The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1913-06-21

1. Is it lie If you say something
or are questioned by person and
made answer on the spur OF the mo-
ment, but afterwards thought It over
and II was different from what you
said? 2. May person work in a
store on Sunday If he first attends
Mass? 8. Is there an obligation to
hear Mass on Pentecost Monday? a.
May mushrooms and geIatlne be eat
en- on Friday?
1. The essence of a lie consists in
the intention of saying what is false
or what we believe to be false, and
hence if a person does not tell a lie
in making a statement, no amount of
thinking that he told lie will after
wards make him guilty of the sin of
lying. 2. In case of necessity a per-
son may work on Sunday after having
first attended Mass, if it be at all pos
sible. 3. No. 4. Mushrooms may
be eaten on Friday, but not gelatine.
I. Is it a sin to offer lunch to a
person If you do not know whether
he has to fast during Lent? 2. If he
takes lunch is the person who gives
it responsibIe2
IL. 1t is not sin to offer lunch
to a person at any time as long as
the person to whom it is offered is
free to accept or not. If he breaks his
fast by accepting, the person who
gave the lunch is not responsible save
in so far as he may have been the
cause of the other persons failure to
observe the fast.
1. Is the story of the wandering
Jew founded on fact? 2. Is Cath
Ollie man who deserts his wife and
children for another reason than not
wanting to support them, entitled to
receive the Sacraments? 8. Is it true
that the napkin of st. Veronica is
still preserved at Rome?
/. The story of the Wandering
Jew is not founded on fact 1t is a
legend which has been widely circu-
lated since it's first appearance in the
seventeenth century. The story is as
follows: When Jesus, bore his cross
to Calvary, He passed the house of
cobbler, Ahasuerus by name, who had
been one of the rabble to shout,
Cruelty Him. Sinking beneath His
burden Jesus stopped to rest at the
threshold of the cobbler, but was driv-
en- away with the words: Go where
Thou belongest." Whereupon, Our
Lord gazed at Ahasuerus and said
81 will stand here and rest but thou
shalt go on until the last day." And
since then the Jew has been roaming
restlessly over the earth. Various
names are given to the wandering
Jew in different countries. 1t is to be
noted, however, that the original wan
derer was not necessarily Jew. 2.
Whatever reasons may have impelled
this Catholic to desert his wife and
children, he is not necessarily de-
barred from the Sacraments provided
he confesses his sins with sincere
sorrow and does all that he can to
atone for them. 8. It is preserved in
st. Peters in Rome and once year
it is exposed for the veneration of the
faithful.
Why ls salt put into holy water?
To symbolic the effect of divine
grace in us. Salt is a preservative,
and Gods grace keeps us from sin.
The salt is added to the water after
the latter has been exercised and set
apart for pious use. The salt SYM
bolizes the permanent adherence of
the invoked blessings.
How did the oberammergau Pas
sion Play originate?
The Passion Play is survival of
the miracle-plays, founded on the his
torical parts of the Old and New Tes-i
taments and on the life of Our Lord
and of His saints. They were once
common in Europe, but we're sup
pressed in 1879 in Germany with the
exception of the one now under con-
sideration. Upon the cessation of a
plague in 1888, the people of Oberam-
mergau, Bavarian village, in graft
IuuC uuduS q WV " pSIlOIM 1uC
Passion of Our Saviour" every ten
years, vow which they have faith
fully observed. The performance of
the play occupies eight hours; the
characters, which number about five
hundred, are all acted by the villag-
ers. Many of the acts are faithful
copies of the famous pictures of "The
Last Supper" ''The Crucifxion," etc.
Everything is presented in a solemn
and devotional manner and impresses
Catholic and Protestant with it's rev.
erence.
1. What is the present condition of
the Church in Cuba2 Are the Church
and State separate? 2. Has any at
tempt ever been made In the United
States to have the State support the
parochial schools by using Catholic tax
money? 8. understand that New
Hampshire supports clergy7 Is this
true, and If so, what denomination?
A. 10 Solemn High Mass celebrated
and sermon preached at wedding
during Lent? 5. Has the Servlan
priest at Chisholm, Minn., any author
ity to ahsolVe q penitent?
/. The dificulties between the
Church in Cuba and the Spanish Gov
eminent in regard to the possession of
certain properties belonging to the