The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-04-04
Discussed in An Able Man
ner at the Catholic
Mission.

/ In spite of>the Indictment weather
the men who gathered at the catho-
ilic church last evening again COM
lpletely filled the church, Father
lSwint preached on Mortal Sin,
showing that sin IS the cause OF
nearly all unhappiness in this life,
and will issue, II unTepented Of. IN 4
leternal misery in the. life to come.
lie also showed the insult and base
1 ingratitude to God, implied ito sin,
land summed up his discourse ny
lproelaIming sin earth's- great evil,
and heavens great evil.
Father Hayden answered quhs-
tlons among which were the follow
ling:
Question: Do spirits come back
Ito earth in the form OF ghostsg
Answer: If, God has at different
times sent His angels upon earth in
bodily formulas Scripture tells us
tplainly He did, there is no reason
why He could not also send back
the spirits of the departed in a
material, bodily form. That this has
happened occasionally there seems
to be pretty good proof. The APP
pearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary
at Lourdes, France, for instance, is
beyond doubt. There seems also TO
be some clear instances in which
evil spirits have appeared to man.
It might happen. then, that spirits
would return to earth in visible
form. Howeer instances of this are
few and far between, and it is al
ways, for a purpose. Ghosts. in the
common acceptance of the word, are
mere myths; they do not exist. And
even if they did, there would be no
reason to fear them. Who ever
heard Of a ghost doing anybody bod
lily harm.
Reading the Bible.
QUESTION: Is it really necessary
that every Catholic should read tile
Bible; If so,ewhy are there so many
homes without one?
Answer: Christ never told us any
!; where that is is necessary for SAL
walton that one read the Bible. The
Christians Of the first fifty years had
not the whole Bible to read. Until
printing was invented in the If
teenth century 1t was absolutely i'm
possible for the vast majority of the
families to possess Bible, and if
they could possess one, by far the
largest number Of people could not
read it. There are thousands of good
Christians in the world today who
cannot read. Reading the Bible,
therefore. is not essential to saliva
ton. ~
However, it is a very good thing
to read the Bible. provided real
Bible be read and read in the proper
way. St. Peter says that there are
many things in the writing Of St.
Paul and in the "other Scriptures
which the "unlearned and the I'M
stable wrast to thelr own dcstruc-
ton" e Peter 3:l6). Wherever
there is any doubt or difficulty in
matters of doctrine the official in
depreciation of that living, teaching
Church which Christ established, and
which he pledged Himself to keep
in the way of truth (Math. 2S:2O:
Math. 1918: Mark 1916; Luke 10:
IS; John 14:t6 and 26) is to be re-
ceived.
After receiving the true doctrine
from he church, Wa may go to
Scripture to confirm it: but the chief
end the ordinary reader ought to
have in view in reading the Bible,
lis not to find what he ought 10 be-
Ilieve, but to drink in right at its
Isource the spirit and heart Of Jesus
Christ. With this end in view we
cannot read the Bible too much.
1t is we'll, therefore, for every
Catholic to have Bible and, under
proper guidance, to read it.
Latin Language.
/ Question: Why do Catholics use
the Latin language in the Mass?
Answer: The use of the Latin
Language in the Mass, and in all her
liturgy! is again a matter Of mere
Church discipline. Christ did not
Iappoint any language as the lam
guage of His Church, Tho Latin
Language is used only by Catholics
of the Roman rite. Catholics of the
Greek rite use Greek, and SO those.
of the Syrian, Armenian and coptic
rite use their respective language.
In the early church every coun-
TRY used it's own language in the lit7
lucy, and, to great extent, its own,
peculiar. ceremonies. After time