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AMD RKCOV.MKNIjSD By the Four mm kmut ftacHS^SHOPS of kmm^ AS A GENERAL CATECHISM, .\Nrt «iDOPrF.D AN:D rrRL:;,.HED my okp»r oy xne FIRST COUNCIL OF aUEBEC, AN15 WITH AODITlOr.3 AUTHORl'^.F^D AS THE ENGLISH CATECHISM F05f THE ARCKDiOCESE OF TORONTO: '•• TO WHICH ARIl AIUiKD AN ABRIDGEMENT OF the CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE:, THE SCRIPTURAL CATECHISM, BV THR RT.. REV. DR. MILNER, &c., Slc, Thif IS ettrnal li/f, th»x ittey may knov< thet the only trua Gcd, i *tid j€su* Ckrtst. "jaJtum thou katt tgttt.-^Joati xvii. j. PUBLISHED BY JAMES A- SADLIER, MOJWBEAL i , ii I'iJ •■^J i^'-'.'o V / .-■ .Bfe-f^:l!?\,itl.;.,.;i'*:'v^4^.; -' *; 'vJJfr '^s^.!*,:^';^rf- mmm m^r / FJ^OM THE VIII. DECREE OF THE 1st COUNCIL OF QUEBEC c6NCERNING THE CATECHISM. Let Butler's English Catechism, approved by the Bishopu of Ireland and long in use in this Country, be the only one taught to the faithful speaking the English language." £DO: In conformity with the above, we hereby declare the present edition of Butler's Catechism, with texts of Holy Scripture to' prove the various answers, and other additions by a Priest of our Diocese, ex- clusively publishefl by James A. Sadlier, Montreal, to be the only one autherised in the Archdiocese of Toronto. JL John Joseph Lynch, Archbishop of Toronto; FESTl A TheO TheE The A All-8a The 1 mDscemb Christ FAST Ist. T. immedic Sunday, 2nd. 3rd. 1 4th. 1 of the B. N.B.- viffil are solemnia the Satv ToBONTo, 7th July, 1871. DA Entehed according to Act of Parliament "TT ■M. FESTIVALS, FAST DATS, ETC. FESTIVALS OF OBLIGATION^ THROUGHOUT THE ARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO All Svmdays in the year. The Oircumoision of our Lord, January Ist. The Epiphany of our Lord, January 6th. The Ascension of our Lord. All-Saints' Day, November 1st. The ImmaculatelConception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 8th of •J!)bcember. Christmas Day, December 25th. * FAST DAYS OF OBLIGATION IN THE PROVINCE AS REGULATED BY VARIOUS INDULTS GRANTED BY THE HOLY SEE Ist. The Ember days, or the Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturd&ys immediately following in the same week the first Sunday of Lent, Wnit Sunday, the 14th September, and the 13th December. 2nd. Every day in Lent, except Sundays. 3rd. Every Wednesday and Friday in Advent. 4th. The Vigils of Christmas Day, of Whit Sunday, of the Assumption of the-B. V. Mary, and of All-Saints' Day. N.B. — If any of these feasts happen to fall on a Monday, the fast and viffil are to be kept on the precedmg Saturday. The Assumption being solemnized always on the first Sunday of the Octave, the fast is kept on the Saturday preceding the solemnity. DAYS OF ABSTINENCE FROM FLESH MEAT ACCORDING TO THE INDULTS ABOVE MENTIONED Ist. The Ember days. 2nd. Every Friday in the year except it be Christmas day. 3rd. Ilie Vigils, on which a fast is commanded. _4th. Every Wednesday and Friday of Lent, Ember Saturday and Holy Saturday. 5th. Every Wednesday and Friday iti Advent. By the same Indults the Holy See a{Zou>« the use 6f flesh meat: 1st. On all the Sundays of Lent. 2tid. On aQ the Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays of Lpit, «xo«iipt Ember Saturday and Holy Saturday, but under tibee^i^ «tK>ne that flesh nir be. tued at one meal only, and forbidding to «Mjke uM«f fiahwi^ flesh at the same meal. ,1jm aol<»wdjiatiog ^mascriagfi is forbidden from the first Sunimr w Ammi m tibs %^any inoluAively, and from Ash Wednesday vnl njii,**'" rB]ii CMSISTJAN*S DAILY EXERCISE, N.B. — The Catholic churoh commands all her children, upon Sundays and holidays, to be present at the great Eucharistio sacrifice, which we oftU the Mass, and to rest from servile work on those days, and keep them holy. 2dly. She commands them to abstain from flesh on all daya of fasting and abstinence; \ and on fasting days, to eat but one meal. 3dly. She commands them to confess their sins to their pastors, at least once 4t}Uy. She commands them, to receive the blessed Sacra- ment at least once a year^ and that at Easter ^ viz. : betwetn Ash Wednesday and Trinity Sunday. The fourth council of Lateran, Can. 21, ordains, "that every one of the faithful of both sexes, after thoy come to the years of discretion, %hall, in private, faithfully confess all their sins, at least once a year, to their own pastor, and take care to fulfil, to the best of their power, the penance enjoined them; receiving reverently, at least at Easter, the sacrament of the Eucharist, unless, perhaps, by the counsel of their pastor, for some reasonable cause, they judge it proper to abstain from Jt for a time ; otherwise, let them be excluded from the church while living, and when they die, be deprived of Christian burial. say. Yi living at and con protecti( to your J special d Every please C morning passion mass wi' duties, t and is a1 true Chi mended, And ii t?tat all and opei speak, tt iv. 13, e spection raising : honour s MANNER OF BAPTIZING A CHILD IN DANGER OF DEATH BY LAY PERSONS. Take natural or common water, pour it on the heaa of the child, and while you are pouring it say the following words : I baptize thee in the name If it be so necessary a duty to begin the day by prayer, it is of jthe utmost consequence to conclude it also by prayer; the graces received during the day, and special protection you stand in need of against the dangers of the night, should engage you to humble yourself before God in prayer every night, which necessary duty is never to be omitted, and should be always most religiously performed, and in the same manner, and with the same dispositions as in the morning. Every night, therefore,before you go to bed, place yourself on your knees in the presence of God; and begging his blessing, by making the sign "i^ of the cross on youraelf, adore his infinite majesty; return him thanks for all his mercies to you, especially for his gracious protection over you during the day; and invite the whole court of heaven and all the creatures of God, to bless his goodness and to praise his holy name.' Then consider attentively, how you spent the day; and if in the cotirse of it you diligently complied with your duty in every respect: you are therefore to examine yourself carefully on your thoughts, words, actions, and omissions; and particularly on the obligations of your state in life, and on those vices, passions, and evil habits to which you are most addijotad. When you have brought to mind all the sins and omissions of the day with an humUe and contrite hesurt implore forgiveness of them, and of all your transgressions; and fi^pmly resolve, with God's aisistaiiQe, not to offrad him any more; and cautiously to avoid every ooeaeioQ of sifti Then olferins yoursdtf to Gkxl, eameistly beseeoh him to eoahle yOQ to f!