciblc to two, and that upon these
depend the whole law and the pro-
pnetS.
29-That marriages are not solemn
lied from the first Sunday of Advent
until after the Epiphany, and from
Ash Wednesday until Low Sunday that
Low Sunday is the first Sunday after
Easter.
30-How to say No with emphasis
when asked to transgrefss the laws of
God, or of the Church, or of the land
31-How to say Yes" promptly and
cheerfully when invited to ASST in
any good work, as the bestowal of
aims, visiting the sick, teaching in the
school, etc.
S2-The duties of his state of life:
that if a superior, he should &c lust
and merciful to those under him. If
a subordinate, that he should faith
fully discharge his allotted duties; that
diligence, honesty, sobriety and verac-
ty be his chief traits
33-That the twelve fruits of the HOLY
Ghost are Charity, Joy, Peace. Pa
-ience Benignity, Goodness, Longan-
nifty, Mildnese, Faith, Modesty. Cont
hence and Chastity.
34-That the secret organization
most hostile to the Catholic church is