The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-05-24


of the contracting parties have both
brother and sister as witnesses? 2.
Does a person make his Easter duty
If he goes to Communion within the
allotted time but does not mention or
offer it as his Easter duty?
1. Yes. 2. A person performs his
Easter duty if he receives Holy Com
munion at any time during the Pas
chal season whether he intends it as
his Easter Communion or not.
1. Is 1t proper to rise when the
priest stands to 60 to the altar after
the Gloria and Credo, or should the
congregation remain seated until he
turns and says "Dominus Vobiscum?"
2. Can a person make his Easter
duty outside his own parish?
l. The rubrics prescribe that the
congregation be standing when the
priest turns to the people after the
Gloria and Credo and says Dominus
Vobiscum. Hence, if they do not rise
when the priest arises to go to the
altar they should do so soon there
after in order that they may not be
seated or in the act of rising when
the priest salutes them with the words
"Dominus Vobiscum." 2. A person is
not required to make his Easter duty
in his own parish. He can make it in
any church he may chose.
I. In case one wants to say his
penance soon after ne has gone to
Confession, but has forgotten it, what
is to be done? 2. If one has been
given a certain Iitany for his penance
but forgets which iitany it Is, what is
he to do in such case? 8. If he re-
members his penance, but when he
goes to say 1t is so conscientious and
scrupuIous that he says it over and
over again, always thinking he has not
said it properly and thus saying it
many times more than the confessor
told him to do, is he making worthy
confession?
IL. If the penitent forgets the pen
ance imposed upon him by the con-
lessor he is excused from fulfilling
any penance, as he is not bound to
confess the same sins second time
and cannot substitute another pen
ance of his own choosing for the one
he has forgotten. He is not the min
lister of the Sacrament and has no
authority to impose, even on himself,
a sacramento penance. The penitent
should pay strict attention to what the
confessor says and try to remember
the penance given him, but if he for
gets it there is no prayer that he
can substitute for it. 1t is always well
to say the penance as soon as con-
venient after confession and while
one is in the state of grace. 8. The
manner in which one says the pen
ance imposed upon him by the con-
fessor does not in any way effect the
worthiness of the confession.
I. How do people know that there
is Purgatory? 2. Why do children
have to suffer If they die before they
are baptized7 8. Why does the priest
drink wine during the sacrifice of the
Mass and not also the people? q.
What good does 1t do person to pray
the Rosary?
1. Our knowledge of the existence
of Purgatory is derived from the teach
ing of the Catholic Church, which is
based on Holy Scripture and tradition,
and also from the dictates of right
reason which postulate a middle state
in the world to come in which the
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or without having satisfied God for
the temporal punishment due to their
sins, are cleansed and purified before
being admitted to heaven. In the
pages of Holy Scripture there are
many references to this middle state
or place of temporary exile from
heaven, and the Church has always
regarded it's existence as necessary
provision of Gods mercy for the ben
eft of erring mankind. Our knowl-
edge of the immaculate purity required
in a soul that enters heaven, as well
as our conception of the condition of
the damned, make it easy for US to
realize the necessity of purgatorial
state of purgation in the other world
for souls that are unfit to enter heaven
and yet too pure for hell. 2. The
Catholic Church does not teach that
children who die without baptism are
made to suffer in the other world
Since baptism is the door to the super
natural life, it follows that children
who die without having received this
Sacrament are excluded from heaven
and the supernatural vision of God,
but this privation does not carry with
it any suffering, for the little ones
most likely do not even know there
is such thing as the Beatific Vision
They know God by natural knowl-
edge and love and that satisfies for
their natural happiness. They do not
feel the pain of loss experienced by a
soul raised to the supernatural plane
and which, by its own act, has been
deprived of the sight of God and the
happiness of the blessed. Nor do
they suffer tie pain of sense,
since they are not guilty of
any actual sin. 8. During the
Mass the priest partakes of the
Precious Blood, under the form of
wine, in order to complete the sacri-
fee which he offers up. The people
nowadays do not receive Holy Com
munion under the form of bread and
wine, but of bread alone. The Church
had good reasons for changing the