The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-01-28

way for a conflict with a hard fact
that requires an effort, but which holds
out only for short time and which
may be considered real fight" II
then men have always paid venera-
ton to great characters and DEGREES
them public honors, raising statues
to them, or identifying the houses
wherein they were born why should
we be condemned for honoring the
saints who are the truly great ones
of earth?
We do not say that the world does
wrong in honoring it's own heroes.
But we demand fair play. Scripture
says that we should honor him to
whom honor is due. 1t also says: Ma
tions shall declare the wise mans
wisdom and ''the Church shall show
forth his praise"
Why is it that banns of marriage
are only published at the late Mass?
What purpose do they serve?
The banns of marriage are an
nounced at the late Mass because even
if more people attend at an early
Mass, the late Mass is the parish
Mass. 1t is, as it were, the official
Mass for the parish. At it the i'm
portant sermon is given and all i'm
portant announcements made. In
word, both priest and people have
come to look upon the late Mass as
the Mass of the parish. And, by the
way, it may not be out of place to
call attention to the fact that there
is a tendency among certain people
to always hear an early Mass and to
neglect the High Mass. This is not as
it should be. Every good Catholic
should feel it his duty to frequently
attend at High Mass, not only for the
sake of the longer instruction, but also
because it is the mind of the Church.
Banns are useful nowadays as in other
days because all the scoundrels are
not yet dead, and it is not an uncom-
mon thing for men who are already
married to attempt to remarry an. in
nocent party. The Catholic Church
considers marriage so sacred that she
hedges it about in every direction lest
it should be in any way abused. You
should be grateful for this rather than
querulous. The publication of a mar
riage also lends responsibility to it,
besides giving the rest of the faithful
an opportunity to pray for those about
to receive a sacrament so important.
What is the difference between
Apostles, Disciples and Evangelists?
The difference between Apostle, Dis
ciple, and Evangelist is not clearly
marked. By common usage the first
refers, however, to the twelve chosen
by our Lord, though st. Paul constant
ly speaks of himself as an Apostle;
the term Disciple means pupil, and is
applied to the seventy and two who
went before our Lord in His travels,
and yet st. John is spoken of as the
beloved Disciple; while the word
Evangelist is nowadays exclusively
reserved by Catholics to signify the
writer's of the Four Gospels. Although
the Apostles were Evangelists Gnas-
much as they preached the Gospel,
we find in the writings of the Apostolic
Fathers no reference to Evangelists.
yet travelling missionaries are some
times called Apostles and sometimes
they are spoken of as teachers in the
early writings, but common usage of
today confines the terms as indicated
above. An exception seems to be the
case of the great missionaries of mod
LII udy D. WIZ, 11hO II duC1S AdN1C1,
have been honored with the title Apos-
tie to such and such people Or coun-
try where their prayers and labors
have been most availing.
Where did Confession originate?
Confession originated when our
Lord on the day of His resurrection
said to the Apostles: "Whose sins
you shall forgive they are forgiven,
and whose sins you shall retain they
still retain" (St John Xxx, 1929 It
was impossible for the Apostles and
their successors-the Bishops and the
priests of the Church-to exercise this
power of judging whether to forgive
or retain unless people confessed their
sins, hence originated Confession.
What scripturaI evidence have we
that the saints can see us and hear
our prayers?
Read and mediate on st. Paul's tes-
timony in I. Cor. xiii, IL and then con-
slider. If we can see and know the
petitions of our friend while we are
on earth, how much more so when we
have been freed from these prison
DdFS OI DOuudS0! see also Genesis
Xviii, Is, Tobias xii. II, and then turn
to the Gospel of st. Luke vx 10.
But how could the angels be glad
of our repentance unless they knew of
it? Now repentance is something in
terror, is it not? Therefore they must
be able to know our words and acts,
and even our very thoughts. Com
pare the above with: l. Gen. xviii;
Exod. xvii; Baruch. 1-13; Zach. 1-12,
10; I. Cor. iv. 9; Matt xii. 80; Rev.
v. 8. All these taken together make
strong proof, do they not? Strong as
is the Scripture proof, that from Tradi-
ton is much more conclusive, extend
ing as it does from the present moment
back to the very earliest ages of the
Church.
What is the Holy House of Loretto?
The Holy House of Loretto is the
house, or a portion of the house, in
which the Blessed Virgin lived at Naz-
areth, and which, after the Holy Land
had been finally abandoned to the in