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THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1964 GEORGIA BULLETIN PAGE 5
QUESTION BOX
Communion Twice?
Q. CAN ONE RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNION
TWICE IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS? SUPPOSE
THAT ONE RECEIVES AT A 7:45 EVENING
MASS, AND AGAIN AT 7 NEXT MORNING.
WHEN I STUDIED MY CATECHISM WE WERE
TOLD ONE COULD NOT RECEIVE MORE THAN
ONCE IN 24 HOURS?
I UNDERSTAND ONE MUST FAST FROM SOLID
FOOD THREE HOURS. IF I AM FINISHED EAT
ING AT 5 P.M. AND GO TO 7;45 MASS CAN I
RECEIVE OR CAN'T I RECEIVE ATTHATMASS?
A. Yes, you may receive Holy Communion late
one day and early the next, even though less than
12 hours has intervened. Your catechism told you
that you could not receive twice in the same day;
and that is still true. The day
| is counted from midnight to
midnight. Even in earlier days
you might have gone to Commu
nion at the 12 noon Mass on Sun- W
day and the 5 a.m. Mass on
Monday.
Also, you may receive Com
munion at the 7:45 Mass if you
have been fasting from food
since 5, It would surely be after 8 by Com
munion time.
• **
Q. 1 HAVE HEARD IT IS A SIN FOR A BRIDE
TO WEAR A WHITE VEIL FOR HER WEDDING
UNLESS SHE IS A VIRGIN. I PERSONALLY
THINK THIS IS A MATTER OF TRADITION
RATHER THAN OF VIRGINITY. AM I RIGHT?
A. You are right.
Q. WE HAVE BEEN READING A GREAT DEAL
RECENTLY ABOUT PROTESTANT MINISTERS
AND JEWISH RABBISAND EVEN SOME PROTES
TANT BISHOPS PARTICIPATING IN CIVIL
RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS. MANY HAVE BEEN
THROWN IN JAIL. ISN'T IT A PUBLIC SCANDAL
THAT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IS NOT MORE
DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN THIS CAUSE?
IT WOULD SEEM THAT PRIESTS SHOULD BE
STANDING SHOULDER TO SHOULDER WITH
THEIR BROTHERS OF OTHER FAITHS. I PER
SONALLY KNOW THAT MANY PRIESTS WOULD
LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. SOME HAVE BEEN
EXPLICITLY FORBIDDEN TO DO SO BY THEIR
BISHOPS. WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE FUTURE
TO REMOVE THIS PUBLIC SCANDAL?
A. Certainly most bishops have not forbidden
their priests to take part in demonstrations for
racial justice. Our bishops as a group, and
many of them individually, have spoken clearly
and forcibly in favor of the rights of the Negro.
And they know as well as we that words are cheap;
they fail to impress unless they are put into
action. They know that it is the duty of the Church
of Christ, in these times of crisis, to bear clear
witness to the truths of justice and charity taught
by our Master.
Of course a priest owes obedience to his Bishop
and may not violate a clear and definite precept
given by the Bishop. He can, however, try to
convince the Bishop to change his mind. Most of
those who forbid demonstrations are worried about
trouble, worried about what the “nice people" will
say and think, concerned about the "dignity" of
the priesthood. They may recall unfavorable re
actions of some of the “nice Catholics" in one
of our eastern dioceses some time ago when
priests took part in demonstrations. "Better not
to stick your neck out."
Priests are moral leaders. How can they teach
the virtues of justice and charity if they are un
willing to stand up and be counted on the side of
these virtues in a practical way? They are teach
ers of truth. Will their teaching of the equality
of all men before God have real meaning if they
do nothing to demonstrate their own conviction
of it?
In these days of ecumenism will we shift the
burden of witnessing to Christ to our Protestant
brethren, or let our Jewish brethren outdo us
in proclaiming truths which we hold as Christian?
And in our own self-interest we may ask oursel
ves: once these problems have been solved who
is going to get credit for the freedom, equality,
justice and charity which may prevail in our
land? And who will be blamed for sitting out the
crisis - instead of sitting in?
***
Q. STATISTICS SAY 900,000 PEOPLE DIE
EVERY DAY. HOW WOULD WE HAVE ROOM IN
HEAVEN? I ASKED OUR ASSISTANT PRIEST AND
HE SAID HE WOULD SEE THAT HE GOT IN,
AND HE WOULD SQUEEZE ME IN TOO.
A. You have it made, lady. There is nothing like
having a confident assistant priest on your side.
No one knows how big heaven is; it might be as
big as the whole universe, and besides souls take
up no room; and even risen bodies will not be in
volved with space, it seems.
all those 900,000 go to
Furthermore, not
heaven, probably.
Q. 1 AM A MARRIED WOMAN IN MY LATE
FORTIES. AND HAVE BEEN MARRIED ABOUT
TWENTY YEARS, BUT AM CONSTANTLY TOR
MENTED BY BAD THOUGHTS. SOMETIMES
THEY NEARLY DRIVE ME INSANE TRYING TO
FIGHT THEM. I NEVER KNOW WHERE I STAND.
I SEE OTHER PEOPLE GO TO COMMUNION
EVERY DAY AND WONDER HOW. I DO GO TO
MASS EVERY DAY AND TO CONFESSION FRE
QUENTLY, AND TO COMMUNION WHEN I AM
SURE I CAN.
A. You should be going to Communion every
day, and less frequently to confession. For you,
as a married woman, there is no sin in those
thoughts you have. Quit fighting them. Be casual
about that, and you will be a much better wife.