^«ellsr ttot pttr^BolM' virtuas Mid good wo^, whieh ai» mm% ^"•" PRATER TO OUR ANGEL GUARDIAN. siAoessary to you, and to prtiMrve you from sin, and all dangers during th« night; devoutly recite the acts of faith, hope and charity, and the others prayers as in the morning, or any other form of prayer you are aooustomed to say at night. The examination of conscience is strongly recommended as a very important Christian dut\ , and is one of the most profitable and effectual means to avoid sin, ana to acquire virtue; wherefore all persons who have at heart their salvation, jb^ -are truly desirous to please God, will oonstantlyanddili^rently &tMitmM>Mxe examinafion of conscience every niiit. ' *7r"^ Prayer said in common, that is, by many together, is certainly mora acceptable to God. and more benencial than prayer which is offered in private by one individual alone; and on this principal is chiefly ground- ed the pious and edifying practice in many families, of joining together S* I prayer every night; and iJt is most earnestly to be wished that every atholic family should adopt it. llie many signal blessings which God has bestowed on those families in which prayers are reRularly said in common, should engage every head of a family to introduce and establish so laudable a custon%; par- ticularly at night, when all in the family may be assembled with greater oonvenience. "Where there are two or three gathered together in my name, says Christ, "there am I in the midst of them." Matt, xviii. 20. num da nohie d( dimittin Et ne nc Sed libe Ave, Dominui miilierib ventris ( Mater E toribus, nostris. OR \ . A PRATER TO OUR ANGEL GUARDIAN. V. He hath given his angels charge over thee. R. To keep thee in all thy ways. O Holt Angell to whose care God» in his mercy, hath committed me| thou who assistest me in my wants, who console^t me in my afflictions, who supporteet me when dejected, and who constantly ob- tainest fc. me new favors; I return thee now most sincere and humble thanks; and I conjure thee, O amiubio Guide! to continue still thy care; to defend me against my enemies; to remove from me the oc- casions of sin, to obtain for me a vpocility to thy holy inspirations; to protect me, in particular, at the hour of my death; and then conduct me to the mansions of eternal repose. Amen. Credo potenten terr». Filium ( nostrum; Spiritu i Virgine, lato, cru pultus ; tertia c ascendit (ram Dc inde ver et morti Sanctum Catholici nionem, rum, fitam set PEATEES \\ BB TAUGHT TO CHILDREN AT LEAST IN THEIR MOTHER TOj^UB. 3h In nomu^e Patris, et Filii^ et piritus Sancti. Amen. > :;fe -:-, PATEB NOSTER. Pater noste)ri»j4, es in ccelis. Sanctificetur nom^if 'tuum. Ad- veniat regnum tuttm. *Fiat vo- luntaa tua, aiout in cq»1« et in .viaertik,' Fazmn nostrum qiiotidi- + In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of thetfioly Ghost. Amen. ^: THE LORDS P^4^T Oim Father who art in li«aven, HflJlowed be thy name. Thy kingd<»n come. Thy will M dcme on «u>tlii«ti ii |8,in-]^veo« CSre us t&i|i d»y oor^i^lp * - ^ R. Coi beatcB beato beato J Apostolii bus sani peceavi et opere mea nuu beatam nem, b oh«is>k«lii Biptlstlii Patnuu PR A TEBS. \ .,\'!!I aum da nobio hcdie. Et dimitte nohU debita nostra siout et nos dimittimufl debitoribus nostriH. Et ne nos induean in tentatiorem. Sed libera nos tt niaio. Amen. AVE MARIA. Ave, Maria, gratia plena ; Dominus tecum: benedicta tu in miilleribus, et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus. Sancta Maria Mater Dei, era pro nobis, pecca- toribus, nunc et in bora mortis nostra. Amen. . CREDO IN DEUM, Credo in Deum, Patrem omni- potentem, Creatorem coeli et terrsB. Et in Jesum Christum Filium ejus unicum Dominum nostrum; qui conceptus est de Spiritu Sancto, natus ex Maria Virgine, passus sub Pontic Pi- lato, crucifixus, mortuus, et se- pultus ; descendit ad inferos ; tertia die resurrexit a niortuis ; ascendit ad copIos, sed^t ad dex- tram Dei Patris omnipotentis ; inde venturus est judicare vivos et mortuos. Credo in Spiritum Sanctum, sanctaoi Ecolesiam Catholicam, Sanctorum 6ommu- nionem, remissionem peccato- rum, carnis resurrectionem, vitam seternam. Amen. CONFITEOR, R. Gonfiteor Deo omnipotenti, beatee Marise semper Virgini, beato Michael! Arobangelo, beato Joanni Baptistse, Sanctis Apostolis Petro et Paulo, omci- bus sanptis et tibi, Pater, quia peceitvi nimis, oogitatione, verba et opere, mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maxima culpa. Ideo preoor beatam Mariam semper Virgi- nem, beatum Michaelum Ajt- Qh*iE»k!»lttm,v beatum Joannem BiptMtiiiiik, . saoetos Apostolos Pftfriim est PliUBm <»im«s Mujb- and forgive mb our trespasses, as we forgive them who trespass aga^'^ts us. And le£id us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen AIL MARY. Hail; Mary, full of grace: the Lord 18 with thee; blessed art thou ElQiongst women, and blessed is t^e ^ruit of thy womb. Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death Amen. THE CREED. I believe in God, the Father Almighty^, Creator of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, sufiFered under Pontius Pilate, was cruci- fied, dead and buried; he de- scended into hell; the third day he, rose again from the dead : he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand of God, the Father Almighty ; from thence he wiD come to judge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy Catholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. THE CONFITEOR. * R, I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to blessed Michael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, to all the sainto, and to you Fa- ther, that I have sinnM exceed- ingly in thought, word and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my most cprievous fault. Therefore i beseech the blessed Mary bvet Virgin, bless- ed Michael the Archangel, bless- ed John the' Ba^rtxit, the he^^ II r 8 THM ANGELUS. toe, «t te, Pater, orare pro me ad pominum Deum nostrum. P* Misereatur vestri omnipo- tena I>eu8, et. dimissis peccatis vestris, perducat vos aiT vitam iptemam. * * R. Amen. P, Indulgentiam, absolutio- nem, et remiasionem peocatorum nostrorum, tribuat nobis omni- potens et miserioors Dominus. R. Amen. Apostles, Peter and Paiil, and all the saints, and you, Fither, to pray to the Lord our God tor m*. P. May the Almighty God he merciful unto you, and, forgiv- ing you your sins, bring you to life everlasting. R. Amen. P. May the Almighty .and merciful Lord grant us pardon, absolution and remission of our sins. R. Amen. THE ANGELUS, TO BE SAID MORNING, NOON, AND NIGHT. ^ I. V. Angelus Domini nun- tiavit Maris. R. Et concepit de Spiritu Sancto. Ave, Maria, gratia plena, Do- minus tecum; oenedicta tu in mulieribus, et benedictus fructua ventris tui, Jeous. Sancta Maria, mater Dei, ora pro nobis, peoca- toribus, nunc et in hora mortis nostrse. Amen. n. V. Ecce ancilla Domini. R. Fiat mihi secundum ver- bum tuum. Ave, Maria, <&c. III. V. Et Verbum caro factum est R. Et habitavit in nobis. ' Ave. Maria, &c. * Ora pro nobis Sancta Dei Genitrix; Ut d^pxi effioiamur promissionibus Ghristi. Gratlam tuam, qusesumus Domine, •mentibus nostris in- funde, ut gui, ang^o nuntiante, -Christ! filu tui incamationem cognovimus, per passionem ejus et cruoem ad resurreotionls uo- riam perduoanmr; per ei;tiaa||Bm Christum Dominum noe^iam. Amea. I. The angel of the Lord de- clared imto Mary and she oop- ceived of the Holy Ghost. Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with theei blessed art thou amongst women, and bless- ed is the fruit of thy womb. Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, sinners, now and at the hour of our death. II. Behold the handmaid pf the Lord; be it done unto me ac- cording to thy word. Hail, Mary, &o. III. And the Word was made flesh and dwdt amongst us. Hail, Mary, &c. Pray for us, O holy mother of God; that we may be made wormy of the^promites of Christ. Pour forth, we beseech iEee, O Lord, thy grace into our hraxts ; that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may; by his passion and cross, be broui^t to Uie fldory cS. his resurrection ; tbroiuih ^ same ChriBt our Lord. Atnib. ^^i OBACE BEFORE AND AFTER MEAT. OR ACE BEFORE MEAT. V. Benedio, Domine, nos et h)M tua dona quse de tua iargi- tate sumus sumpturt ; per Christum Dominum nostrum. R. Amen. V. Bless us, O Lord, and thete thy gifts, which of thy bounty we are about to receive ; through Christ our Lord. R. Amen. GRACE AFTER MEAT. AgimuB tibi gratias omnipo- tens Deus, pro universis bsnefi- oiis tuis; qui vivis et regnas in ssecula ssoulorum. Amen. Retribuere dignare, Domine omnibus nobis, bona faoientibus propter nomen tuum, vitam eeternam. Amen. We give thee thanks. Almighty God for all thy benefits ; who livest and reignest, world without end. Amen. Vouchsafe, O Lord, to render to all who do us good for thy name's sake, life everlasting. Amen. I ( ACTS OF CONTRITION, FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY. ^"1 i* IN THB ifAMB OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, /ND OF THB HOLY GHOST. AMEN. A PRAYER BEFORE THE ACTS. LET US PRAY. O Almighty and Eternal God, grant unto us an increase of faith, hope wad charity; and that we may obtain what thou hast r~omised, muce UB to love and practice what thou commandest, throu, h Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. ^ AN ACT OF CONTRITION. O my God I I am heartily sorry for having offended thee, and I detest my sins most sincerely, not only because hy them I have lost all right to heaven, and have deserved the everlastmg punishment of hell, but especially because they disj^lease thee, my God, who art so deserving of all my love, for thy infinite goodness and most amiable perfections; and I firmly purpose, by thy holy grace, never more to offend thee. AN ACT OF FAITH. O my God! I firmly believe that thou art one only God, the Creator and Sovereign Lord of Heaven and Earth, infinitely great and infinit.ti the way of salvationi for the King (or the (>ueen), and all who are i& high stations — that we may lead a quiet and holy ufe; for peaae and good will among all states and people; iot the neomsitiee of mankuia. and particuliarly f or the congregation here present, to obtain all bleawiigs we stand in nem of in this lite, everiasting happiness in tiie next, a^ •tc^mal rest to the ftiithf ul depa^rted. ppppf T^ -^ ■^^ .■>H'i- the in- led us (o uth. In and die. n heaven idments: ly sacrea to obtaui by doing isistanoe. my liOrd PBATEE8 FOR CONFESSIOl^ AND COMMUNION. It And as Jesus Christ so ordained when'he instituted at his last supper this wbnderful mystery of his power, wisdom and goodness; we oner the Mass In grateful remembnince of all he has done and suffered for the love of us, making special commemoration of his bitter passion and Death, and of his ^orious Resurrection and Ascension into Heaven — Vouchsafe, O Aimignty and Eternal Go^A (for to thee alone so great a sacrifice is due,) graciously to accept it, for these and all other purposes, agreeable to thy holy will. And to render it the more^^easing, we offer ;t to thee throufm the sftme Jesus Christ, thy beloved eon, our Lord and iiaviour, our High Priest and victim; and in the name of the most Holy Prinity, the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost — to whom be donour, praise, and glory, for ever and