The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-28

1. Is an older member of a family
bound to see that provision for the edu-
cation of the younger members be
made before he enters any particular
state of life himself? 2. What must
be done towards the care and support
of parents before a child may become
a religious? 8. Is one bound to go to
Confession and receive Holy Commun
ion in his own parish during the East
err time? 4. think have read some
where that one may go to confession
but not receive Holy Communion? Is
1t true? 5. Before receiving the Sac
rament of Penance Worthily is it nee
essary to tell the time of ones last
Communion?
l. When the parents are unable to
provide for the education of the young
er members of the family, the older
ones should assist as far as they can,
though there is no strict obligation for
them to do so to the detriment of their
own future prospects. 2. Children
whose parents stand in need of their
help, and who would be reduced to
grave necessity if the children entered
religion, must remain in the world as
long as their parents need their assist
ance. 3. The Easter duty is fulfilled
by going to Confession and receiving
Holy Communion in any church during
the paschal time. 4. One is not bound
to receive Holy Communion after go
ing to Confession, though it is GUS
tomary for those who have made their
first Communion to do So 5. No.
1. Is a Catholic Priest required to
have a certificate from the State in
order to be qualified to perform mar
riages? If so, where does he get it
from? 2. A couple are married in a
Catholic church, and the woman finds
out that her husband has wife living
from whom he has not been divorced.
The priest who performs the marriage
ceremony declares that the marriage is
null and void and then marries this
woman to another man without going
to the court to have her marriage an
nuIIed. Is her second marriage valid?
If not, what is her position before the
law?
1. Before priest can legally offici-
ate at a marriage ceremony his ordin-
alton certificate must be registered in
the office of the Clerk of the District
Court. 2. If the mans first marriage
was valid, he could not contract real
marriage with this woman, even
though he had been divorced from his
first wife. Consequently, the woman is
free to marry again. We presume that
the priest who performed these mar
riages referred the matter to the prop
er authorities and that everything nee
essary was done to render this wom-
ans second marriage valid before the
law, as we'll as in the eyes of the
Church.
Why does the priest at Holy Mass
bless the water and not the wine; and
why does he not bless the water at
Masses for the dead?
The priest blesses the water and
not the wine at Mass, because the
mixture of wine and water in the chal-
ice signifies the union of Christ with
his people-the wine signifying Christ,
and therefore requiring no blessing;
the water, however, signifying the
people, who are not free from stain,
and therefore need blessing. In
Masses for the dead the priest is more
concerned with the relief of the suf-
fering souls, and therefore omits the
blessing of the water, symbolical of
the people, as he omits the final bless
ing of the people at the end of Mass.
Are such expressions as "By heaV-
en-" and "As sure as there is God
above me-" real oaths?
Such expressions as "by heaven"
and "as sure as there is a God above
me" are oaths. If such words are
used carelessly in conversation it
would be designated as profane swear
ing Commonly they do not impose
the obligation of an oath, because
there is no intention to swear. There
can not be an oath, strictly so-called,
unless there be the intention of swear
ing and a suitable form of words be
used to express that intention. One
who uses such expressions as "by
heaven, "by God," 81 swear it is so, -
and others of a like nature, usually
has no intention of taking an oath.
The same is true of such phrases as
ION my honor" upon my SOUL" "by
my faith" God knows" etc. Never
theless, if one really intends to take
an oath, any of these expressions is
sufficient to bind in conscience, so
that he would be guilty of perjury if
what he so asserts is untrue.
What books are left out of the Prot
estant Bible and contained in the
Catholic Bible? What reason was
there for leaving them out?
The following books are found in
the Catholic Bible but not in the Prot
estant Bible: Tobias, Wisdom, Bar
UGH, Judith, Ecclesiasticus, l. and IL.
Machabees. Why these were cut out
while the others were inserted is a
riddle. When the canon of Scripture
was first decided upon-that is, when
the Church first settled which books
were inspired-she chose, guided by
the Holy Ghost, those now found in
the Catholic Bible. At that time there
we're many other books which in the
eyes of men bore many marks of in
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