The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-16

Kindly inform me what the Catholic
fire or burning desire to see God?
The Catholic Church teaches the
existence of hell of eternal torments
for those who die at enmity with
God. She has defined nothing in re-
gard to the punishments which the
damned undergo. Theologians teach
that their" sufferings are two-fold-a
pain of sense and pain of loss. The
Holy Scripture speaks of the punish
ments of hell by the name of fire,
Depart from me, you cursed, into
everlasting fire." Matt. XIV, ALL
Their worm dieth not and the fire is
not extinguished 1t is better
for thee to enter into life manned, than
having two hands to go into hell into
unquenchable fire." mark IX:44, As
Archbishop Kenrick in his Dogmatic
Theology says: mo one has satisfac-
torily explained what punishments are
designated by the name of fire in the
Scriptures. 1t is sufficient to regard
the suffering as proceeding from the
condition in which sinners are placed
as being remote from the kingdom of
Heaven" The chief punishment of
hell, therefore, is the loss of the vision
of God, and all that this entails. The
soul in hell realizes that it has for
feited it's right to heaven through it's
own fault. 1t knows that it will never
see God This separation from God
for all eternity is the very essence of
hell
Is it sin for good Catholic boys to
go occasionally to dances and dance
the two-step and waItzes? These boys
can see no harm in going to dances.
The question of dancing in all it's
phases has been discussed so fire.
quently in this department that we are
loath to return to it. While it is true
that dancing is not, in itself, sinful,
it is likewise true that dancing may
become an occasion of sin to the
participants. There are certain kinds
of dances which not only good Cath
olic, but any decent man or woman,
will not take part in. The good old
fashioned dances, under proper super
vision, and among reputable people
who know each other, are, as a gen.
eral rule, harmless form of legitimate
amusement. If they become occasions
of sin for any individual, it is because
of peculiar circumstances. The same
cannot be said of the modern dances
which are so grossly indecent and
suggestive that no person can indulge
in them without being morally con-
taminated. Such dances, of course,
are tabooed by good Catholics.
1. Will Christ reign on earth in
person 1000 years during the MilIen-
MUM? Is there any evidence of this
period being near at hand? What is
meant by the devil being chained dur
ing this time? 2. Are any of the
prophecies Of Daniel being fulfilled in
the Balkan war?
]. Belief in the Millennium was
based on the words of the twentieth
chapter of the Apocalypse, in which
it is stated that at the end OF the
world, Gods enemy will be destroyed,
Christ will return and found glorious
kingdom on earth in which He will
reign as king and in which all the
just will participate. At the close of
this period, which will last one thou
sand years, Christ and the saints will
enter Heaven and the wicked will be
condemned to He'll. During this
earthly reign, Satan will be chained,
that is, not allowed to seek the spirit
ual ruin of mankind. At it's close he
will be loosed for brief period be
fore being condemned to live in He'll
forever. The belief in Millennium
was very common in the early church
owing to the fact that a large number
of Christians put a literal interpreta-
ton on the teaching of the Apo
calypso After the establishment OF
Christianity, however, the belief in a
reign of Christ and His saints for a
thousand years almost died out. 1t
appears from time to time in the Mid.
die Ages and is still advocated by
some Professionals. The whole de
scription in the Apocalypse refers to
the spiritual conflict between Christ
and the Church on the one hand and
the malignant powers of hell and OF
the world on the other. 2. 1t is a
very difficult matter to establish any
connection between the events taking
place in the Balkan States and the
prophecies of Daniel.
Kindly give me some information
about the Sisters of the Carmelite
Order" Are they teaching order or
what kind of work do they generally
devote themselves to?
We find no reference to a com
munity know as Sisters of the Car
melite Order" There are, however
a number Of monasteries of the dis
calced Carmelites" in the United
States, each of which is independent
of the others, although the monas-
terry at Baltimore, Maryland, (Caro-
line and Biddle Street,, is the Mother
house for the United States A let.
ter addressed to the Prioress at the
foregoing address will, no doubt, elicit
full information regarding the kind of
work to which they devote them
selves. There is a monastery of isis
tiers of the Mount Carmel CHI Order)''
whost Motherhouse is at 200 Bayou
Road, New Orleans, Louisiana. This
community conducts establishments in