The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16

I. Why is it that some priests re-
ceive salary and others do not? 2.
Is it necessary that funeral be held
over an infant who was properly baP-
tized? 8. In the first part Of the Bible
we read that God told Adam and Eve
to 60 forth and multiply. Also we
find a command which forbids them
to eat of the tree of knowledge. How
can the first command be carried out
unless the last one be broken?
/. Every priest engaged in parochial
work is entitled to living from the
people to whom he ministers whether
it takes the form of salary or not In
places where the church is we'll Or
ganized pastors and assistants receive
stipulated salaries. In missionary dis
tricts the priests generally have to be
content with what they can get from
the Catholics in the country assigned
them, unless they receive supplement-
airy aid from some other source or
from the charitably-dis faithful
in more fortunate localities. 2. The
ritual of the Church provides a special
service for baptized children and it is
customary to have these prayers said
over the remains before they are in
TERED. 8. We do not see the logical
connection between these two COM
mandments and the conclusion you
draw from them. You are mistaken
if you think that the latter renders
impossible the observance of the
former.
1. Where is "America" published,
and what is the subscription price per
year? 2. Where might one purchase
set of the Catholic Encyclopedia? 8.
Where can I obtain the "odyssy' and
the "IIiad"? q. Would it be possible
for the Bulletin to republish the poem
entitled "The Man Who Lifts His Hat
When Passing the church's Door?"
1. America is weekly magazine
published by the America Press, SO
East 83rd Street, New York, and the
subscription price is three dollars a
year. 2. The Catholic Encyclopedia
can be obtained from the publishers,
The Robert Appleton Company, 80
West 38th Street, New York City. 3.
These books can be obtained from, or
through, any bookseller. 4. This
poem appeared in recent issue and
we cannot republish it unless there
is more general demand for it. We
send you a copy of the issue in which
it appeared.
When and how is the nuptiaI bless
ing given at a wedding?
There is a special Mass for the
bride and bridegroom contained in the
Missal and during this Mass what is
called the nuptial blessing is given. If
the rubrics do not permit the cele-
brant to say this special Mass for
the bride and groom, the nuptial bless
ing can be given in the ordinary Mass
of the feast at which the marriage
takes place. This nuptial blessing can
not, of course, be given at mixed
marriage, nor is it repeated at the
marriage of a widow who already re-
ceived it on the occasion of her first
marriage.
The nuptial blessing, as the name
indicates, is special blessing invoked
upon the married pair that they may
be enabled to perform the duties of
their new state in life in a manner
pleasing to Almighty God. During
the Mass, at the conclusion of the
Pater Noster, the celebrant turns to-
ward the newly married couple kneel-
ing on the steps of the altar, and says
over them the following prayers:
"Merciful1y give ear, o Lord! to our
prayers, and let thy grace accompany
this Thy institution, by which Thou
hast ordained the propagation of man
kind; that this tie, which is made by
Thy authority, may be preserved by
Thy grace, through our Lord Jesus
Christi etc. 20 God! who by Thy
omnipotent hand didst create all
things of nothing; who at the first
forming of the world, having made
man to the likeness of God, didst out
of his flesh make woman, and give
her to him for his help, and by this
didst inform us that what in it's be-
ginning was one ought never to be
separated; o God! who by so excellent
a mystery hast consecrated this union
of both sexes, that thou wouldst have
it to be type of that great sacra-
ment which is between Christ and His
Church; o God; by whom this con-
tract and mutual commerce has been
ordained, and privileged with a bless
ing which alone has not been recalled,
either in punishment of original sin
or by the sentence of the flood, merci-
fully look on this Thy servant the
bride, who, now given in marriage,
earnestly desires to be received under
Thy protection. May love and peace
abound in her; may she marry in
Christ, faithful and chaste; may she
ever initiate the holy women of former
times, may she be as acceptable to
her husband as Rachel, and as dis
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