The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-08

When does the Easter season begin
and end, that is, the time during which
the Easter duty is to be performed.
The Easter season begins on the
first Sunday of Lent and ends on Trim
ity Sunday which, this year, falls on
June II.
Why does Bishop put on the man.
ipIe only after saying the prayer: "In.
dulgentiam, absoIutionem, etc." at the
beginning of every Mass except q
Mass in black?
Originally the maniple served as a
handkerchief and was attached to the
left wrist of the celebrant. AS long
as the Church permitted the use of
the ancient form of the chasuble,
which enveloped the entire person of
the celebrant except the head, the
maniple was not attached to the wrist
steps. Then the deacon and the sub
deacon rolled up the front part of the
chasuble, exposing the hands and
wrists. The maniple was then at
tached to the wrist and remained in
place until the end of Mass. A vestige
of this usage is preserved in the Gus
tom alluded to in the question.
Is it sinful for Catholics to drink
beef extract on Friday?
The precept of abstinence forbids
not only the eating of the flesh of GER
tain animals on days of abstinence, but
also the use of fat, etc., except in the
preparation of food. Beef extract con-
tains the chief ingredients of lean
meat, and therefore it's use is forbid
den on such days.
Is confession necessarily bad If
the pennitent is careless in regard to
stating the number of times he CON-
mitted habtuaI veniaI sins?
Since there is no obligation to con-
fess venial sins, carelessness in emu
merating them, if they are confessed,
does not render ones confession bad.
1. Are Catholics allowed to pray for
deceased Protestants?
2. Is there certain time appointed
for each one to die and, when that
time comes, will we die no matter
what happens? If so, what is the use
of doctoring when sick?
1. Yes.
2. God who knows all things knows
when each one will die; and hence,
in the light of that knowledge the
hour of each ones death is appointed.
But that hour is unknown to the indi-
vidual. Since he does not know wheth-
approach of the end or not, he is
therefore bound to avail himself of
all the advantages that medical skill
holds out to prolong his life.
Is Catholic who boards with
non-CathoIic family ever allowed to eat
meat on days of abstinence?
No, except it is impossible for him
to procure a sufficiency of abstinence
food.
Does Catholic girl commit sin
who rides out in the evening or at
night with a married Protestant man
whose wife objects?
In such case we have no hesitation
in saying that she does. A young
woman who has any regard for her
character or her souls welfare will
never do anything so improper.
l. Can meat and eggs and meat and
cheese be eaten at the same meal in
Lent? 2. Is it permissible to partake
of meat-stock soup on Friday?
l. Yes. 2. No.
I. What is hypnotism? Are there
any persons who know how to hypno-
tize? 2. Are there any persons who
know how to tell fortunes?
1. Hypnotism is a state of arti-
ficially induced sleep in which
person is susceptible of receiving and
acting on suggestions or directions.
The mind is in a passive state. When
it regains it's normal condition it has
little or no recollection of what trans
pired during the hypnotic state. There
are people who have the power to
hypnotic others. 2. Many pretend
to possess the power of telling for
tunes; but they can be put down as
fakes.
Why has the Church set apart just
forty days, and why do these imme-
diateIy precede Easter?
In this she follows the example of
Christ who, at the beginning of his
public life, tasted forty days and forty
nights. These days of penance I'M
mediately precede the Feast Of Easter,
for the following reasons: l. The time
of the passion, death, and resurrection
of Christ is the most important of the
whole ecclesiastical year, because our
whole redemption was wrought
through these events. We have, there
fore, every reason to prepare ourselves