ever. Amon. SHORTER ACTS OF FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY. AN A CT OF FAITH. O my God, I most firmly believe in thee and all thou hast revealed to thy iioly Catholic Church, because thou art truth itself, who neither canst deceive nor be deceived. id above ind moat hs myself, h, I may S. p for our 9 sinners, 9 to offer he dead; we may oblation thereby Ivary >king the ^ Saints, id glory. I over ail je on thy d for the |>ur mosb T all the fai^til who are piaoeand lankiiid. iMsincs eact, 9m AN ACT OF HOPE. O^ my God, relying on thy promises, and upon the merits of Jesus Chriet, my Saviour, I most firmly hope in thee, and trust that thou wilt grant me grace to observe thy commandments in this world, and reward me in the next. AN ACT OF LOVE OB CHARITY. O my God, who art worthy of all my love, and infinite in every per- fection, I love thee with my whole heart; and I love my neighbour as myself for the love of thee. SHORT PRAYERS FOR CONFESSION AND COMMUNION. PRATER BEFORE CONFESSION AND ATtON OF CONSCIENCE. EXAMIN- Behold me, O Lord, prostrate at thy saored feet, in order to deelare uxito thee in the pereoa of thy minister all the sins of which I am guilty. Grant me graqe to know them, to confess them all with sincerity, and to detest them with my whole hear^.. PRAYER AFTER CONFESSION. I am no longer thy ettemyt ^ ^y ^^- ^V ^^ virtue of the saemr ment whioh I have just received, thou hast healed the woimdar of teV ■oui; thou hast reoeived me into thy favour, thou hast revived tho mofi^ pf iny good wotks, wl^h were dead through sin, and thou hast dhajdiNMa into a temporal punishment the eternal damnation whioh my sind^e* Sved. Grant me. O God, the gift of perseverance in thy servieft. I let xntrii^tiiar duo a th(i|uiaad deaths than off^ thee agai». fl 18 PBATEBS BEWOnE AND AFTEB CATECBISM. PBATEB BEFOBE COMMUNION, Divine Jesus, although thou art not visible to the eyes of my body. I believe it is thyself thou art about to give me- Alas, I am very un- worthy of so great a favour, after having dishonoured thee so often, but thy innnite goodness overcomes my rebellious, obd^urate heart, makes me weep over my sins, and fills me with love for thee, and with the ,mo8t ardent desire of receiving thee. Come, then, O Saviour of the world, purify my soul from all its stains and establish thy throne therein forever. 01 A PBATEB AFTEB COMMUNION. It is then true, O Redeemer of mankind, that thou dwellest within me. and that I am in possession of thy body and bloody soul uid divinity. Receive, O Lord, my most profound adoration, which I unite with that which the Angels and Saints render thee in heaven. O what love, what gratitude, can ever equal the favour which thou hast bestowed on me 1 Accept, Divine Jesus the offering of all I have, and of all I am ; dispose thereof according to thy good will and pleasure, and grant me grace never to offend thee more. PRAYER BEFORE CATECHISM. w IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND OF THE SON, AND OF THE ^ HOLT OHOST. AMEN. BLESSED BE THE HOLT AND UNDIVID2D TRINITT, NOW AND FOREVER, AMEN. Come, O Holy Spirit I fill the hearts of thy faithful , and kindle in th«m the fire of thy love. F. Send forth tny spirit and they will be created. — JB And thou wilt renew the face of the earth. LET us PRAT. . God^ who by the light of the Holy Ghost didst instruct the hearts of the faithful, give us by this same Holy Spirit, a love and relish of what is right and just, and a constant enjoyment of his comforts throufi^ Jesus Christ, our Lord, who, with thee, in the imity of the same Holy Ghost, liveth and reigneth one God forever and ever. Amen. AFTEB CATECHISM. Lord Jesus Christ, S a of the living God, we beseech thee through thy Holy cross and r ssion, through thy death and glorious resur- cect^on, be gracious a 1 meroUul unto us and al\ sinners. Jesus! heitr ua; O Jesus t savs us; O Jesus! have mercy upon us, and strengthen otir faith* increase our hope and make us perfect in the love €^ God, and of our neighbour ; that in this life we may serve thee alone in true justioe and for ever extol and praise thee with all tlM iMilBts in heaven pp THE MOST REV, DR. JAMES BUTLER'S SHORT CATECHISM. LESSON I. ON QOD AND THE THREE DIVINE PERSONS. Q, Who made the world? A. God. ^ Q. Who is God? ' A. The Creator and sovereign Lord of heaven and earth, and of all things. Q, How many Gods are there? A, There is but one, God, who will reward the good, and punish the wicked. Q, How many persons are there in God? A. Three divine persons, really distinct, and equal in all things. Q. How do you call the three divine persons? A. The Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost. Q. Is the Father God? A. Yes; the Father is God, and the first person dt the blessed Trinity. , Q, Is the Son God? A. Yes; the Son is God, and the second person of the blessed Trinity. Q, Is the Holy Ghost God? A. Yes; the Holy Ghost is God, and the third per- son of the blessed Trinity. Q, What means the blessed Trinity? A. One God in three divine persons. Q, Are the three divine persons three Gods? A, No; they are only one God, liaving but one and the same divine nature; and they are from etemiiy. / ii 14 Olf THE INCARNATION. .1 ,! LESSON 11. ON THE INCARNATION. Q. Did one of the three divine persons become man ? A. Yes; God the Son, the second divine person, „ bicame man. Q. How did God the Son become man? A, He was conceived hy the Holy Ghost, and horn of the Virgin Mary. Ap. Cr. Q» What do you mean by saying that the Son of God was conceited by the Holy Ghost? A, 1 mean that he assumed human nature, that is, a body and soul like ours, hy the power and operation ^ of the Holy Ghost. Q, Where did God the Son take a body and sonl like ours? .4. In the chaste womb of the Virgin Mary; and he was horn Man of her. Q, How do you call God the Son made man? A, Jesus Christ. Q. Did Jesus Christ remain God when he became man? A. Yes ; he was always God. Q, Was Jesus Christ always man? A. Only from the time of his* conception or incar- nation. Q, What means the incarnation? ^A. That God the Son, the second person of the blessed Trinity, was made man. Q. What do you bel'cve Jesus Christ to be? A. True God and true man. Q» Why did Christ become man? ^. . A^ To redeem and save us. "»T^»*P»H"»>"f|»PP BIRTH AND DEATH QF JE8U8 CBRTST. 