The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-08-30

I. Can Catholic girl marry an I'M
baptized Protestant who has been d.
Vorced from his wife, and can they be |
married in the Catholic Church? 2.
1t it a mortal sin to miss Mass on
Sunday when our Lord said, Remem-
Der to keep holy the Sabbath day,
and not the Sunday? 8. Why does a
Catholic priest not use wine In place
Of water when making Holy commun-
ion? What is the substance used at
Communion?
1. If the first marriage of the I'M
baptised Protestant was invalid, then
he is free to marry again. But the in
Validity of the marriage would have
to be proved to the satisfaction of the
ecclesiastical authorities who alone
are authorized to pass final judgment
in such cases. If this is done, then a
Catholic girl may marry such per-
son, provided the necessary dispense
ton is granted by the bishop of the
diocese. In such a case the Protest
ant is not divorced man, because
divorce, in the true sense of the word,
implies real marriage, which, as the
evidence showed, did not take place
in the case under consideration. His
marriage to Catholic girl could not
take place in Catholic church; but
it could take place in the sacristy or
in the parochial residence before a
priest and two witnesses, as required
by the laws of the Church. g, 1t is a
mortal sin to miss Mass on Sunday,
unless one is excused for sufficient
reason. The commandment: Ere
member thou keep holy the Sabbath
day. is one of the ten commandments
promulgated by God on Mount Sinai,
and reafirmed by the Savior. 1t is
true that the Sabbath of the old law
corresponds to our Saturday; but the
Church changed the weekly day of
rest and worship from Saturday, the
last day of the week, to Sunday, the
first day of the week, for good and
sufficient reasons already explained in
this department. Hence, the obliga-
ton of keeping holy one day of the
week was likewise transferred from
the Sabbath to the Sunday and the
Church, in the precepts given for the
guidance of her children, commands
us to hear Mass on Sundays and Holy
Days of Obligation. These precepts
of the Church bind under the pain of
mortal sin unless one has good rea-
son to claim exemption from the obli-
cations they impose. Hence, per-
son who, without sufficient excuse,
missed Mass on Sunday, is guilty of
a mortal sin. 8. A knowledge of
your catechism would tell you that
bread and wine are the materials
used in the Holy Sacrifice of the
Mass. The altar bread, as it is called,
is made of wheaton -four and water,
and drop of water is added to the
moderate quantity of wine in the
chalice. At the time of Conservation
the substance of the bread and of the
wine are changed into the Body and
Blood of Christ. At the Communion,
the priest receives the Body and
Blood of Christ under the form of
bread and of wine. Holy Communion
is administered to the people under
the form of bread alone, because the
living Christ is present, whole and
entire, under each form.
At a church where there are about
ten steps from the door to the side
walk, is it necessary to go down these
steps to the sidewalk to gain plenary
induIgenees when making church Wis
it's, or to gain a totes QUOTES induI-
gence, or is it sufficient to come just
outside the church door and turn back
on the platform?
When visits to church are pre-
scribed for the gaining of indulgences,
it suffices to go outside the church
after each visit 1t is not necessary
to go any distance from the church,
nor even to descend the steps to the
sidewalk.
Please give the reasons why Cath
oIics believe in Purgatory?
Catholics base their belief in purga-
tory upon reason, Holy Scripture and
the continual and universal preaching
of an infallible Church. 1. Reason, as
we'll as the Bible, tells us that moth
ing deffled can enter Heaven. It also
tells us that many souls depart this
life defiled with slight or venial sins,
many also with some temporal pun
ishment yet due for sins the guilt of
which has been forgiven. Such souls
cannot enter Heaven, neither can they
be condemned to hell Therefore, they
must be purged or purified for
Heaven; and the state or condition in
which this purgation or publication
takes place is called purgatory. q.
Holy Scripture, by it's general teach
ing in both the Old and New Tesla
ments, implies the existence of pur-
gatory, that is, state or process of
publication after death. The Jews be-
lieved in such state, and, therefore,
offered sacrifices for the dead Christ
did not condemn this teaching, but
confirmed it. For individual texts you
might consider the following: 1T is
therefore a holy and wholesome
thought to pray for the dead, that