The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1913-05-31

% thsss ncrai offerings ant as fayur.
Inc ths Substitution - aass-s fer fhs
r~pe-s q ths sal q ths departed Ttis
htautifui Catholic practice shuuid rrs-
van u h bsiisred- arnonE ths indirit-
uai frisndn ana relatifsa and ~. ~
connnsd 10 the tnmsdiats family Gals.
thus assuring many masses.
To promote and sncouraEe this mere
Catholic icca. "a ia suggested that there
te kept In the priests once o. IN thn
rectorY a blank This should contain
notice. siEnrd b. the priest stEtinE
when ana where the mass A. % ~ sait
and "a whose request " is 90 b. orsred
This blank is % b. handsd % ths per
son Who asks for the mass. VITA thc
luErestion that u be placed near the
conin. a. the tire % the funeral
with q view 90 help spread this idea
We have prepared a -spiFitual aerai 90
fertag- of which q copy is enclosed, NJ
the attention % the faithful b called
90 thin spiritual forai Offering" from
the altar and they b. advised 20 sub
stitute masses Instead % flowers fo-
their dead friends. the idea viii soon
grow IN favor. II may b. well 90 add
that this paper may b. preserved fur
ycsrA a continual proof % love for the
dead.
This idea is In perfect accord with
Catholic tsachinE. and should meet with
Instead % going 90 the forist and pas.
uz out money for flowers that are "
40 earthly use 90 the departed one
hould 80 20 the rector. and make ar
-anEementa for a certain number cf
maauCN. Certainly a far more sensible
form o. devotion 70 the dead. Ask
your pastor about a.
The foregoing BIT Of buncombe from
the Catholic Tablet. Brooklyn, n. Y.
win probably pass the average Catho-
lie layman a. a beautiful sentiment az
well as a valuable lesson In economy.
As a matter OF fact II was designed
for Catholic consumption. but for
downright deviltry and as n means 10
stili further hoodwink the ignorant
and befuddle the minds OF the blind
followers Of priestcraft. u has all the
schemes We have yet seen beaten TO
a frazzle.
The placing OF flowers on the caskets
Of departed friends and relatives 10 a
custom almost as old as the human
race itself. and is the only means OF
expressing a beautiful and tender sen.
tlment 10 those whose ears are deaf
and whose lips are sealed so far as this
world Is concerned.
anu ~ 10 ANAA AAN NaeAAAAN
lie priesthood 10 graft upon broken
hearts and destroy in the breast OF man
all that places him above the brute and
all that distinguishes him from the
serpent that wriggles in the dust.
Nothing but a ghoul, a fiend incar.
nate, a Roman Catholic priest, could
be sufficiently devoid OF the sublime
and beautiful In nature as TO wantonly
murder affection and substitute there.
for a snare by which the victims OF
grief can be purloined and robbed.
Saying masses for the dead is a graft
"a colossal fraud-the most iendish
and outrageous that the world has ever
known, and dare say that the Ro-
man Catholic priests are the only class
of men in the world today who are al
lowed to continue unmolosted by the
law in the unmistRkable practice OF
obtaining money underNfalse pretense.
The less money the poor victim
spends for flowers the more he will
have 70 give TO the priest for masses
which he never says and which, II he
did say, would have no more effect on
the departed soul than does the shoot
ing OF skyrockets have on the moon.
The priests are out for the eoinl
And their dupes are In for skin.
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