The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-04-06

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were driven out of heaven with Luci-
fer and his coterie of rebels. Through
their pride they fell, and hell was
created for their eternal abode OF suf-
fering.
What is meant by the communion
of Saints?
In the doctrine of the Communion
of Saints the Church teaches that the
faithful on earth, in heaven, and in
purgatory form one vast whole. The
Church considers not the barriers OF
time or of space. All those who have
ever belonged to the Church form
part Of her communion. In virtue OF
this belief Catholics are taught that
they can pray for one another as We'll
as for the souls in purgatory. They
can also pray to the saints in heaven.
The souls in purgatory while power
less to help themselves, can pray for
us. The Communion of Saints COM
nrisps q large number of pious prac-
tees and devotions by means of
which we show honor and veneration
to the blessed in heaven. Thus,
prayers, novenas, relics, sacred I'M
ages, nilgrimages, etc, are all so many
means instituted by the Church to en-
courage the devotion Of the faithful
towards the saints above or the souls
in purgatOry.
If God wishes all men TO be saved
why are children allowed to he still
born?
The Church does not pretend to en-
ter so deeply into the designs OF Al
mighty God as to explain all the mo-
tives which He may have towards
men. OF one thing we are sure,
Divine Providence rules the world,
and all it possesses, with supreme
wisdom and mercy. Just why chik
dren are allowed to die without bap-
tism is one Of the mysteries of Divine
Providence. The Church teaches,
however, that infants dying without
this sacrament are not doomed to
eternal torture, but are placed in a
state of natural happiness.
Would the fact that the mother had
been living in the hope of having the
child baptized, constitute baptism of
desire for a sttIIborn child?
There seems to be no grounds for
such a hope, as baptism of desire is
founded upon the desire of the per-
son concerned in this case, Of the
child itself.
Does a prospective mother sin if
she feels resentment towards her
child, although she does not wish it
dead?
Generally speaking, such resentment
would most probably be sinful.
Is it true that Elias was taken up
into heaven alive, and that he will
return to earth again?
According to the fourth book of
Kings, Chapter II, the Prophets Elias
and Eliseus we're speaking: And as
they went on, walking and talking
together, behold a fiery chariot, and
fiery horses parted them both asun-
der: and Elias went up in a whirl-
wind to heaven" Commenting OF
this, the prophet Malachias says:
Behold l will send you Elias the
Prophet, before the coming of the
great and dreadful day of the Lord
And he shall turn the heart of the
fathers to the children and the heart
of the children to their fathers: lest
| come, and strike the earth with
anathema" CIV, 4, 81, Our Lord, after
His TRANSPORTATION, said to the dis
ciples: ELIAS indeed shall come and
restore all things" According to
some commentators on the Bible, the
mission of Elias on earth will be the
conversion of the Jews. This opin-
ion is held also by ST. Jerome
May Catholic sing at the services
in a Protestant Church?
1t is forbidden for Catholics to take
an active part in non-Catholic relig
ious services. Whether the mere act
of singing in Protestant church con-
SJllulGo dCIIN6 IJlClJdIIOH Ill IIOI6S-
tant service should be determined by
circumstances.
To what religion did Hall Game be-
long? What is your opinion of his
writings?
According to his own biography
Hall Game, at the age of twenty, was
a Christian Socialist. His reason for
Socialism was based on the text,
Am l my brothers keeper AS re-
CARDS his writings, they contain a
strain of pessimism that does not al
ways produce a good effect upon the
reader. In some of his writings he is
distinctly anti-Christian, while his
ideas of Christian morality are ex-
tremely dangerous.
A Catholic was recently married to
a Protestant by minister. If the
Catholic goes to Mass on Sunday will.
he derive any spiritual benefits?
In the first place, the Catholic is
not married but is living in state of
continual sin. He should at once con-
suit his pastor and have the marriage