The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-07-29

1. To what devotions are the diff
ferent months consecrated? 2. What
is meant by Quarantine" in indul-
gences?
1. Certain months of the year are
set apart for different devotions by the
Catholic Church Thus for instance
January is the month of the Holy
Name of Jesus; March, the month OF
st. Joseph; May, the month of the
Blessed Virgin; June, the month of
the Sacred Heart; July, the month of
the Precious Blood; October, the
month of the Holy Rosary; November,
the month of the Holy Souls. In ad-
dition to this, popular devotion con-
socrates the month of January to the
Holy Childhood; the month of March
to the Holy Family; the month of
August to the Maternal Heart OF
Mary; the month of September to the
Seven Dolors; the month of December
to the Immaculate Conception of the
Blessed Virgin. Apart from these
special devotions attached to each
month, there are particular virtues
intended by the Church to be prac-
tised in an especial manner during
each month of the year.
January is the month of Renewal;
that is to say, during this month you
are supposed to renew all your good
resolutions and to pray for the graces
that are needed to keep them
throughout the year.
February is the month of Prayer.
That means a month in which all past
neglects or indifferences or luke
Warmness in prayer should be over
come and fresh start taken in the
direction of more fervent and serious
prayer throughout the year.
March is the month of Interces-
sion; meaning the period of the year
specially devoted to an invocation of
the Blessed Virgin and the saints.
April is the month of Sacrifice; a
month in which we learn and practice
the offering up of all the ills that
come to our lots as so many prayers
or means whereby our sins and short
comings may be explated.
May is the month of Confidence.
During this month, especially through
the aid of the Mother of God, we must
renew our confidence in Divine mercy
and our trust in the word of Christ.
June is the month of Fervor. Even
as the days grow longer, brighter, and
warmer in June, so should the soul of
man become more fervent in devo-
ton, more brilliant with graces, more
extended in the duration of it's COM
munion with God.
July is the month of Thanksgiving.
1t is midway down the year, and you
are then expected to pause, look back
and be grateful for all the benefits
received during the preceding six
months.
August is the month of Obedience,
a virtue that is most salutary. AT
times our self-will, or human pride re-
bells against it; in August we must
renew that virtue.
September is the month of Humil-
ity; this is the sister virtue of obedi
ence. The practice of humility has
done more to watt souls to salvation
than possibly any other virtue.
October is the month of Mercy
This is the sublime virtue that accom-
panies humility and that is NANTES
tation of a sanity spirit in the one
possessed of it.
November is the month of Compass
sion; it accords we'll with the prac
tees ordained by the Church for thai
month. Prayers for the dead are acts
of compassion of the most meritorious
kind. "-.
December is the month of Perse
verance; at the opening of the veal
we devoted a month to good resolu
tions, so at the closing of the veal
should we determine to persevere il
them
2. A quarantine" represents pc
Rod of forty days and, in the sense
referred to, it means that a person
gaining an indulgence of quarantine
satisfies for as much of the tempora
punishment due to sin as would bt
wiped out in the case of person wht
formerly underwent period of fort!
days of public penance.
In what circumstances do beads
cease to be indulgenced?
This is a question of much practica
Importance. The following rules hav'
been formulated to express tn,
Church's teaching in regard to thi
matter and should be preserved TO
future reference.
/. Beads are indulgenced for on
person only. When number o
beads are blessed together it is TN
derstood that each of them is blesse,
: for the person who, being the owne
of it, or one to whom the owner ha
given it gratuitously, is the first t
dlse it with the intention of gainin
the rosary Indulgence. Rosaries ar