The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-02-23

side his own parish
Generally speaking, a person should
always go to confession in his own
parish. If there is a serious reason
il is not forbidden to go elsewhere.
In confessing a sin of anger is it
necessary to mention the person
against whom the anger was directed?
1t is possible to be angry and sin
not If the anger be SINFUL usually
it is sufficient to confess the sin alone.
At times, however, it is well to add
that the act Of anger was directed
towards a particular person, if that
person represents a lawful authority.
For in this sase the act of anger might
also include disobedience or disre-
spect for legitimate authority.
If blessed candles have been broken
may they still be used for their orig
inal purposes?
Yes. The broken parts may be
bound together, or each piece may be
used separately.
Since one cannot buy blessed carr
dies how could a person procure them
Blessed candles, like all articles
blessed by the Church, cannot be
bought At the same time it cannot
be expected that each individual
church will supply gratis candles to
all members of the congregation.
Hence it is customary among Catho-
lies, on receiving the blessed candles,
to make an Offering to the church in
order to help defray the expense in
Cured by the parish in the purchase
Of the candles.
Is writing of any kind forbidden on
Sunday?
There is no law of the Church for
bidding writing on Sunday.
What is canon law?
Canon law is the name given to the
collection of laws, regulations and de-
crees affecting the government of the
Church, with regard both to indiyidu-
ais and to institutions.
When administering private baptism
should one use Holy Water?
In the administration Of private hap,
tism it is sufficient and necessary to
use only pure, clear water.
In the day of Judgment will all our
deeds, both coed and evil, be revealed?
1t is the teaching Of the Church that
the day Of Judgment will reveal all our
deeds, both good and evil.
viii you please furnish a list Of
Catholic hospitals, and their addresses
in the western states?
Ask your pastor to kindly lend yor
his Ecclesiastical Directory in which
all the Catholic hospitals in the coun
try, with their addresses, are listed.
What 90 you think of a parent who
refuses to let a son or daughter joir
4 religious ORDER?
We think that the parent is eX
tremely selfish. He or she does moi
care enough for the child to enable
the latter to gain heaven. That type
Of love which thinks only OF this
world, not at all Of the next, gener
ally has its origin in the pocketbool
rather than in the heart.
Were those who died in the Cru
eades martyrs? Are soldiers kilIec
in war martyrs?
A number, but not all, of the Cru
saders can be honored as genuine
martyrs. Writing in America" the
Rev. ], Harding Fisher, S. j., said
ITO be a martyr in the canonica
sense of the word, a sense which il
accepted today and has prevailed
since the fourth century, although be
fore that time considerable latitude
was countenanced in the use of tht
term, one must "a suffer death q
injuries of their nature apt to produce
death, (2) in testimony to the faith
and CD without resistance Applying
these tests to those killed in the pres
ent war, we find that the first condi
ton is assuredly fulfilled, the secont
is very doubtfully present, and thu
third is certainly absent
Death for ones country, of itself
is not sufficient to constitute martyr
dom, even though it be joyfuIly ant
heroically net in a worthy cause
The Church has not venerated as mar
tyrs those who die in battle, not ever
the Crusaders. True, the supremt
test of friendship is theirs, they de
serve a place in the temple Of fame
their names should be kept for per
petual remembrance and inspiration
by the nation for which they gave III
their dearest possession, the Churcl
calls them heroes and good men; Blu
they are not numbered among tn
martyrs. The reason is clear: thu
essential conditions of martyrdom ar
absent"
But as the writer shows: AS TO
the mental attitude of the soldier VIII
suffers death, it is by no means in
conceivable that it should be such a
to constitute, SO far as he is cor
cerned, a real cause of martyrdon
That such should be the case, moth
ing more is required than that b
should so transfigure and elevate hi
patriotism with supernatural motive
and Divine charity as to bring it int