15 Q, How did Christ redeem and save ns? Ai By his sufferings and death on the cross. Q, On what day did Christ become man? A. On the 25th of March, the day of the Annun- ciation. He was conceived by the Holy Ghost. Ap. Or. LESSON III. ON JESUS CHRIST. Q. On what day was Christ bom of the Virgin Mary? A. On Christmas day; in a stable at Bethlehem. Q. How long did Christ live upon earth? A. About thirty-three years, he led a most holy life in poverty and sufferings. Q. Why did Christ live so long on eartji? A. To show us the way to heaven by his instruc- tions and example. Q. How did Christ end his life? A. On Good Friday, he was crucified on Mount Calvary, and died nailed to a cross. Ap. Cr. Q. What do you infer from the sufferings and death of Christ? A. The enormity of sin, the hatred Qod bears to it, and the necessity of satisfying for it. Q, Who condemned Christ to so cruel a death? A. Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor, at 'he desire of the Jews. Ap. Cr. St. Matt, xxvii, 2, 35; Tim. vi, 13. Q. Where did Christ's soul go after his death? A. It decended into Hell Ap. Cr. Q. Bid Christ's soul descend into the Hell of the damned? A. No; but to a place of rest called Limbo. i I I f' *^wt'n''ffl**'a»*' 16 THE HOm GHOST. Q. Who w«re fn Limbo? A. The souls of the saints, who died before Christ. Q, Where was Christ's body when his soul was in Limbo? A. In the sepulchre or grave. Q, On what day did Christ rise from the dead? A. On Easter Sunday, the third day after he was crucified, he rose in body and soul, glorious and imm'ortal from the dead. Ap. Cr. Q. How long did Christ stay on earth after Ms resurrection? A, Forty days; to show that he was truly ris^n from the dead, and to instruct his Apostles. Q. After Christ had remained forty days on earth where did he go ? A. On Ascension day, he ascended from Mount Olivet, with his body and soul into heaven. Ap. Cr. Q. Where is Christ in heaven? A. He sits at the right hand of Ood the Father Almighty. Ap. Cr. LESSON IV. ON THE HOLY GHOST, Q, What did Christ promise to his Apostles before he ascended into heaven? A. That he would send the Holy Ghost, the Spirit of Truth, to teach them all things, and to abide with them for ever. St. John xiv. 26. Q. Why did Christ send the Holy Ghost? -4. To sanctify his Church, to comfort his Apostles, and to enable them to preiach Ms gospel, or the New Law. h. Q. How do yon call the followers of the Hew Law f A, Chri^tiaDs. ■*■■■ THB TRUE CHURCB. 17 Ohrist. M^as in Ld? le was IS and er Ma ris^n earth MLount p. Gr. father )efore Spirit with his )8pel, iiaw? Q. How are we known to be Christians? A. By being baptized, by professing the doctrine of Christ, and by tSie sign of the Cross. Q, How is the sign of the Gross made? • it. By piitting the right hand to the forehead, then under the breast, then to the left and right shoulders; saying. In 'th>e name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Q. Why do yon make the sign of the Cross? A, To beg that Jesus Christ by his cross and passion may bless and protect me. Q, Shpnld we frequently make the sign of the cross ? A. Yes; particularly in all temptations and dangers, and before and after prayer; and always with great attention and devotion. . Q. Where are tme Christians to be found? A, Only in the true churoh. Q. How do you call the true church? A, The Holy Catholic Church. Ap. Cr. Q. Is there any other true church besides thtt Holy Catholic Church ? A. No; as there is but one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God, and Father of all, there is but 'Oifite true otturch. Eph. 4. Q. Are all obliged to be of the true churoh? A, Yes; none can be saved out of it, and he that believeth not, shall be condemned. Acts 2; 8t, Luke 10; St. Matt. 10; St. John 10. Q. What means the Communion of Saints? A. It means, that aill who belong to the. true churoh by their prayers and good workis assist each other. Q. What means the forgiveness of Sins? Ap. Or. A. That Christ left to the pastors of hk churoh the power of forgiving eins. 18 SIN AND OUR FIRBT PARENTS, M . LESSON V. ON SIN AND PURGATORY, Q. What is sin? A. Any wilful thought, woffd, deed, or omission, contrary to the Law of God. Q. What is original sin? A. The sin we inherit from our finst pa»rents, and in which we were conceived and bom Children of wrath. — Ephes. ii. 3. Q, Who were our first parents? A. Adam and Eve, the first man and woman. Q.^What is mortal sin? A. A grievous offence or transgression aigainst the law of God. Q. Why iis it called mortal? A. Because it kills the soul, by depriving it of its true life, which is sanctifying grace; and beciaurayer| A. )i the md tl lioughi 'rom t) (3. ;he tn A. Q- iverlas A. I the coi Q' ^ A. 4. 1 strang( 2. I God ii 3. B 4. I 5. 1 6. 1 7. 1 8. n neighl 9. 1 10. and PVRQATORY, mmtm 19 Q. €an the souls in Purgatory be relieved by out irayers and other good works? A, Yes; being children of God, and still m^fmbera )f the church, they share the communion of saints; ind the Scripture siays, it is a holy and wholesome hought to pray for the dead that they may he loosed 'rom their sins. 2 Mac. xii. 46. Q, Is it sufficient for salvation to be members of ;he true church? A. No; we must avoid evil and do good. Q. What good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? A. If thou wilt enter into life, says Christ, ke«p the commandments. St. Matt. xix. 17. > . Q, What commandments am I to keep? A. The Ten Commandments of Grod. LESSON VI. ON THE COMMANDMENTS. Q. Say the Ten Commandments of God? A. .1. I am the Lord thy God; thou shalt not hay« [strange Gods before me, &c. 2. Thou Shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. 3. Eemember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. 4. Honour thy father and thy mother. 