The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-07-13

Would you please tell me how to
say the rosaries called the Blessed
Eucharist beads, the Sacred Heart
beads, st. Michaels beads, st.
Anthony's beads, the Infant Jesus of
Prague beads?
The beads of the Blessed Sacrament
are composed of medal and thirty
three grains which recall the thirty
three years of our Lords life. To
recite them all that is necessary is to
say on each bead Jesus in the
Blessed Sacrament, have mercy on
u.s." His Holiness, Pope Plus x,
granted, on April Z, 1910, an indul-
gence of three hundred days for each
repetition of the invocation. The
beads of the Sacred Heart are like the
ordinary rosary. On the crucifx one
says the Divine Praises on the
large bead Jesus meek and humble
of heart make my heart like unto
Thine on each of the small beads
Sweet Heart of Jesus, be my love"
and at the end of each decade Sweet
Heart of Mary, be my salvation" We
know nothing about the other beads
to which you refer. We would sug-
gest that instead of going after what
may be called the fads of religion, it
would be well to confine yourself to
the recitation of the ordinary rosary
in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
If that is said devoutly and frequently
there is little need of seeking any
other kinds of beads, no matter how
good they may be as the trimmings
of devotion.
1. When, If ever, did the Catholic
Church permit or force her priests
and Bishops to marry? 2. What is
your opinion of the books written by
Maria Monk? 8. What are some of
the most notable differences between
the Catholic and the Protestant
Bible? 4. Are none but born Catholics
admitted to the priesthood?
1. The Church never permitted,
much less forced, her priests and
Bishops to marry. In no case is
priest allowed to marry after he has
been ordained to the priesthood.
Wherever a married priesthood is
permitted by the laws of the Church
the marriage must take place before
the levite is ordained to the priest
hood. 2. Maria Monk was an i'm
poster who claimed that she had
escaped from the Hotel Dieu Nun
merry in Montreal and in her DIS
closures she gave what purported to
be an account of what took place in
the convent during her residence
there. 1t was afterwards proved that
she had no valid right to the title of
"ex-nun," and that her disclosures"
were nothing more than the product
of fertile imagination which saw
in this appeal to bigotry means of
notoriety and a source of revenue.
Her books are now discredited by
decent Professionals. They should not
be read by anyone. 8. The Protes-
tant Bible differs from the Catholic
in many important particulars. The
following books found in the Catho-
lie Bible are not in the Protestant:
Tobias, Wisdom, Baruch, Judith,
Ecclesiasticus, and the two books of
Machabees. Furthermore, the authors
of the Protestant Bible in translating
from the Vulgate were animated by
a spirit of antagonism to Catholic
doctrine and practice and as result
many false translations of important
passages are found. 1t would require
too much space to enumerate the
errors and mistranslations which
have dogmatic hearing. 4. It does
not make any difference whether a
young man was born a Catholic or
converted to the Catholic Church as
far as entering the priesthood is
concerned. If he has vocation and
the necessary qualifications he can be
ordained
I. How is the Mass the same sacri-
flee as that of the Cross? What parts
of the sacrifice of the Cross do the
Offertory, Conservation and Comnnu-
Mon represent? 2. What should we
mediate on at these times and what
prayers should be said? Does one
hear Mass if they do not mediate?
tate?
1. Our catechism tells us that the
sacrifice of the Mass and that of the
Cross are the same in so far as the
officiating priest, the Victim offered
and the ends for which the sacrifice
is offered are identical. In the
sacrifice of the cross the high-priest
who offered it was the Goldman, Jesus
Christ. In the Mass the officiating
priest takes the place of the great
High-priest and in His name offers
the Holy Sacrifice. In both, the vic
Tins offered is none other than the
Goldman Himself. The ends for
which both sacrifices are offered up
are Gods honor and glory; gratitude
for His graces; satisfaction of His
justice for the sins of men, and petit
ton for graceS and hleSsinpS The