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have reference fo?
A. ‘'Oblate” derives from the
Latin verb “to offer.” “Oblate”
priests, in general, “offer” them
selves to their bishops, to do
whatever he wills of them, in
whatever work he deems neces
sary.
Q. In most explanaiions I
have read of the precept "to
contribute to the support of the
Church,” the phrase according
io one's means" is usually add
ed. Vvhy is li that lhe Church
doesn't come rignt out and say
exactly how much everyone
should give—what percemage,
for example? isn't n true tnat
some Proiesianl denominations,
such as the Seventh Day Adven
tists and certain branches of
Methodists, explicitly request at
least a tenth oi eacii member's
income? I should think that
selling a defimie figure would
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wake up a lot of people who
aren't doing their share chiefly
because they have no objective
norm to go by.
A. The phrase “according to
one’s means” is commonly add
ed to the precept oi Church
support to emphasize that every
Catholic is bound to assume not
merely a share but his own fair
share of the financial burdens
of tire Church. This means, in
effect, that those who have more
are obliged to give more than
those wno have less, in accord
ance with the principles of nat
ural equity.
Since the economic condition
of individuals and families va
ries considerably, however, it is
impossible in justice to set a
particular rate which all the
laithful in general could ob
serve. Such a rate could not be
set even if families were classi
fied by size and income, simply
because concepts of necessities
and luxuries also vary.
“According to one’s means”
should not be construed, though,
in,the sense that it is impossible
precisely to determine the
amount one' should give in his
own case. On the contrary, ev
ery member of the Church has
an obligation to form his con
science in this matter with rea
sonable exactness. In doing so,
one should especially keep in
mind three all important facts:
First, that Church support is
unquestionably a strict man
date, basically grave, binding
not only by virtue of ecclesiasti
cal law, but also by the explicit
will of Christ (St. Matthew X:
10) and natural justice itself..
Secondly, because Church sup
port is not a matter of free
choice, but rather of duty, it
has prior claim over personal
luxuries and recreation. This
means that donations to Church
must be considered as necessary
expenditures, not as incidentals.
Persons who figure their Church
offerings from their absolute
surplus income are not fulfilling
the law of Church support in
justice and honesty.
Lastly, the word “Church” in
the precept “to constitute to the
support of the Church” refers
not to some remote institution,
but to the faithful themselves
who make up the Church. In
making offerings to Church,
then, Catholics are contributing
to their own welfare—they are
the Church.
Although the precise amount
one should give to Church can
only be determined in accord
ance with, one’s ability and the
circumstances, a general mini
mum amount could be suggest
ed. Thus, excluding truly diffi
cult cases, and without preju
dice to any of the above princi
ples, it would seem that a work
ing person receiving today’s ave
rage wage or salary should hes
itate before giving less than
what he earns for an hour’s
work or services.
By this norm, the man earn
ing about two and a half dollars
an hour, for instance, should
contribute that much each Sun
day, either personally or
through his family (i.e., a dollar
in his own offertory envelope,
a dollar in his wife’s and the
rest divided among the chil
dren.) Even then, he would only
be contributing less than three
percent of his annual income,
surely a small sum in light of
the fact that many people spend
about the same percent of their
annual income just to keep
themselves in cigarettes.
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For The
Layman
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able combination—the slime of
the earth, and the spirit that is
in the likeness of God.
We are so used to the combi
nation —• for every one of us is
a specimen of it — that we may
not remark how extraordinary
it is. The Church frowns on mix
ed marriages, but every one of
us is the result of the most
mixed of all marriages, the wed
ding of spirit and matter. In this
we are unique, no other being is
compound of spirit and matter
as we are: angels are spirit, with
no matter to complicate it; cats
are matter, with no spirit to
complicate it.
But what does the union of
these two improbable partners
mean? There is need for a vol
ume here, or perhaps a library.
We must be content with a
quick look. Every living body-
plant, animal, man—has a prin
ciple of life, that is it has a
constituent which accounts for
its being alive. This is its soul.
We are aware of its presence, in
the activities of the being while
it is alive; we are even more
aware of its absence, in the cor
ruption which follows death.
Come back to the two ele
ments in the creation of man—
“The Lord God formed man
of the slime of the earth,” that
accounts for his body. And “He
breathed into his face the breath
of life.” That may occupy us ra
ther longer.
But the soul of man not only
animates the body, it has pow
ers of its own, powers utterly
outside the possibilities of mat
ter. Here it would be well to
glance back once more at Sec
tions 3-6. So the union of spirit
and matter means that the hu
man soul, by which our bodies
are living bodies and functions
as living bodies, is a spirit.
The union is such that the
soul is in every part of the body:
and this again needs a closer
look. The soul, being a spirit, is
not in space at all. How can it
be in every part of the body
which is so very definitely
spread out in space? Do not try
to form a picture of a soul ex
actly the same shape as the
body but made of thinner stuff
(transparent, perhaps); or of the
body thinly buttered with soul,
so that every bit of body has a
bit of soul. The soul is not in
space at all; it animates the
body by superiority of energy.
A spirit is where it acts; the
soul is in every part of the body
because no part of the body
escapes its life-giving action.
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ers and expressions of the Mass.
“But why not make it simple
and use English?” the objectors
insist. There are two good rea
sons why the Church holds on
to Latin. One is that it is a dead
language; no one speaks it now.
Therefore the words and idioms
do not undergo changes of
meaning like those of living
languages. For instance, when
we say in Philosophy that some
thing is simplex, we mean it has
no parts. You can translate it
as “simple” if you want, but in
modern American it has come
to mean “stupid.”
There are Latin terms, for
that matter, which almost defy
exact translation. Like secun
dum quid, which comes out in
English something like “accord
ing to a certain manner of
speaking in a way.” When I was
a boy, a “square guy” was all
right; now a “square” is one
who’s not a part of the accept
ed gang. If you were doing well
a few years ago, you were “hot”
—now you’re “cool” in the teen
agers’ lingo. The whole point is
that an unchanging language
helps us keep our teachings ex
act in their meaning.
The other reason for Latin is
that it is a bond of unity for
Catholics the world over. You
can attend Mass in Ceylon,
Rome, Athens, or San Francis
co and hear the same tongue
used in the liturgy. When the
Holy Father writes to me (he
hasn’t yet, but we can suppose)
he uses Latin. Maybe I can’t
translate his letter perfectly,
but I have a better chance than
I would if it were written in
Italian. In short, a universal
language is only fitting for a
universal Church.
All this is not meant to take
sides in the controvery among
Catholics whether the vernacu
lar should be used more in the
liturgy. I’m in a neutral corner.
I am only pointing out that
some Latin, at least, is here to
stay. And since it’s here to stay,
let’s stick up for it. Amen (He
brew for “Amen”).
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Survivors are two daughters,
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