They do not detract from your love for your hus
band; they are rather a part of that love. You are
scrupulous, of course; try to relax.
***
Q. I GO ALONG WITH, AND UNDERSTAND
EYE TRANSPLANTING. BUT WHAT ABOUT ANI
MAL TRANSPLANTING TO MAN. THERE HAS
BEEN SO VERY MUCH IN THE PAPER LATELY.
JUST WHAT IS THE FEELING OF OUR CHURCH
•ON THIS SUBJECT?
A. It seems to me a medical problem with
which the Church is not concerned. I believe
that success has been very limited to date; but it
has only been tried in desperate situations where
there is nothing to lose.
Q. CAN A PERSON OF AN ORTHODOX CATH
OLIC CHURCH GO TO CONFESSION TO A ROM
AN CATHOLIC PRIEST AND RECEIVE COM
MUNION FROM HIM WHEN THERE IS NO ORTHO
DOX CATHOLIC CHURCH CLOSE BY?
A. Unfortunately the answer is negative. But
neither may a Roman Catholic go to confession
to an Orthodox priest, or receive Communion
from him. For both one and the other there might
be an exception when death is imminent, confes
sion seems necessary to salvation, and the ser
vices of no other priest are available. Even then,
I believe the majority of theologians would frown
on a Roman Catholic’s receiving Communion from
an Orthodox priest; and would censure a Catholic
priest for giving Communion to a dying Orthodox,
Of course the theologian is not facing death when
he does his censuring.
In all of this I presume that you are really
speaking of an Orthodox, as the term is conven
tionally used; one separated from communion with
the Pope of Rome. Those who belong to the Rom
an rite may confess freely to Catholic priests of
the Eastern rites; and Catholics of Eastern rite
may confess to Roman rite priests. And each may
share Communion with the other.
I said it was UNFORTUNATE that we cannot
share the sacraments with our Orthodox brethren;
by using that word 1 do not imply that our rules
should be greatly changed. 1 rather mean that it
is sad and sinful that our separation from them
has continued with mutual bitterness and recrimi
nations for nine hundred years. Brothers of the
same Saviour, children of the same Father should
not be like that.
The reason for our not receiving Communion
from each other is readily apparent if we consider
that our offering of Sacrifice together and our re
ception of Jesus as the fruit of that Sacrifice is
the primary sign of our union in love and brother
hood; union with Jesus, even as the Apostles
were united with Him at the Last Supper, and un
ion with each other as children of the Father to
whom we offer ourselves, as one, in Sacrifice.
It is not right for us to pretend union when we
are actually separated. It is not right to join in
the signs of love and brotherhood when we are
bitter and estranged.
Thank Goodness, after 900 years gestures of re
conciliation are being made. Sometimes they are
reluctant, revealing the age-old bitterness. But
the Pope invited the Orthodox to attend the Coun
cil as auditors; the Russians and some Orthodox
groups in the West accepted. Then the other Or
thodox groups accepted Rome's invitation to a dia
logue after the Council is over. And most hopeful
and edifying of all. Pope Paul and the Ecumenical
Patriarch met as brothers in the homeland of
Jesus, our common Brother. Their meetings
were in Christ-like contrast to the last previous
meeting of Pope and Patriarch in Ferrara in 1438
when their initial encounter was delayed a whole
day while their envoys argued whether or not the
Patriarch should be required to kiss the Pope’s
foot - as protocol seemed to require.
However, we must not heap too much personal
blame on Pope Eugene or Patriarch Joseph. They
were honest, zealous men, and once freed from
protocol they embraced as brothers and worked
hard together for months trying to iron out their
difficulties.
One thing we should learn from the Council
of Ferrara-Florence; the spirit of unity must be
achieved in the hearts of the common people, by
eliminating their prejudices. To no avail did
Pope Eugene and Patriarch Joseph reach ac
cord; the monks, priests and people wouldn't
accept it.
So while we are edified by the brotherly ges
tures of Pope Paul and Patriarch Athenagoras, we
must each of us imitate them by embracing our
fellow Orthodox - in spirit at least; a spirit of
humility, love and brotherhood.
GEORGES ROUAULT
Significance Of Pain
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 4
THERE IS, in the portraits of the suffering
Christ by Rouault, an ideal of personal dignity that
never descends into sentimentality. He expresses
a sense of nobility, of heroism, of courage which
honestly faces death and pain. Rouault’s pictures
reproach our callousness and self-deception. The
“Miserere" series tells us that we have not truly
faced the sufferings of Christ, if we have shown no
effective pity toward those countless millions who
suffer and die in our midst.
The calm and beautiful Christ of Rouault is the
absolute antithesis of all that is brutal and cruel.
If we are insured to death, to violence, to cruelty
inflicted on any of Christ's living, flesh and blood
brothers, we have failed to penetrate the meaning
of the bruises He bore for our healing.
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What mystery is hidden behind the scars-worn by the Risen
Christ? They were not wounds, for His Body was glorious in His
Resurrection. As a Captain who fought a great fight may wear rib
bons as a token of his victory, so Our Lord wore His scars. But
what have the scars to do with us? Amy Carmichael answered it
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"No wound? No scar?
Yet as the Master shall the servant be,
And pierced are the feet that follow Me;
But thine are whole: can he have followed far
Who has not wound, nor scar?"
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in the slums, the sick beds and the leper colonies. Where are our
scars? It is not a religious act which makes a Christian layman a
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to-day life of this world. Our parish is a ghetto if it is insensitive
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