The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-08-28

Do candles that were blessed retain
their blessing only for year, so that
they have to be blessed again on the
next CandIemas day?
They do not lose the blessing after
a year.
If person made bad Confession,
is he bound to return to the same
priest and make good Confession?
No. He may go to any confessor
he chooses.
Must one be free from SIN in order
to make a spiritual Communion?
1t is not necessary to be free from
venial sin. If one were conscious of
having committed mortal sin, one
should strive to make Perfect Act
of Contrition as preparation for the
spiritual Communion.
What is a Novena and how is it
made?
A novena is nine days private or
public devotion in the Catholic Church
to obtain special graces. All noyenas
whether public or private are to be
made with pious exercises and the re-
ception of the 'Sacraments, and for
these usually daily partial indul-
gence can be gained, and plenary
indulgence at the end of the novena.
Holy Mother Church has enriched
thirty-two novenas with indulgences
in common for the whole Church.
Besides these there are novenas made
in special localities to a certain saint,
and the strictly private novenas. The
indulgences and the conditions for
gaining them are accurately given in
detail in the authentic "Raccolta,"
book which may be obtained for
small sum at any Catholic book
seller.
Were the Apostles and Disciples
the same? If not who were the
Disciples?
In the New Testament the word
Disciple has three Specifications. In
the four Gospels it is most generally
applied to the Apostles, sometimes
styled as the twelve disciples"
Matt XII; XII; XX-7) at times mere
ly called the disciples Matt. XIV:19;
XIV. SO, 36). But the words Apostles"
and Disciples" do not always refer
to the same persons. The word
Disciple" is at times used by the
Evangelists as a synonym for "be-
levers" Matt. X:42; XXVII:5O. Be-
sides the Specifications of Apostle"
and believer" the word disciple is
used to designate specifically the sew
enty-two disciples, who formed sort
of inner ring among the believers, but
distinguished from those who formed
a special group from which the twelve
Apostles were chosen duke WEBB.
In the Acts of the Apostles the name
Disciple is exclusively used to desig
nate the converts or believers in gen.
eral.
10 1t a mortal sin to have dances
on Saturday or Sunday nights, or on
nights before hoIydays of obligation?
Is II sin to play for such dances?
The priest says he will refuse absolu-
ton to those who &C to these dances.
Would that also include the musicians
who play for them?
Circumstances decide whether it is
mortal sin to go to such dances.
The confessor must have decided
from the character of these dances,
and the circumstances attending
them, that there is proXimate danger
of falling into grave sin, and his judy
ment should be relied on. Exposing
oneself to the proXimate danger of
falling into grave sin without sufti-
ciently grave reason is a mortal sin
in itself, and this is what those who
frequent such dances are doing. The
sin attaching to those going to these
dances is likewise incurred by those
who play for these dances because
they are proximate cooperators in sin.
1t may be a mortal sin to hold these
Saturday night dances if they cause
people to miss Mass on Sundays or
holydays. Well instructed Catholics
do not patronize such dances and
everything possible should be done to
frown upon them. 1t is not right, nor
Catholic, to hold such dances.
What is meant by the words Supra
and Infra in the footnotes of the Holy
Bible, thus supra 1912, mira $3.50.
The word supra means above, hence
refers to something that has been
mentioned above or before. The word
mira means below; hence refers to
something mentioned further on.
Thus in Matthew XXIV:41 you are re-
ferred to supra XIIT:42 and mira
XXV:S0. BY looking at these chapters
and verses in the same Gospel you will
find a similarity which these foot
notes are to point out to you.
What sin does Catholic family
commit IL they have no Catholic paper
In their home to read?
A Catholic family which has no
Catholic paper presents poor type
of Catholicity. In these days when
the country is flooded with literature
which either openly or covertly at.
tacks Catholicity and undermines
morals, a Catholic paper is almost 8
necessity, both to strengthen us in
our faith and to enable us to defend
the faith against its enemies. If ouI
faith is undermined, or our children
awo ac,.r,,.o&n1 M had vo0 dino owing