The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28
Why do Catholics have to hear

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The Mass is the institution of our
Lord Jesus Christ who commanded
His Apostles to do what He did at the
Last Supper, and to do it in COM
memoration of Him. Mass is offered
by the priest for all the faithful and,
therefore, the faithful should assist
at it. To absent oneself from Mass
without necessity, is to refuse to adore
God in the highest way in mans
power.
Besides, being members of the
Church-the society of Christ-Cath-
olics are bound to obey the law of
the Church, and the Church commands
all it's members to hear Mass on Sun
days and holy days of obligation.
What is the difference between
Cardinals Bishops, Cardinals Priests
and Cardinal Deacons?
Each Cardinal bears the title of
some Church in Rome. The Cardinals
Bishops are six in number and cor
respond with the six ancient bishropics
of Latium. The Cardinals Priests cor
respond in number and position to
the fifty chief pastors of Rome's lead
ing churches, and the fourteen Car
dinal Deacons correspond to others
outside the above positions who have
won meritorious promotion. The
fourteen Cardinal Deacons, however,
have also titular churches.
Hence the Cardinals Bishoprics are
the titular prerogatives of the follow
ing six dioceses: Ostia and Velletri,
Porto and San Rufina, Albano, Fras-
cati, Preneste and Sabina. The titu-
lar churches of the other orders of
Cardinals would be too long a list.
The difference between the orders
is merely one of rank and of process
sional precedence; excepting that
whilst a Bipshop or priest may be-
long to any of the three orders, a man
who is only deacon can be one of
the third order. No Cardinal, even
if an Archbishop, can be a Cardinal
Bishop, as that rank is reserved to the
six old Latin Sees as mentioned above.
Hence they fall under titles of Car
dinal Priests or Deacons just as a
church becomes vacant by the death
of its Cardinal titular.
In what is called a Consistory, the
assembled Cardinals range about the
Holy Father according to rank. The
Cardinal Dean is always the venerable
Bishop of Ostia.
Why is salt put in the mouth of
one who is about to be baptized?
It is to signify the alliance which
God is about to enter into with the
person baptized and teach him that
henceforth he is to hate corruption
and love wisdom. When the priest
places salt in the mouth, he sayst
Receive the salt of wisdom and may
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lasting life 1t is a very old practice
and all the Fathers who treat of bap-
tismal ceremonies speak of it. The
Third Council of Carthage, A. D.
1877, mentions it as an established
custom
When God promised David that He
would give the kingdom of Israel to
him and his descendants, He sealed
the contract "by a covenant of salt
QI. Paralip, kill The old Greeks
regarded it as a serious crime to
break covenant or treaty that had
been consecrated by salt. To eat
salt with anyone was an Indian way
of showing lasting friendship In
baptism one enters into covenant
with God, and hence, salt, which is
the best of preservatives, is used to
ratify it in solemn manner.
Salt is also symbol of purity
Things that are naturally corruptible
are kept pure by sailing them. The
salt of baptism signifies the effect of
the sacrament which is to remove
sin from the soul and keep it in a
state of grace.
1t is also a symbol of wisdom. Just
as food is made tasteful by salt, so
wisdom makes virtue pleasant and
wholesome. st. Isadore of Seville
says: The ceremony of giving salt
to catechumens was instituted by our
ancestors to remind them that Chris
tian wisdom with which the newly
baptized are gifted, ought henceforth
season their Conversations
On what grounds do Catholics justi-
fly their generation of the Saints?
First of all on the noblest instincts
of our nature. We naturally respect
and revere what is noble, pure and
great, and this regard rises in proper
ton the more nearly it reflects divine
projections. Now the Saints strove to
model their lives on divine lines and
examples. Hence we instinctiveIy re.
we're them because of their eminent
virtues. This veneration takes on a
religious character because it is paid
to those who were undoubtedly friends
of God, and religion has always
blessed such devotion.
If the world has high esteem for
it's great ones, it is surely not wrong
to pay deep regard to the saints The
ecclesiastical historian. Euseblius
writes: The object of profane his.
tory is to exalt bloody victories, the
trophies of war, the exploits of com.
manders, the bravery of soldiers who
covered themselves with blood and
slaughter to defend their children
their country and their masters AS
for us who write the history of the
Kingdom of God, we grave on imper.
ishable Columns the names of the
peaceful conquerors who fought vail.
antly for truth more than for country
and for religion more than for. their
families. We conserve the everlasting