The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-04-22

What is Easter water used for?
Can it take the place of holy water?
Easter water is the water blessed
by the Church on Holy Saturday. A
portion of it is used in the prepare
ton of baptismal water; the priest
sprinkles the congregation with some
of it on Holy Saturday and on Easter
Sunday; some of it is put in the holy
water fonts in the church; some more
is taken by the people for use in their
homes. Apart from this there is no
mention of the use of Easter water.
1t is not to be used for ordinary bless
tngs where the use of holy water is
prescribed.
I. Where did Catholic priests keep
the chalices and vestments used at
Mass during penal days in ireland
when the offering of Mass was pro-
hibited by law? 2. What enabled the
uneducated Irish people to Withstand
the tortures and deprivations inflicted
on them for the practice Of their re-
Iigion when an educated people might
have succumbed? 8. Why do the Irish
people, as general rule, show such
profound respect and reverence for
priests and Bishops? 4. Why did many
Catholic people in Ireland choose to
have their children remain iIIterate
rather than send them to the free pub
lie schools?
1. They were obliged to keep them
concealed in out-of-the-way places or
in the homes of their devoted friends
and fellow Catholics, even as they
themselves had to go about disguised
or remain in hiding in order to min
lister to their people. 2. Even in penal
days the Irish people were not so I'M
educated as some would have us be-
1ieve Religious faith and fervor do
not always go hand in hand with edu-
cation. Very often the uneducated has
more genuine faith than one who has
received the benefits of a school train
ing. 1t was their faith in God, their
absolute reliance on the teaching of
the Catholic Church which enabled the
Irish people in penal days to withstand
every effort made to have them relin-
quish the Faith of Christ. 3. The
reverence of the Irish people for their
priests and Bishops is founded on re-
ligion. They know that the priest is,
as st. Paul says, "the dispenser of the
mysteries of Cod" the one commits
stoned to preach the gospel" In the
Church he takes the place of God Him
self; he is another Christ" and,
therefore, worthy of every outward
mark of respect and reverence be-
cause of his position. Even when they
are aware of the priests shortcomings
as an individual they never for a
moment lose their reverence for his
sacred character. T. The Irish people
would not send their children to the
public schools because these schools
we're Protestant and, therefore, dan
gerous to the faith. In many cases
these schools were made the means
of weaving the Irish children from the
Catholic Faith. They preferred no edu-
cation with the Faith to education
with the almost certain loss of Faith.
SGh q PCtS0H Satu TIC th0USCu-
ces of the Way of the Cross more than
once day? 2. What is privileged
altar?
1. The indulgence can be gained as
often as the Way of the Cross is per-
formed. 2. A privileged altar is one
to which is attached, in addition to the
ordinary fruit of the Mass, a plenary
indulgence whenever Mass is cele-
brated on it. This indulgence must be
applied to the individual soul for which
the Mass is offered. Whenever the
rubrics permit it the Mass must be a
Requiem Mass. If a Requiem Mass
cannot be celebrated the indulgence
can be gained by saying another Mass.
On November second, the Feast of All
Souls, every altar is privileged.
I. What is the addition which Prot
estants make to the Lords Prayer?
is it Of biblical origin, or a sixteenth
century Interpolation? If an interpo-
Iation, in what version and in what
land was it first used? 2. Is it right
that, according to the within Of the
teacher, this, or other version of the
Lords Prayer, should be said in our
public schools?
1. Professionals conclude the Lord s
Prayer with these words: ''For thine
is the kingdom, the power and the
glory forever and ever" This addi-
ton to the Lords Prayer is found in
the King James version of Matthew
VI-13. 1t is not found in the most an
cient biblical manuscripts; though it
occurs as an Interpolation in some of
the oldest texts. It was rejected by
st. Jerome in the fourth century in
his edition of the Vulgate. It is be-
lieved to be an addition made by some
copyist in the early Greek texts. The
Protestant version of 1881 leaves out
these words and thus restores the Our
Father to it's original form. Thus the
scholarship of the Protestant church