The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-07-21

What is the m Gaming or the passage
cit is not good to take the bread OF
the children, and cast it to the dogs"
Our Lord compares pagans and in
fdels to dogs, who do not know how
to appreciate holy things. (See
Natth. vii, g. He makes use OF the
words quoted in answer to Gentle
woman who besought Him to cast
forth the devil out of her daughter.
He had frequently declared that His
mission was to the Jews, the children
of Israel, leaving it to His Apostles
70 spread the gospel. The bread OF
faith was to be given first TO the
children. The meek answer OF the
woman: Yea, Lord; for the whelps
also eat under the table of the crumbs
of the children" pleased Our Lord
so much that He said to her: FOR
this saying so thy way, the devil is
gone out of thy daughter" Mark
Vii, 2S)
Please publish short sketch of the
life of st. Phiomena?
On May %, 1902, a grave was
opened in the catacombs of st. Pris-
ella. 1t contained the remains OF
young girl, and an earthen vessel
with traces of blood in it. The
grave had been closed with stone,
upon which there was the inscription
in transposed order. Peace to you,
Filumena." Besides the inscription,
the stone bore representations OF
three arrows, two anchors, palm
and q lily, indications of virgin and
martyr. When the relies were
transported to Naples, land forward
ed to Mugnano near Naples, where
they are enshrined under an altar,
many miracles and wonderful faVors
were obtained by her intercession.
After an investigation of these mirac-
ulous happenings, Gregory XVI APP
pointed a special day, September 9,
as the feast of St Philomena, virgin
and MARTYR There is no authentic
record Of her life. Private revela-
tfons to a nun in Naples, which have
not been approved by the Church,
have given rise to the details OF her
life, as published by Canon OF Mug
nano. According to this account, she
was the daughter of a Greek prince,
who brought her to Rome when she
was thirteen years old. Emperor
Diocletian. who pursued her with
his attentions, was told by her that
she was a spouse of Christ. The EN-
peror ordered her cast into prison,
scOurged and thrown into the Tiber
with an anchor fastened to her neck.
But she emerged from the water, and
fiery arrows, shot at her by the sol
diers, failed to wound her. Finally
the tyrant ordered her to be behead-
ed, comforting on her the crown of
martyr
What have time and environment
and condition of life to do with what
we call morality? read book in
which these factors were taken as
complete explanation of morality, and
when these things change, morals
change.
Some people explain the moral
idea of right and wrong by environ
ment, the conditions of life, the
changes of time, the presence or alb
sence of adenoids. The Christian ex-
plains the moral idea-"This is right,
and may be done-That is wrong, and
must be omitted the sanction OF
God given in His Bible, in His
Church, or in the use Of right reason.
There are a number of acts which are
essentially right or wrong and which
the natural law commands or con,
dennis. Thus, lying, theft, blasphemy
impurity, ETC.; at all times and among
all peoples these were condemned and
their opposite virtues commended, eX
Cept by degenerates. To explain these
virtues or vices on the ground of en-
vironment alone, is to fly into the face
of history, or to base an argument on
degeneracy. The author of the book
you read belongs to the school that
would divorce morality from religion
That environment has a certain inf1u
ence on morals, good or bad, is I'm
questioned; that it is the sole factor
the only basis of morals, is to deny
God and His revelation, and to ignore
the teaching of thousands of years Of
revealed religion. The unsupported
will hardly suffice to overthrow the
lessons of history, the revelations Of
God, and the teachings of religion
The sanctions of morality are relg
ion and conscience, which are naught
else but the voice of God speaking tt
the heart of men. The selfishness an(
pride and sensuality of men will worl
havoc with morality built on environ
ment and adenoids. They did so il
the degeneracy of pagan nations ant
in the barbarity of the French Revo
luton.
Was Cardinal Wolsey, the Lore
Chancellor of England in the time o
King Henry VIII, married?
Cardinal Wolsey was a great Church
man and brilliant statesman; indeed
no Englishman has arisen who SUI
passed him either as statesman O
diplomat He devoted his remarkable
talents only too generously to the sery
ice of his king. He attained the high
est eminence both in church and stat