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some clear sign that God has in
fact forgiven; this is had in the
priest’s absolution.
Q. is il allowable io go lo con
fession even though one knows
beforehand fhaf because of cir
cumstances he will nol be able
fo receive Communion fhe fol
lowing day? What about the
practice, tor instance, of going
io confession on the Thursday
before a First Friday, even
though one realizes that he
won't be able to receive the next
day because of work?
A. It is an unfortunate error
to think of confession merely
as a preparation for the recep
tion of Holy Communion. On the
contrary, the Sacrament of Pen
ance is a sacrament in its own
right, and should be sp ap
proached frequently, regardless
as to whether or not Commun
ion is immediately to follow.
WHERE MORTAL SIN is con
cerned, of course, then it is
necessary to confess one’s sins
and receive absolution before
going to Communion. But even
in this case, the proximate inter
est of the soul should be to
cleanse itself of mortal sin and
be restored fully to God’s
friendship.
IN PRACTICE, no one can go
wrong by going to confession
often: weekly, every other week,
or at least monthly. Those who
go on every second week there
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having a virtual desire and in
tention to fulfill an obligation
imposed on all sinners by our
Lord; i. e., confessing mortal
sins. The Sacrament of Penance
was not instituted in vain by
Christ. Nor in vain did He say
to His first priests: “Whose sins
you forgive they are forgiven
them; and whose sins you re
tain they are retained.” (St.
John XX:22)
FOR THOSE who might argue
that the making of a private act
of contrition would be mote
“natural” a means of. justifica
tion than sacramental confes
sion, the rebuttal is that the
very opposite holds. Penance
was instituted specifically for
human needs, not for God’s
sake. Thus the sacrament ful
fills, first, the natural instinct
to disclose one’s sins to another
human being. A tendency to
ward brooding, melancholy, de
pression and other hazards to
mental health is generated
among undisclosed sins; these
effects of sin are remedied by
confession. Finally, there is a
natural longing on the part of
every normal person to have
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T. RALPH GRIMES
SHERIFF
FULTON COUNTY
H. H. HOGG, SR,
H. H. HOGG, JR.
STUBBS & H066
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by meet the requirements for
confession stipulated for gain
ing plenary indulgences.
Theology
For The
Layman
(Continued from Page 4)
for us a first beginning of the
meaning of this. Concentrate
upon the way we know our
friends. Our knowing faculty,
our intellect, has taken them
into itself. How? By the idea
it has formed of them. By means
of that idea, we know Ihem. The
richer the idea, the better we
know them, if there is any
error in our idea of them, to that
extent we do not know them as
they are. This is the way of
human knowledge, the “seeing
through a glass in a dark man
ner” which is the kind of seeing
proper to human nature. It is
the nature of our intellect to
know things by means of the
ideas it forms of them.
Here below we know God like
that, by the idea we have formed
of Him. But in heaven, our see
ing will be direct. We shall see
Him, not “through a glass,” we
shall know Him, not by means
of an idea. Our intellect will be
in direct contact with God;
nothing will come between it
and God, not even an idea. The
nearest we can get to it, perhaps,
is to think of the idea we now
have of God: then try to con
ceive of God Himself taking the
place of the idea.
That is why the very essence
of the life of heaven is called
the Beatific Vision—which
means the seeing that causes
bliss.
Just as our knowing faculty,
the intellect, so our loving
faculty, the will, is to be in
direct contact with God, nothing
coming between, God in the will,
the will in God, love without
detour or admixture. So it will
be with every one of our powers
—energising at its very fullest
upon its supreme object. And
that, if you will think about it,
is the definition of happiness.
But observe that all this is
based upon something which by
nature we cannot do. The natu
ral powers of man’s intellect fall
short of seeing God direct by
a double limitation—as we have
seen, our natural way of know
ing is always by means if ideas,
so that we cannot see anything
direct; and God, being- infinite,
can never be within the hold of
our natural strength, or the
strength, of any finite being
whatever.
Putting it bluntly the life of
heaven requires powers which
by nature we do not possess. If
we are to live it, we must be
given new powers. To make a
rough comparison: if we wanted
to live on another planet, we
should need new breathing pow
ers, which by nature our lungs
have not got. To live the life of
heaven, we need new knowing
arid loving powers, which by
nature our souls have not got.
For heaven our natural life
is not sufficient, we need super
natural life. We can have it only
by God’s free gift, which is why
we call it grace (the word is re
lated to gratis). Sanctifying
grace will be our next topic.
Everything the Church does is
connected with it, and can be
understood but cloudily if we
do not grasp what it is.
Services For
Mrs. McElroy
ATLANTA, Ga.—F u n e r a 1
services for Mrs. Catherine Mc-
Elroy were held-April 8th at the
Sacred Heart Church, Rev. John
Emmerth officiating.
