The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-04


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"Qucstion and Answer" care The Cath
How is it possible to love your
neighbor as yourself, and at the same
time pray for victory and try to kill
as many as possible?
The right to self-preservation is the
first law of nature. True it is, as
Christians, we are bound to love our
neighbor as ourselves. We are not,
however, obliged to love our neighbor
more than ourselves. The law of self
preservation includes the right of self
defense. There are several cases in
which it is perfectly legitimate to
take human life. One of these cases
is where we are called upon to repel
an unjust aggressor. This is true as
regards both the individual as we'll as
the government. The right to declare
war on an enemy is the privilege of
a government, in fact, it is the duty
of the government when the welfare
of the nation, and its citizens, is
menaced. In this case self-preseTva-
ton dictates that man do all in his
power to safeguard himself. his
family, and his country. Ii the means
necessary to this end be destruction
of that enemy, then that destruction
becomes perfectly lawful. This is the
basis upon which rests the right of the
soldier to resist an enemy and try to
kill as many as possible" 1t matters
not whether the enemy in question
be a foreign army, a murderous
assailant, or an unjust aggressor who
threatens our life. The right to kill
is the same in each case.
Can you give me q brief sketch of
Father Damien?
Rev. Joseph Damien de VeuSter
vain, January 3, 1910. After his ordi-
nation he was sent to Honolulu. 1t
was here that he learned of the ne
elected state of nearly eight hundred
lepers on the small island of Molo-
kai, and he volunteered to live among
From 1877 on he was the spiritual
and bodily physician of the lepers,
their magistrate, teacher, carpenter,
gardener, cook, and even gravedigger.
For twelve years he escaped all con-
tagion, but in 1885 the fatal maiady
appeared on him. He continued his
labors almost to his end, August 10,
1899, when he died in the odor of
sanctity.
How did the angels fall if there is
no such thing as temptation in Heav-
en-?
There was temptation in Heaven at
the time of the fall of the angels
When God created the angels He did
not Immediately. admit them to the
Beatific Vision nor confirm them in
grace. They were put on trial just
as man was tried in the Garden of
Paradise, We do not know what this
trial was nor in what way they were
tempted; but We do know that a num-
Der rebelled and were cast into he'll
Those angels who were faithful were
then rewarded by the full vision Of
God and were confirmed in grace
This so completely satisfies every
possible desire that there is no pos
aibility of their now being tempted.
The same is true of the saints and
will be true for us when we get to
Heaven.
When and by whom was the Sacred
Heart League formed, and what is its
membership today?
The League of the Sacred Heart
was formed by the Rev. Francis
Xavier Gautrelet, at Walls, France, in
1874. 1t is under the dictatorship of
the superior-general of the Society of
Jesus. The headquarters of the
League is in Journal, Belgium There
are over 10000 local centers in the
world with membership of nearly
25,000,000. The official journal of the
League is the Messenger of the
Sacred Heart" which is published in
more than twenty languages. There
are six English Messengers" publish
ed in different English-speazing coun-
tries.
Is "hook swinging" still practiced
in India? Just what is it?
Hook swinging was practiced by the
Hindus as an act of alteration to their
deities. The devotees would cause an
iron hook to be inserted in the thick
Of the muscles of their backs and then
swing about on high pole in the pres
ence of admiring multitudes. The gov
eminent has put stop to the barbar-
GUS custom, but another one arose in
its place, namely, the. torture of ami
mails on certain day in May by driv-
ing them about town spiked on bam-
boo rods. Doubtless this too has been
stopped by the authorities.
Were the Huguenots prosecuted on
account of their religion?
They were punished not as Protcs-
tants but as persons guilty of sedi-
ton. The infamous Massacre Of Saint
Bartholomew Day was instigated by
the notorious Catherine de Medici.
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