The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-10-11
THE
DOCTRINES
PrOteStants and
Catholics Are
Admonished.

OF the CdInOllC tdlth, have been most .
successful III point of attendance of
the members of the church and out
siders. Catholics and Protestants alike
are being attracted by the reasoning
of the eloquent Jesuits, all interested
in listening to addresses which. to say
the least, are clear and concise. and
the doctrines are so readily explained
that those beyond the pale of the
church in which they are given, have
no difficulty in understanding their
meaning.
Father Boarman's concluding sermon
last night, when he reviewed his lee
ture of Tuesday night on Confession
of Sins" was an appeal to Catholics
and PrOtestants to think in the high
est terms OF the doctrines of each: 80,
Catholic friends" said he, ''let us pre-
pare for our confession, and dear
Protestant friends, always speak with
respect to these doctrines OF the Cath
Ollie church If you have not the
courage to make your confession, new
er say a word against the religious
convictions Of those who do. You can
not condemn a doctrine instituted by
Christ, because when you do, you are
dispIeasing to God"
In opening his address, Father Boar
man announced that the lecture to-
night would be entitled, THE Real
Presence of Christ in the Holy Eu-
charist." He stated for last nights
discourse, he intended reviewing his
lecture on the Confession of Sins"
wherein he had explained that the con-
fession of sins is an ordinance of God.
Tho n divided
self into four Transformation, con-
| fesSion, absolution and satisfaction
| First of ALL the sacrament demanded
the contrition for sins.
What is contrition? Contrition is
| sorrow; sorrow for having repented to
| God, and this is absolutely necessary
| for the sacrament. Sometimes you
| hear ignorant persons say, oh, all that
they pretend to do is simply TO so to
the priests and confess their sins, and
they think that is enough; the priest
| forgives, and they have nothing more
to do Every Catholic understands
| that this sacrament demands contri-
! ton; demands sorrow for sin. Never
since the beginning of the human race
has God ever pardoned any one unless
he was full of sorrow. By sin we de-
| stroy the equilibrium that exists be-
tween God and the priests. God de-
mands that this equilibrium shall be
restored that justice shall be done
Therefore he demands that the sinner
who has gone astray, and one who
has preferred his world to the Creator
demands that he be sorry for it, other
wise there can be no forgiveness
Without it the equilibrium could never
be restored. Where there is no true
sorrow God can never forgive sinner
Now, this sorrow and contrition must
have certain difficulties The contri-
ton must be heartfelt. a mere Sor-
row of the lips or downcast counte-
nance, a hypocritical sorrow, would not
be sufficient 1t must be true and gen.
uine, and from the heart 1t must be
Observation-Disclosures sorrow is not
enough. Suppose, for example, a man
has broken into a house to rob and
has been shot. Then suppose he comes
tos priest to confess, and he says
| Father, l am sorry ] broke into the
| house, because l was almost killed
He would not be confessed. The sor-
row there is only natural, not super
natural.
'.There is sorrow through fear OF
hell, and this is supernatural Why dc
you fear hell? Because you believe in
God. and therefore believe there is q
he'll. The fear of God is salutary. The
fear of God is good hence we must
have q supernatural motive. Another
motive for the fear of God is the feaI
of the loss of heaven. Before commit
ting a sin you had a title deed tC
heaven. There was mansion ir
heaven awaiting you but in a moment
of misdirected pleasure you have TAX
en- your title deed and torn it into
shreds. Is not that real madness &c
sell heaven for a mere moment OF
pleasure? II you are sorry for you!
sin, for you have lost your title tC
heaven, you have a good sorrow il
your heart; it is good, it is supernatu-
raj sorrow. When you have offended
heaven, it is then that you are full
OF heartfelt sorrow, for the love OF
God is the highest, and it is then thai
your sorrow is perfect. That is what
we call perfect contrition. Catholics
all understand that that cOntrition i;
pleasing to God. How is it then thai
at times you will find people who eth
err through malice or ignorance will tel
you that all a Catholic believes he has
to do is to rattle off his sins to tht
priest.
AS for dissolution. the priest hear:
sin, and then, if he judges the con
fessor is sincere and full of sorrow
then he can make use of his power o
pronouncing absolution. Sometimes {
priest is obliged to refuse absolution
This does not often happen, but he ha!
| at ilIuGS Deeu COIllpGlleu ~ retain Ili'
sin. Suppose a man comes to me whC
has been leading a bad life with baC
companion. He says he is sorry, il
which case we tell him he must give
up his companion; he says he canno
do this; then we say he is not sorry
| If you do not stay away from you
companion, then 1 cannot give you alb
solution The priest can do no more
Suppose a church member should joiI
society from which he is restricted
by the church. In that case he mus
either give up the church or the so
, ciety. 1t is taking a choice between
God and the world. 1t is sometime
more agreeable to commit mortal sill
and go to hell. but your soul is no
saved by that. When you are willin:
to do what the church commands, yol
can be a good Catholic, but otherwis
you cannot
If the priest forgives a sin he some
times imposes a penance. Why SHOULD
he impose this penance after your sin
are forgiven? He forgives the sin un
der Gods command, but there may b
4 some temporal punishment which Go
may desire should be inflicted upo
him. In the earlier church this pen