The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-11-09

work in a place where there is
great deal of scandalous talking. is it
\ Gin for me to listen to that kind OF
conversation? What is rash judgment?
Won are of course not guilty of sin
Inv hearing that scandalous conversa-
ton. for YOU cannot help hearing IT..
Put YOU need not take an active part
in tho scurrilOus talk; pay no atte1-
lion 10 il. and if you have any influence
with anv OF the participants, try TO
dissuade them from the bad habit.
Rosh Judgment consists in passing
Judgment on another without having
Sufficient evidence for your Judgment;
Il usually takes the form OF lmput!hS
wrong motives, or in entertaining I'M
worthy suspicious of others. You nave
no more right to think unch2rltably
of vour neiehbor than you have to talk
unrbartably of him or to act unchar-
nablv against him. The law Oh Chfls-
1ian charity exercises authority over
onr thoughts as we'll as over our WorGs
and actions. Rash judgment is OFTEN
called the sin OF piOus PERSONS even
weekly communicates will harDof I'M
charitable thoughts against their as
.ociates who may themselves be fire.
onont communicates. Such thoughts
may merely pass through the mlnd'
are scarcely dwelt upon and not con-
scented to: in that case, they are temp
tatiOns, not sins.
no souls after death retain the
knowledge they have gained by edu-
cation in this life?
Yes.
IN case CT accident or sickness re-
suitinq in unexpected death, should
priest be called?
Tho moment of actual death is not
nj all certain and even in cases OF
13no illness it probably does not oc-
cnr earlier than half an hour after
opnarent deaths. The Messenger OF
The Sacred Heart says on this SUD-
iecr. The period of latent life in
cases Of apparent death from an acct
dent is much longer. Absolution and
extreme JUNCTION may then be gwen
conditionalIy and if the person has the
,roper disposition the Sacrament will
have IFS effect. However, it would
he . grave sin willfully to permit any
one TO become unconscious before
sending for the priest.
is it possible for souls in heaven TO
know what is occurring on earth?
Yes, souls separated from their
hodies are able to learn things from
ANGELS or from souls of other deceased
men. and those in heaven can also
learn all they wish concerning the
earth from seeing God.
Will you kindly tell me something
about the life of VoItaire?
Voltaire was a Frenchman OF let
tiers. a philosopher, a dramaust ana a
noat. His real name was Francis Mary
de Arouet. Voltaire was assumed lat,
or for reasons that are still in dispute,
He was born in 1894 and died in lIfS'
He was baptized Catholic and was
educated in a Catholic college under
she management Of the JeSuitS; alter
wards he studied for the law, but soon
began to devote himself to literature
There is scarcely a department OF let
ters 10 which he did not contribute;
he claimed to be a philosopher; he
wrote scores of dramas; he entered
the field of history and physics; ne
was an essayist and a satlrlSt, ano
wrote many rOmanCeS in prose. lie
gradually lost the faith and became
> bitter and dishonest enemy OF the
Church; he refused the SacramentS
on his deathbed. Voltaire was a won
derfuIIy clever and an extremely su
Derfcial man; his writings were mos
widely read and had very pernlclouS
effect on the faith of the French PEG
nile. His Iibels on religion undermin
ed the belief of thousands.
What does the Bible mean by say
tnu: "They shall talk in new
tongues"
The Apostles were assisted mlracu
lously il preaching the faith to those
unacuuainted with the only language
4hat the Apostles knew. When Peter
preached on PentecOst Sunday the
people gathered in Jerusalem from
every nation under heaven, heard him
in his own tongue. How the Galilear
language spoken by Peter was hearo
of the Parthians, Modes, Elamites
Mesopotamians, etc, each i'll theil
own tongue is of course a miracle, ant
it is this miracle that Our Lord re
ferred to when He said of His
disciples "They speak in new
tongues"
A non-CathoIic said to me that he
did not understand why Catholics pray
and have Masses said for the departed
He thinks that everyone must atone
for himself and after death nobody car
save him.
No man can atone for himself anC
no man can save himself without The
grace and power of the Lord Jesu:
Christ. We have but one Saviour ant
one Redeemer, and if He does not save
MS and redeem us, then we are no
saved nor redeemed. Hence when VIZ
Dray for the dead and have Masse.
offered for the departed, we do no
,Io;ro RI save the soul of the dea(