5. Thou shalt not kill. 6. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 7. Thou shalt not steal. '^' . ' 8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 9. Thou shalt ij.ot covet thy neighbour's wife. 10. Thou ghalt not covet thy neigihbour's goods.— 20 TBN COMMANDMBN'^S. i •i^ Q. Is it necessary to keep all, and every one of t]ie| ten commandments? A. Yes; the scripture says, whosoever shall offend^ in one is become guilty of all: that is, the obser- vance of tihe ether commandments will not avail him to salvation. James ii. 10, Q, To how many commandments may the ten be rednced? A. To these two principal commandments, which are th-e two great precepts of chairiiy : Thou slialt love the Lord thy Ood with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself; This do and thou shalt live. St, Luke x.; St. Marie xii. Q, And who is my neighbour? St. Luke x. 29. A. Mankind of every description, and without any exception of persons, even those who injuire us, or differ from us in religion. Q. How am I to love my neighibour as myself? A. As you would, says Christ, that men should da to you, do you also to them in like manner. St. Luke vi. 31. Q. What particular duties are required of me by that rule? A. Never to injure your neighbour by word or deed, in his person, property, or character, to wish well to him, and to pray for him; and always to assist him, ajs far as you are able, in his spiritual and corporal necessiti«is. Q. Am I obliged also to love my enemies? At Moat certainly. Love your enemies, says Christ; do good to them that hate you^ bless them that curse you, and pray for them thai persecute and calum- niate you. St. Luke vi.; 8t. Matt. v. om the merits of Ohrist, which they apply to our souls. Q. Why are so many ceremonies used in the ad- ministration of the sacraments? A. To excite devotion and reverence to them and to signify and explain their effects. Q. How many sacraments are there? A, Seven: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist, Penance, Extreme Unction, Holy Order and Matri- mony. LESSON VIII. ON BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION AND THE BLESSED EUCHARIST, Q. What is Baptism? A, A sacrameoit which cleanses from original sin, makes us Christians and children of God and heirs to the kingdom of Heaven. Q, Is Baptism necessary to salvation? A. Yes; witteut it one cannot enter the Kingdom of God, St. JoJin iii. 5. , r Q. Who are appointed by Christ to give Baptism? A. The Pastors of his Church; but in case of necessity any layman or wom-an can give it. Q, How is Baptism given? A. By pouring water on t)he head of the person to be baptized, saying at the same iiiae, I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. St. Matt, xxviii. 19. Q, What did we promise in Baptism? A. Tq renounce the devil, with all his works and pomps. , ^ Q. ^Hiat is Confirmation? •^9mm'ww 2i SEVEN aiFT8 OP THE HOLY GHOST. A. A saommemt wluoh mates us strong ioid per- fect Christians. Q. What special preparation should be made for oonfirmation? J. We should make a good confession; and by fervent prayer beseech our heavenly Father to send his holy spirit on us, St, Luke xi. 13. Q, What do you think of those who receive oon- firmation in the state of mortal sin? A. They receive no benefit by it; but become | more sinful, by adding to their former guilt the " horrid crime of fiacrilege. (?. What graces are received by confirmation? A, The seven gifts of the Holy (Grhost. Q, Eepeat the seven gifts of the Holy Ghost? A, Wisdom, Understandinig, Counsel, FooTtitude, Knowledge, Piety, and the fear of the Lord. Q, Is it a great sin to neglect confirmation? ,A, Yes; especially in those evil days, when faith, tand morals are exposed to so many and such violent temptations. . Q. What obligations do we contract by oonfinnar tion? A. To profess our fait)h openly; not to deny our religion on any occasion whatsoever; and like good soldiers of Christ, to he faithful to him unto death. Apoc. ii. 10. Q. Whav is the blessed Eucharist? A. The Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, under the appearances of bread and wine. Q, What means the word Eucharist? A. A special grace, or gift of God; and it means al«o, a solemn act of thanksgiving to God for all his mierciee. BOLT SACRIFICE OF THE MASS. 25 ft. How can the bread and wine become th« Body and blood of Christ? A, By the goodness tand power of God, with whom no word shall he impossible. 8t, Luke i. 37. LESSON IX. Olf MASS AND COMMUNION, Q. What is the Mass? ' A. The sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ, whioh are really present under the appearances- of bread and wine, and ar6 offered to God by the Priest for the living and the dead. ^ 1^. What is a sacrifice? A. That first and most necessary act of religion, whereby we acknowledge God's supreme dominion over us, and our total dependence on him. Q, What are the ends for which Mass is said? A, To give God honour and glory; to thank him for his benefits; to obtain the remission of our sins, and other graces and blessings throuigh Jesus Christ. Q. For what other «nd is Mass offered? A, To continue and represent the sacrifice of Christ on the Cross. This do, says Christ, for the commemoration of me. 1 Cor. xi. Q. Koi7 should we assist at Mass? A. \Vith great interior recollection and piety, and wiiih every outward mark of respect and devotion. ft. Which is the best manner of hearing Mass? A, To offer it to God, with the Priest, for the same purposes for which it is said; to meditate on Chrfef s sufferings, and to go to communioai. Q. How must we be prepared for communion? A. W^ must be in a state of grace, peneti^ted : ■«•*«"• l«WWM!l»l*MK:i»#,(^< (r.lniiiiaVmHii'|ii',T,iiiiili 26 RECBIVINQ HOLY COMMUNION. with a lively faith, animated with a finn hope, aittd inflained with an ardent charity. Q. What means to be in a state of grace? A. To be free, at least, from the guilt of mortal 'sdn. Q, Is anything else required before commimion? A. Yes; to be fasting from midnight; and we should appear very modest and humble, and