The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-30

on holidays Of obligation when you
are working with non-cathoIics who
do not want to let you 60 from your
work? 2. When one loses purity can
1t ever be got back again by repent
ance? 8. Where can Catholic Bibles
be procured and what is the price of
them?
/. If one cannot attend Mass on
holy days on account of the nature
of ones work the obligation to do so
is no longer binding under pain of
mortal sin. People who have to work
are not obliged to hear Mass on holy
days with great inconvenience to
themselves and at the prospect of los
ing their employment if they persist
in going. Whenever it is possible they
are expected to attend an early Mass
before going to work. 2. Purity can
be recovered if one repents sincerely
of the sins against this virtue of which
one has been guilty. Every sin, ex-
cept that against the Holy Ghost spok-
en- of in Scripture, can be washed
away by penance. 3. Catholic Bibles
can be obtained at all Catholic book
stores and, usually, at all general
bookstores The price varies with
the quality and binding just as it does
with other books. Copies of the Bible,
and especially of the New Testament,
can be obtained very cheaply. They
can be procured in st. Paul from Nc
earthly & Son, Sixth and Seventh
Streets, and from the E. M. Lohmann
Co., st. Peter Street.
Was Napoleon married twice by the
Pope after being divorced the first
time? 2. Was Henry the Eighth's
second wife his own iIIegitimate
daughter?
1. Catholics WHO are educated in
their religion know that the Church
never permits anyone who has been
divorced to re-marry with her consent
Even the Pope himself would not
marry or sanction marriage of Ma
poleon after divorce. 2. Historians
do not agree on this point.
Is it wrong for Catholic Justice
of the Peace to marry couples?
A Justice of the Peace is an official
who is authorized by law to perform
marriage ceremony for those who
wish him to officiate at their wedding
A Catholic Justice of the Peace who
acts in his official capacity at we'd
ding cannot be held guilty of wrong
doing. He knows that if he officiates
at Catholic wedding the marriage is
null and void from the viewpoint of
the Church and, consequently, he will
try to dissuade Catholics from such a
marriage. He may even refuse to Off
ciate at any marriage.
I. Is it not wrong for Catholics to
claim that their priests say Mass only
for the money that is in it? 2. Is it
necessary that grace before meals
and after be said standing? Most peo-
pie sit down to the meal and then the
head of the family gives thanks. 8.
Protestants bow the head when saying
grace before meals. What should a
Catholic do if present? Sit straight
up and pay no attention.? q. Does the
Church for good and grave reasons
grant persons related in the second
degree a dispensation to marry, and
can priests marry them since the new
law in Minnesota went into effect
5. If two non-CathoIics are married
by Judge does the Church recognize
that marriage? 6. Is it right for a
person to promise, without consulting
his confessor, that if he obtains a
favor from our Lord, he will have it
published in the Messenger of the sa-
cred Heart? z, Why can't we have a
Catholic daily paper in our state? In
foreign countries there are many daily
papers and the people seem poorer
than here.
1. 1t is wrong for Catholics to as.
sert anything of the kind for it is not
true. None but an ignorant, or a ma.
Iicious person will make such state
ment. There may be some excuse for
non-Catholics who do not understand
what the Mass is or what the priest
hood is, for saying such things, but
for any Catholic to do so is frank
profession of want of knowledge
which he should possess, or of a desire
to injure the priesthood in the eyes
of others. Such Catholics, we be
lieve, are few. That there are any
such is misfortune. 2. Tt is moi
necessary that grace before meals be
said standing though, as a genera
rule, Catholics say it before taking
their places at the table 8. The
Catholic should say grace for himsel
and then sit respectfully while it il
being said by the non-Catholics wht
are present. 4. The Church grants {
dispensation for the marriage of per
sons related in the second degree
that is first cousins, whenever there il
a sufficient reason for it, In the Stat,
of Minnesota it is illegal for frs
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