The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-09-20
Was luther ever married?

Was Luther ever married?
Iutbor was married to Catherine
Won pora on June Is, 1926. OF course
the marriage was not lawful. He was
a. ard she was 81 years of age at the
time She was not then "a mere child
WIN had entered the convent without
any knowledge of what she was 40
ing" She belonged to an impoVer-
5sbed noble family. Her parents seem
to have persuaded her to enter the
convent simply because they were TOO
moor TO give her q marriage portion.
According to some authors she had
heen in the convent for two years;
according to others, as many as ten
Convent life was apparently puraeh
TO her She became very tired OF II.
It is probable that she had taken all
the religious vows OF poverty, chas-
titv and obedience.
VIII you please explain whether
the Mother of God was ever married
to Saint Joseph and was the ceremony
performed with a ring.
The blessed Virgin was truly mar
ripd TO Saint Joseph. We read in the
GOSPEL of Saint Mathew: Where
rlpon Joseph, her husband, being a
INST man, and unwilling to publicly
expose her. was minded to put her
away privately While Joseph
Thought on these things, behold the
Angel OF the Lord appeared to MN
IN his sleep saying, Joseph, son OF
David. fear not to take unto thee
Mary thv wife, for that which is con-
ceived in her is of the Holy Ghost "
At this time Joseph was espoused to
Mary. After this revelation Joseph
concluded the ritual marriage contract
with Mary. The Gospel of Saint
Matthew says: Joseph rising up from
sleep did as the Angel Of the Lord
mad commanded him, and took unto
him his wife" The marriage cere'
mony in the Jewish Law was cele'
brated with ring; hence we may
believe. though we have no historical
evidence, that the marriage Of the
Blessed Virgin to Saint Joseph was
performed in the usual manner. In
the Chapel of the Holy Angels in
Perugia there is preserved an onyx
ring. which is said to have been the
marriage ring of the Blessed Virgin
1t was yenerated first at Chiusi, where
it was stolen and then taken to Per
1,O
is it Il sin for 4 woman not to get
chu. ched after miscarriage?
No
Kindly give me some details about
St. Floria1. When does his feast
occur, and why is he invoked to pro
tect persons from fire?
st, FlOrian is one of the patron
saints of Austria and Poland. He is
also highly venerated in Bavaria. He
was born in the middle of the third
century in Zeiselmauser, Austria, OF
Christian parents. He became al
officer of high rank in the army Wher
the fierce persecution of the Chris
tians under Emperor Diocletiar
reached the territory of Lorch, where
our saint was stationed, he publicly
professed Christ before the Roman
governor of the province Aquilinus
The governor, after trying in vain tt
induce Florian to abjure Christianity
ordered him to be severely scOurge(
and the flesh to be torn from hi!
shoulders with sharp irons. But, a:
the saint would not yield, he com
manded a heavy stone to be tiet
around his neck and to have hin
thrown from the bridge into the Rive
Ems. This happened on May 4, 297
The body of the saint was washed
upon a rock and buried by piou
matron. Valeria, at a place which
bears the name ST. Florian to this day
A great abbey arose over his tomb
and was in the hands of Benedictin
monks until the year 900. Since the
it has been changing owners, unit
now it is occupied by regular canon
of the Augustinian Order. 1t is re
lated of this saint that he extinguishe
the fire in burning house by hi
prayers, and he is invoked to this da
as a protector against fire. His feas
lis on May 4.
Can Masses be offered up for PEI
son who was born and raised Cati
Ollie, but afterward fell away from tn
Church and died without returning
his holy Faith?
As we do not and can not kno'
the dealings ct God with regard
any individual soul, we can fav
Masses offered up for those who di
outside of the communion Of tn
Church, but there. can be no officia
public Masses for them.
Is the Twilight Sleep contrary
Catholic theology?
According to the best medical a.
thorities this system of anesthesia
relieve pain is most dangerous. ina
much as it SO frequently affects tn
child in the most serious manne