The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-12-28

Are the sins forgiven in confession
made public on the last day as we'll as
those which have not been confessed?
We read in Matt. x, &c: Nothing
is covered that shall not be revealed;
nor hid, that shall not be known" Sim
ilarly in Mark iv, %; Luke viii, IT;
xii, 2. On the last day all the works
of men, whether good or evil, shall
be made known to all-among them
the sins which have been confessed
and atoned for, as we'll as those which
have not been confessed. The fact
that penance has been done for sins
forgiven will also be made known.
Hence all will recognize the justice of
the sentence pronounced on each one.
When the Lord comes He will bring
to light the hidden things of darkness,
and will make manifest the coQnsels
of the hearts, q. Cor. iv. s., Gods
mercy and justice will be manifest to
the whole world at the general judg
ment
Can the Banns of marriage be pub
Iished the Sunday before New Years
day?
Yes. If necessary, more than one
publication can be made prior to that
day, because the solemniZation of
marriages is permitted on and after
the seventh of January.
How does the decree concerning the
recitation of the Breviary make it
obligatory to recite the office accord
ing to the new edition beginning the
year 1918, when the correct revised
edition will only come out in the fall
of 1918? Does this mean that we must
purchase the incorrect revised edition
and in the fall of next year procure
the corrected revised edition? | know
that a PsaIter is added to enable
priests to recite the office in the new
way.
In the Apostolic Constitution obi
vino Afflatu" the Holy Father decreed
that priests must recite the Divine
Office according to the new method on
and after the first of January, 1913.
For this purpose a Psalter containing
the psalms arranged according to the
new method and containing explicit
directions for the recitation of the
new Office was published and re-
vised Breviary was issued. AS soon
as the new edition of the Breviary was
put upon the market it was found to
be faulty and incorrect in many par
ticulars. This edition was recalled
and hence priests who wish to say the
new office must have recourse to the
new Psalter in conjunction with the
old Breviary. On account of the i'm
possibility of getting correct version
of the revised Breviary many dioceses
have secured permission for the con-
tinued use of the old Breviary. Such
permission has been secured for the
Province of st. Paul, and announce
ment of this fact was made in last
weeks issue of The Catholic Bulletin.
This dispensation from the law does
not prevent any priest who desires to
say the office according to the new
method from doing so. He can secure
a copy of the new Psalter and with
it's aid very readily learn how to pro-
coed.
Can nuns of any order go to public
hall or to a public show?
AS a general rule it may be said
that the members of religious Sister
hoods are not allowed to attend public
functions of any kind. Some orders
make exceptions in certain cases, espe-
cially if the affair be of an educa-
tional value as, for instance, a lecture
or a concert given in public hall or
auditorium during the day. Only in
the rarest cases are they allowed to
attend such meetings in the evening.
name given to a child in baptism
must be that of some saint?
There is no law of the Church which
prohibits absolutely the giving of any
but a Saints name to child in bap-
tism. That is to say, the Church will
not refuse to bestow upon the child
in baptism a pagan name if the
parents are so foolish as to insist
upon it. The Church desires that, in
baptism, the child be given the name
of Saint whose virtues he may imi-
tate, whose intercession and protec-
ton he may invoke. It is beautiful
custom and Catholics who know the
attitude of the Church in this matter
never fail to select for their child the
name of a saint. If they bestow two
or more names upon him, one of them,
at least, should be that of saint.
The custom is not uncommon today,
even among Catholics who are other
wise fairly well instructed in their
faithS of bestowing fancy names upon
their children-names of popular
heroes or taken from the latest novel
Such a custom is not to be com.
mended. Very often the child lives to
regret the foolish notions of its
parents which burdened him with a
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