The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-07-13


the Irish saint Canice. Raymond is
the name of saint. Berchmans is
the second name of an eminent saint,
John BerchmanS. These three names
are all OF males. LeonOre, female
name, is form of Helen or Helene.
st. Helena was the mother of the en-
peror Constantine the Great, who re-
leased the Christian Church from the
Roman CatacOmbs.
What is the difference between the
Pope and the bishop?
The difference is that of jurisdic-
ton, or governing, legislative power.
The Pope is no more of a bishop and
no more of priest than the bishop of
any diocese. The bishop receives the
fullnesS of the priesthood at his con-
secretion, and one can not have any
more than that. The Pope is Bishop
of Rome; whoever is elected Bishop
of Rome. by that very fact becomes
Pope. His authority to rule the
Church comes from God. AS regards
the priesthood. therefore, and all that
that means in a purely spiritual sense,
the Pope possesses no more power
than bishop; as regards the dignity
of his office, and especially as re
CARDS the amplitude of jurisdiction,
the Pope is the superior of the bishops,
and archbishOps, and patriarchs, and
all other prelates, no matter what
their rank or power.
"And call no man father upon the
earth, for One is your Father, which
is in heaven" Why do you call your
priests "Father"?
Our Lord meant what YOU think He
meant you would be guilty of dis
obedience Of Him by addressing your
parent as father \ child would sin
by calling his teacher master. You
will agree that such was not the in
tentiOn of our Lord. He wished to
censure the scrihes and pharisees who
OstentatiOusly sought the salutations
of men; our Lord was condemning
their vanity and their pride CathO-
lies address the priest as Father"
because he is their spiritual parent
He administers the sacrament Of spir-
itual rebirth, baptism; he gives them
the spiritual food of the soul in the
Eucharist; he cautions them against
danger and warns them against evil
He performs, in a spiritual sense, all
the Offices Of a parent.
Are martyrs wo died in the
Coliseum at Rome in the same class
as the Holy innocents?
The Doctors of the Church teach
that there are three classes of mar
tyrs. To the first belong those who
are martyrs in deed as we'll as in
Will To this class belong such per-
sons as those wo died in the Coli
scum in the Roman prosecutions or
the missionaries who have gone into
pagan lands and suffered death from
the natives as a result To the sec
ond class belong those who are mar
tyrS in deed only, such as the HOlv
Innocents who died for Christ. To
the third belong those who are mar
tyrS in will only. They wish to die
Tor Christ, but do not get the oppor-
tunity, like saints who have unSllc-
ceSStully sought martyrdom.
What is the difference between Eas-
ter Communion and Communion at
any other time?
substantially, really, there is no
difference. Communion, whether dur
ing the Easter time or during any 9th
er period of the year, is the reception
of the Body and Blood of our Lord
Jesus Christ. There is a Church law
commanding US to receive Holy Com
munlon during the Easter time; hence.
1t is called the Easter Communion. The
Church urges all Catholics to receive
Holy Communion frequently and reg
ularIy at other times of the year. but
does not command them to do So The
Easter time, in the strict sense, com
prlSes the two weeks before Easter
and the one week after Easter. three
weeks in all; for this country that
period is protracted until it comprises
practically three months.
is it sinful to try to find out the
future from a hynotized person?
The Holy Office in 1856 strictly for
babe attempts of deluded persons to
find our secrets of the future and the
like from those who pretended to re-
veal them when in a magnetic sleep.
The dupes are guilty of the sin of
diVination, while the clairvoyant and
those who exhibit him or her are
guilty of blasphemy and cheating.
Some years ago ! stole small sum
OF money from my employer; if try
to make restitution for it may be de-
tected and disgraced; will it be per-
MISSILE to have a Mass said?
Your duty is to repay the person
from whom you stole the money; it is
only when it is impossible, at least
morally impossible, to make the resti-
tuition to the injured party that YOU
are justified in adopting some other
method of restitution. No one is
obliged to defame himself, and the
grave probability of doing so would
constitute sufficient grounds for max