The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-05-03

A few days ago, read a sermon b.
a Protestant evangelist on the Tel
Commandments. He did not Civ
them in the same order as we dc
What was the reason?
Protestants have adopted a differ
ent enumeration Of the Ten Command
ments. They divide the first com
mandment into two, and then unite
the last two commandments into one
The Catholic division is the old divi
sion and the logical one. 1t is one sir
1mlawfully to desire a mans wife; il
is another and a different sin to de-
sire his property, and these distinct
crimes merit separate commandments
On the other hond the first commando
ment enforce the alteration of God
and tOrbidS the worship of idols; it
does no. prohibit the making of
images. but the bowling down before
therl with intention of worship. All
this is embraced in the command
.nent, II am the Lord thy God; thou
shalt nOt have false gods before me-
and there is no reason to make a dis
tinct commandment.
What would you think of Catholic
who stated openly, almost boastfuly,
that he had never read the Bible?
| would be ashamed of him, as a
poor specimen of a Catholic, unless,
of course. he were an analphabete, in
which paSa ba vC,3IJ mt looc+ of Il
Even if he were unable to read, as
Catholic he had an opportunity. re-
peateI every Sunday, to hear portions
OF the Scriptures read and every repe-
tlIion of them should make him ia
miliar with those parts of the Bible
The Catholic who has never read the
Bible. at least parts of the Gospels.
should be ashamed of himself: the
Catholic home that does not possess a
copy of the Scriptures has disre-
2arded the frequent admonitions of
the Church. Catholics may and should
read the Bible. They may gain an in
clul@ence by doing so every day, and
the practice will make them better
Catholics. At the same time. Cath
OliCs realize that Christ has made His
Church the official Interpreter CT the
Bible, and they can always receive
Gods truth from that authoritative
source.
have a friend who is contemplate
ing marriage with a non-CathoIic who
happens to be an OddfelIow and does
not want to leave the organization.
Can a Catholic marry man belong
ing to such society?
There is no special ecclesiastical |
impeachment affecting the marriage of
a Catholic and a member of a con
demned, secret organization. Before |
dispenSation may be granted for
marriage between a Catholic and a
non-Catholic many things must be !
considered, and the added circum- I
stances of membership in a secret So
ciety could create an additional diff !
Guilty. Thus, it might add to the dam |
ger of perversion to the Catholic !
party; it might increase the difficulty |
of raising the children in the true
faith. Your friend must take these |
things into account and they should |
make him (her) hesitate to take the |
contemplated step.
Must man lay off work in order
to get to Mass on Sunday?
No; necessary labor excuses one |
from the Sunday observance How |
ever, II there is an early Mass that !
You can attend, you are Obliged to do |
so. Good Catholics always try to ar
range matters so that they can attend
Holy Mass: thus, they will ask to be |
relieved for an hour on Sunday, or /
they will trade off with another work
er. Many Catholics have sought other |
Kind of work to hear Mass on Sun |
days. These good souls do more than |
the law Of God absolutely commands, |
Tor a man cannot always choose the !
manner and hours of his work. But |
1t must be remembered that the Mass |
Is the Catholics greatest act of wor-
ship, and no ordinary difficulty or in
convenience should be deemed sufi- |
oA0AAN ASocOAl lOl llC9IGStlIlS MASS.
When discussing religion with a |
friend of mine, he stated that he did |
not understand why there should be
SO many sinners in the Catholic |
Church. Will you tell me that | may
answer him?
Tell him that the Catholic Church |
will bear inspection and not suffer in |
comparison with any denomination |
when it comes to the question of the |
holy lives of her children. There is
not day in the year that is not dedi- |
Gated TO the honor of some saint |
some man or woman who lived on |
earth and served God SO perfectly that
he or she is honored as saint |
Then let us recall the number of re-
ligious who voluntarily make so many
sacrifices in order to serve God more
perfectly. Consider how many young
men and women literally carry out !
the SaVior's advice to the Young man |
in the Gospel: Go sell all thou
hast" And recall the lives of self 4
denial, of unSellish devotion to others