Survivors are two daughters,
Miss Annie McElroy, Miss Cath
erine McElroy, two sons, Mr.
Andrew P. McElroy, Mr. Frank
McElroy.
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(This is really not an answer at
all—so just chuckle when you
say it.) Or suppose the sales
man sticks his toot in the door
and asks: “Is your mother home,
little girl?” Little Imogene may
answer: “She’s not home,” in
good conscience. She means
“not home to you,” of course.
When Charlie the Chiseler asks
you how much money you have,
go ahead and say “None.” You
mean none for Charlie.
I know this sounds like we’re
cheating a bit on this business
of truthfulness. But all these
answers can be understood in
two ways. Maybe they’re not
taken in both ways, actually.
But they can be. And the sales
man and chiseler and busybody
know you might be using an
evasion.
This mental reservation is an
old and accepted way of keep
ing secrets that should be kept.
Long ago St. Athanasius, Bishop
of Alexandria, was concealed in
a boat on the Nile. When the
Emperor’s soldier’s (who weren’t
looking for him to give him a
medal) asked his wherabouts,
a servant answered: “He is not
gone far.” A pretty good evasion
—if the soldiers were stupid.
After all, you can’t be expect
ed to come out with the bare
truth all the time. When your
friends ask what you think of
their new baby, I wouldn't ad
vise you to say this: “Cheer up
■—they never look human for the
first few months!” So you say
he’s beautiful—meaning he’s
beautiful, as far as hairless and
toothless creatures go. If your
wife asks you what you think
of her new hat, you don’t dare
say it looks like a bread box.
So you tell her it’s beautiful.
Meaning a beautiful bread box,
naturally.
These mental reservations are
no good to Junior if teacher
asks him if he studied last night.
Nor to you if the buyer of your
car asks if the buggy has an
engine in it. The straight facts
are demanded in these cases.
And if you’re not foxy enough
to come up with a good double-
meaning answer when Buster
Busybody has his radar on full
force—a lie is not the solution.
Truthfulness is, we must admit,
necessary for the general wel
fare of society. The world would
indeed be a miserable place if
we couldn’t trust anyone. The
book of Ecclesiasticus says: “A
thief is better than a man that
is always lying. Lying men are
without honor.” If we are to
be men of honor, our motto has
to be: The truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but an eva
sion when it’s none of his busi
ness!
Services Held For
J. J. MeConneghey
ATLANTA, Ga. — Funeral
services for Mr. John J. Mc-
Conneghey were held April 7th
at the Sacred Heart Church,
Rev. William Hanlon officiating.
Mr. MeConneghey was a
former member of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce, past
president of the Life Under
writers Ass’n, and a member
of the Atlanta Life Managers
Club, and the Knights of Colum
bus, Fourth Degree.
Survivors are his wife; daugh
ters, Mrs. William P. Crenshaw,
Jr., and Mrs. Betty Waits, both
of Atlanta; Mrs. J. B. Felder,
Florida City, Fla.; Mrs. Thomas
G. Ware, Jr., Houston, Texas;
a sister, Mrs. P. D. Brennan, Sr.,
Baltimore, Md., and nine grand
children.
CHARACTER
It’s a lot easier to stop when
you are climbing than when you
are coming down.
PROGRESS STOPS
A little knowledge becomes a
dangerous thing only when it
remains just that size.
NO TRUTH IN RED CHARGE
THAT CHURCH IS ENEMY OF
WORKING MAN, POPE SAYS
VATICAN CITY, (Radio, NC)
— Communism’s charge that the
Church is the enemy of the
working man is far from the
truth. His Holiness Pope John
XXIII told, some 20,000 workers
gathered in St. Peter’s basilica.
The Pope’s words were ad-
drssed to the wholesale and re
tail food merchants of Rome,
who were part of an audience
of 30,000 faithful received by
him on the Sunday after Easter.
He told them: “We’re not
strangers to each other, and far
less are we hostile to each
other, as is unfortunately
preached by a mistaken ideolo
gy which sows unjust hatred
among classes. On the contrary,
with each one in the place as
signed him by God,, it is our
vocation to help one another
and to serve one another in
charity, with patience and with
gentleness, following the ex
ample of the Savior, Jesus.”
Other participants in the au
dience were the boys choir of
the Munich cathedral, a group
of railroad men from Bologna
and 200 blind people from Bel
gium.
The Pope exhorted all to
“peace-that real peace which is
born of doing the will of God,
and from patiently bearing the
sorrows of life, but which can
not come from one’s own whim
or selfishness.”
THE BULLETIN, April 18, 1959—PAGE 5
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