clean in dress; showing in our whole exterior the greatest devotion and reverence to so holy a sacrament. Q, What should we do after communion? A. We should spend some time in meditation and prayer, and, particularly in acts of thanksgiving. ^. Is t a great sin to receive unworthily? A. Yes; Whosoever receives unworthily shall he guilty of the Bodif and of the Blood of the Lord: and eats judgment, that is damnation, to himself, not dis- cerning the body of the Lord. 1 Cor. xi. 27, 29, Q, What do you mean by receiving unworthily? A. To receive the blessed Eucharist in the state of mortal sin. Q, What should a person do, if he be in mortal sin before communion? A. He must obtain pardon in the siaorament of Penance. LESSON X. ON PENANCE AND CONFESSION. Q. What is Penance? A, A sacrament, by which sins are forgiven, whioh are eonmiitted after baptism. Q, What must we do to obtain pardon of our lini in the sacrament of penance? A. We mufit make a good confessioii. PENANCE AND CONFESSION, 27 Q. Which is the best method to prepare for a good confession? A: First, earnesftly to beg of God the grace to iake a good confession. 2dly, to examine our- ^«lves, carefully, on the oommandments of God and }i his Church; on the seven deadly sdns; and par- ticularly on our predominant passions, and the luties of our stations in life; that we may know in rhat, and how often we have sinned by thought, rord, deed, or omission. 3rdly, to make^ Acts of I'aith, Hope and Charity; and 4thly, to excite our- jelves to sincere contrition for our sins. Q, What is contrition? A. A, hearty sorrow and detestation of sin, for laving oif ended God, with a firm resolution of sinning^ no more. Q. What should we do at confession? ' A, We should beg the priest^s blessdng, say the jConfiteor, accuse ourselves of our sins, listen atten- jtively to his instructions, and renew our sorrow [when he gives absiolution. Q, What do you think of those who conceal a I mortal sin in confession? A. They commit a most grevious sin, hy telling a lie to the Holy Ghost; and instead of obtaining pardon, they incur much more the wrath of God. Acts V. Q. What must persons do who did not carefully examine their conscience^ or who had not sincere sorrow for their sins, or who wilfully concealed a I mortal sin in confession? A, They must truly repent of all such bad and [sacrilegious confeesions, end make them all over I again. \.J V 5 •^ 28 EXTREME UNCTION, HOLY ORDEK MATRIMONII Q, What is the sorest sign that our confessions! were good, and that we had a sincere sorrow for oni sins? A. The amendment of our lives. Q. What should we do after confession? A. We should return God thanks and diligently] perform the penanoe enjoined by the confessor. LESSON XI. ON THE OTHER SACRAMENTS. Q. What is Extreme Unction? A. A sa»crament which gives grace to die well, and | is instituced chiefly, for the spiritual strength and iX)mfort of dying persons. Q. How should we prepare ourselves for Extreme Unction? il. By a goad confession; and we should be truly sorry for our isins, and resigned to the will of God, when we are receiving that last sacrament. Q. What is Holy Order? A. A sacrament which gives bishops, priests, and inferior clergy to the ohurdh, and enables them to perform their several duties in it. Q, What is Matrimony? A. A sacrament which gives grace to the husband and wife to live happy together; and to brisng up their children in the fear and love of God. Q» Bo they receive the grace of the sacrament of Matrimony, who oontract marriage in the state of mortal sin? il. No: they are guilty of a very great sacrilege, by profaning so great a sacrament, and instead of a blessing th'ey receive their oondemnatioai. Ephes. V. 32. , Q, What should persona do to ireoeive worthily the sacrament of aiftniage? v OBJNBRAL JUDGMENT. 29 A, They shoaild make a good oonf GSBion, and ear- lestly beseech God to grant tihem a pure intention; md' 'to direct them in the choice they are fao niake. Q, SlLonld ohildreiL consult their parents on their intended marriages? A.. Yes; and be advised by them according to reason and religion; they should also give timely lotice to their pastor. Q, Can the bond or the tie of marriage be ever )roken? A, It never can, but by the death of the husband )r wife. 8t. Matt xix. ; Rom. vii., and 1 Cor. vii. . Q, Why did Christ institute the sacraments? A. For the sanctification of our souls, and to pre- mre us for a happy and glorious resurrection. LESSON XII. ON THE GENERAL JUDGMENT, Q. What means the resurrection of the body? — Lp. Cr. A. That we shall all rise again on the last d^ay, rith the mme bodies which we had in this life. Q. What do you mean by the last day? A. The diay of general judgment, when we must 11 appear before the judgment-seat of Ohri^t, and then He will render to every man according to his rorks. 2 Cor. v. 10, land Matt. xvi. 27. Q, In what manner will Christ come to judge usf A. In the clouds of heaven, with great power and laiesty, and all the angels with Him. Matt, xxiv. id XXV. \ Q, What will Christ say to the good on the last lay? A, Come ye blessed of iny Father, possess the :ingdom prepared for you. Matt. xxv. 34. Q. What wlLI Christ say to the wioked on the last 4^' ■J ■m mmmfm^mm "1 I II ,,«i.i, Ji II ao THE LAST DAY. A. Depart from me, ye cursed, into everkstii fire, which was prepiLr^d for the d«vil and hi^ angela. St. Matt. xxv. 41. . Q, yriiete must the wicked go at the last day? A. Whey shall go, both body and soul, into everJ lasting punishment. Q. And where will the just go at the last day? A. The just will enter, with glorious and immorta| bodies, into life everlasting. Matt. xxv. 46. Q. What means life everlasting? — Ap. Cr. A. It means, if we serve Grod faithfully in this! life, we shall be happy with him for ever in heaven" Q. What is the happiness of heaven? A. To see, love, and enjoy Grod in the kingdom of his glory for ever and ever. Amen. Q. What means Amen? A. So be it. THE MOST REVEREND DR. BUTLER'S CATECHISM. ' LESSON i. ON QOD AND THE CRWITION OF THE WORLD. Q. Who made the world? A. GOD. Gen. i.; Ps. xxxii. 