The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-03-11
POPULAR APOLOGET|CS
Adapted from the German of Rev. Pc
ter Mikes, S. j., by Rev. James
Watcher.
so. The Mass Puts the Sacrifice OF
the Cross in the Shade.

consideration. AS often as you Sndll
eat this bread, and drink the chalice,
you shall show the death of the Lord,
until he come" q Cor. 1920.
Let us give an example. A rich ben
efactor leaves all his wealth in his
will to the poor of his home city. Ev-
cry year on certain day, all the poor
receive a rich donation. But before
the donation is made, the will has to
be read publicly to recall his gift. Is
the original donation thereby weak
ened by having it read every time?
Certainly not, but rather heightened.
The love and gratitude of the poor to-
wards their benefactor is strengthen
ed Hence Christ said at the Last
Supper: do this for a commemora-
tion of me-"
The application of this example to
the sacrifice of the Mass and the sac
riEice of the Cross is easily made:
81. The Lay ChaIice.
Objection /: The Catholic Church
does not give the chaice to the iaity,
though Christ said: Drink we all of
this"
Answer: All, that is all you apos-
ties land your successors, Bishops and
priests; only to these did Christ
speak at the Last Supper, and only
to these He gave the power to do what
he had done. From the people, the
laity, He demands that they eat and
drink His flesh and blood and still
sc Il
shall live for ever John $3.50.
These two appearances are only
for the sake of the sacrifice; outside
of the Sacrifice of the Mass, the
priests and Bishops and even the
Pope receive Holy Communion only
under the appearance of bread.
Objection u: 1t is therefore true
that the Catholic Church outside of
Mass gives only the body of Christ
to eat but does not give His blood to
drink.
Answer: The body of the Lord is
certainly no corpse; it is the living
body that is united with the blood,
the soul, and the Divinity. Do the
Orthodox Lutherans, who object sa
much to the absence of the lay chal-
ice, think that they receive only a
dead body in their bread, bloodless
corpse? Again. when they drink the
chalice, do they think they receive
only the blood without the body? Or
do they not know that Christ rising
again from the dead, dieth now no
more" (Rom. 6:9)?
For hygienic reasons, many Ameri-
can Churches have objected to the
common communion chalice. In Brad
ford, England, it was determined to
abolish the chalice altogether. In
Norway, they invented San antiseptic
chalice." 1t has not yet been made
compulsory; but in Denmark, a mum
Der of hygienic directions were given
by the Royal Hygienic bureau, which
We're recommended to the clergy OF
the "Folkekirke" peoples church.
But the Rev. Williams of Bradford
objected very much to the abolition OF
the lay chalice as being a return to
Catholic practice, return even to
the old Christian practice (Acts 2:42
46; 2O:7).
Now it is just this old Christian and
Apostolic practice to which the Cath
Ollie Church appeals. What was cor
rect in Apostolic times should also
be correct in our times.
So. idoiatry.
Objection: Catholic practice is idol
airy because they adore bread (Hei
daIhnre,an K,A.~h;er,aeN. %hav h,us
"God locked up in box" Chase, Pole
mix, p. 402).
Answer: Such mockery of thai
which we Catholics consider most sa
cred shows but little refinement. Well
the first Christians, who also believed
in the Blessed Sacrament, had to en-
dure similar treatment from the rough
heathens: they were accused thai
they butchered a child at their serv
ices and ate its flesh.
AS God, Christ is not locked up,
but as man He is not omnipresent, but
bound to space; as He was once lock
ed I'D" in the crib, so He is now bound
to the sacramental species. More
over, Hase should know that mon
STRANGE and ciborium are no .'box."
BetterminGed Protestants condemn
such mockery of their Catholic fellow
citizens.
SO. The "corner Mass" private
Mass) and Stipends.
objection: Absolutely aimless af1c
useless are the private Masses where
the faithful are not present, unless il
be for the sake of Mass stipends.
Answer: 1. Are the priest and Mass
server not faithful? Christ had hear
and His blessing not only for large
crowds but also for single souls; fol
the single Nicodemus Christ spen1
the hours of the night and for the one
Samaritan woman the time at Jacobs
Wen.
2. Corner Mass is very map
propriate expression. At the time o.
persecution Tin England and IRELAND
and during the French Revolution)
Mass was often said in corners ant
hiding places, and the faithful attend
ed in great numbers at the risk Of
their lives: on the other hand, Mass
can also be said SO early in O cathe
dral when the faithful are not ye'
present: but a cathedral is no corner
8. In every Mass, Christ and thu
priest pray also for the absent, ant
the highest act Of Worship of Got
talrna nlaea. This is the inner reason