The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-29
What explanation should Catholic

religion is as good as another?"
Whoever makes such statement
shows by it that he has no faith what
ever. Faith is a firm belief, if it is
anything. How can he have firm
belief in his particular form of relig
ion. in case he is a member of any
church, when he maintains that other
creeds which contradict his own, are
just as good. Religion is a bond be-
ders homage to God by submitting
the intellect of man to the Eternal
Truth and the will of man to the
moral law of the Supreme Lawgiver.
Anything less than this is not re-
Lyon.
To say God is Indifferent to what
we believe or what we do, is a bias
phemy. He cannot be honored by lies,
nor by immortality. There are many
So-called religions in the world which
fatty contradict one another, What
one teaches the other denies. This
is the case in their creeds, as we'll
rs in their moral teachings. Of two
contradictory propositions, one must
be false. To say that both are
equally good implies that God is as
much pleased and honored by false
hood and lax morals as He is by truth
and virtue.
rhe fact is God has revealed the
truths of religion to man, who, with
his finite intellect, could never have
found them unaided. God formulated
His moral law. He sent His Son to
complete this revelation. Christ
came, not only to save what was lost,
but also to teach the truths of saliva
ton. He instructed and commissioned
teachers to go and teach all nations,
teaching them to observe whatsoever
/ have commanded you" Matt
XVIII, 49, We can honor God only
by believing His teachers. HE that
believeth not shall be damned"
Mark XVI, 16) For without faith
it is impossible to please God"
Heb. N, 49, There can be only one
true religion. All others must be
false. The coming of Christ and His
death on the Cross would have been
unnecessary if one religion were as
Good as another. There is but lone
Lord, One Faith, One Baptism"
lEph. ", So
would like to receive Holy Com
muaion on the First Friday, but have
to ask to be given communion before
Mass, and can not wait for thanks
giving, and have to fast until noon.
Gould ! return TO the church in the
afternoon for my thanksgiving
Would the pastor be willing to &C
commodate me?
The pastor will be pleased to give
You communion before Mass; you
may make your thanksgiving on your
way TO work.
In blessing a person, why does the
priest extend his right hand first
towards the right and then to the
left shoulder of the person he is bless
ing?
The priest blesses the people in the
same manner that he blesses him.
self, to the left and then to the right
but the people are facing the priest,
and his action appears reversed. If
they faced in the same direction as
the priest, his action in making the
sign of the cross over them would
be toward the left shoulder and to-
ward the right.
Would one gain the full indulgence
Of rosary If link was missing, or
more than one, or if a few beads were
inserted that have not been blessed,
or if the entire rosary was had, but
links had pulled apart?
The general rule is: All the sacra-
ments of the Church retain their
blessing as long as they preserve
their original form. The fact that
one or more beads are missing does
not essentially change the form of
the rosary.
When the Pope issues an order, are
Catholics to obey him, or are they to
wait until the Bishop orders them to
obey?
That depends upon the form which
the papal decree assumes. Some
times the Pope issues a rescript and
leaves it to the judgment of the vari-
Gus Bishops to promulgate in their
respective dioceses. In that case.
Catholics await the order from the
Bishop. However, a papal decree is
considered sufficiently promulgated,
and hence must be obeyed immedi-
ately when said decree has been pub
lished in the official organ of the
Vatican, the 'Acta Apostolicae Sedis"
the Acts of the Apostolic See. If a
Bishop considers that papal decree
is not suited to his diocese, he enjoys
the privilege of having recourse to
the Holy See, and, in the meanwhile,
the observance of the law may be
suspended.
A party asked me if, when praying
for a certain deceased person, you
should mention the name of that per.
son?
God reads the hearts and knows the
hidden thoughts of men. He knows
for whom you intend to pray even if
you do not expressly mention the per-
son by name. OF course, you may,