9. Q. Who is God? A. The Creator and sovereign Lord of Heaven and earth and of ail tihings. Wis, xi. 24, 26; Gen. xiv. 19.] Q, How many Gods are there? A. There is but one God, who will reward the good and punish the wicked. 1 Tim. vi. 15, 16. Apoc. xxi., xxii.; Deut. xxxii. 39. Q. Where is God? 4. God j§ everywhere, but he *is wA piiiicipaib oi,4„>-'^ QOD AND HEAVEN. to be in Heaven, where he manifests himself to Hie blessed. Ps. cxxxviii. 8; AcU xvii. 27, 28. §. What is Heaven? * A. The kingdom of God's glory ^ and of his angels and saints. 2 Cor, iii. 18; Afoc, vii. 9, &c, Q, If God be everywhere, why do we not see him? A. Because God is a pure spirit, having no body, and therefore cannot be seen by corporal eyes. 8t. John iv. 24; 2 Cor. iii. 17. Q, Does God see us? A, He does, and oontinuailily wialtches pver (usj Wis. vi. 8; St. Luke xii. Q. Does God know all things? A. Ye.s; All things are naked and ''open to his eyes, eve:;, our irost secret thoughts and actions. Heh. iv. 13; Fs. xliii. 22. Q. Will God judge our most secret thoughts and actions? A, Yes; and every idle tuord that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judg- ment. St. Matt. xii. 36 ; 1 Cor. iv. 5. Q. Had God a beginning? A. No; Hie always was, and always will be. Ps. Ixxxix. 2; Jer. x. 10. Q, Can God do all things? A. Yes; with Ooil all things are possible', \and nothing can be difficult to him. St. Matt. xix. 26; Esth, xii. 9. Q. How did God make the world? A, Of nothing, and by his word only; that is, by a single act of his all-powerful will. Gen. i. Q. Why did God make thct world? A. For his own glory, to show his power and wisdom, and for man's use and benefit. Prov. xvi, 4 J Mpclus. xvii. 7, 8. w ■PO" MAN AND HIS SOVL, LESSON II. ON MAN AND THE END OF HIS CREATION. Q. What is man? A. One of God^s creatures, composed of a body and fl^oul, and made to Gbd's likeness. Oen, i, 26; ii. 7. Q. In what is man made to God's likene«s? A. In his soul. St. John iv. 34. Q. In what is man's soul like to God? -4. In being a spirit and immortal, and in being oapable of knowing and loving God. Eph. iv. 24; Col iii. 10. Q, What do you mean when you say the sour is immortal? A. I mean tbat it can never die. Is, xxxv. 10; Apo^. xiv. 10, 11. Q» Why did God give us souls capable of knowing and loving him? A. That we might fulfil the end for which he made us. St. Matt. xxv. 34. - Q. For what end did God make us? ^. To know and serve him here on earth, and after, to see and enjoy him for ever in Heaven. Apoc. iv. 11. Q. How can we know God on earth? A. By learning the truths he ih'as taught. St. John vii. 17. Q. Where shall we find the truths God has taught? A. Huey arc chiefly contained in the Apostles oreed. St. Matt, xxviii. 19, 20. LESSON III. . ON THE APOSTLES' CREED. Q. What does the Apostles' creed contain? A. The principal mysteries of religion, and other necessary articles. Heb. xi. 6. Q. Which are the principal mystexies of B«UgiCNKl THE APOSTLES CREED. H3 . A, The Unity a.nd Trinity of God, the incarna- tion, death and resurrection of our Saviour. 8t. John xvii. 3. Q, Why are they called principal mysteries? A. Because nicsit necessary to be explicitly be- lieved; and because all other mysteries of religion are grounded on them. St. John xvii. 3; iii. 14. Q. What do you mean by mysteries of religion? A. Revealed truth;\ which we do not comprehend. Rom. xi. 33; St. John xx. 29. Q. Does God require of us to believe mysteries of religion? A. Yes; God requires of us to pay the homage of our understa^nding, and to submit our will to him in all things. St. Pau'l: Rom. x. 10; Job xxviii. Q. How do we pay the homage of our understand- ing to God? A A. By firmly believing on God's unerring vrord, wha>tever he has revealed, be it ever so incompre- hetnsibde to us. ^S'^. John xx. 29. Q, How do we submit our will to God? A. By cheerfully doing, in obedience to God, all things whatsoever he commands. Rom. iv. 20, 21. Q, What means the unity of God ? A. That there is but one God; and there cannot be more Gods than one. Bph. iv. 6 ; St. Mark xii. 29. Q. Why cannot there be more Gods than one ? A. Bec-ausc God, being supreme and 'sovereign Lord, ca,pnot have an equal. Deut. xxxii. 39. LESSO]^ IV. ON THE TRINITY AND INCARNATION. Q, Haw many persons arc there in God? -4. Three divine persons, really distinct and equal ' in all things. 1 St. John v. 7. (?. How do you call the three divine persons ? ^ A. The Father, the Son, and the HoJy Ghost. 8t Matt xxviii. 19. 2 84 fP^ W^ll^^^mf ■*"in rw,'Ti"""Jir- ^HJE? BLESSED TRINITY. Q. Is the Father God? -4. Yes; the Father m God, amd the first peiaon of the blessed Tranity. Gal i. 3; St. John v. 26. Q, Is the Son God? A. Yes; the Son is God, and the becond person of the blessed Trinity. St. John ix. 35-38; Phil ii. 6; 1 Cor. i 8. Q. Is the Holy Ghost God? A. Yes; the Holy Ghost is God, and the third person of the blessed Trinity. 1 Cor. ii. 10, 11; Acts V. 3, 4; xxviii. 25. Q, What means the blessed Trinity? A. One God in three divine persons. 1 Si. John V. 7. Q. Are the three divine persons three Gods? A. No; they are one only God, having but one and the same divine nature, and they are from eternity. St. John x. 30; 1 St. John v. 7. Q. Is any one of the three divine persons more powerful or more wise than the other? A. No; as the three divine persons are all but one •and the same God, they must be alike in all divine perfections; therefore one cannot be m'ore powerful or more wise than the other. Ps. xxxii. 6. Q» Bid one of the three divine persons become man ? A. Yes; God the Son, the second divine person, became man. St. John i. 14; Rom. viii. 3. Q, How did God the Son become man? A. He was conceived hy the Holy Ghost, and horn of the Virgin Mary. Ap. Cr.; St. Luke i. 35. Q, What do yoil mean by saying that the Son of God was conceived by the Holy Ghost? A. I mean that he lassumed humian nature, that is, A body and soul like ours, by the power or operation of the Holy Ghost, St. Matt. i. 20. Q. Where did God the Son take a body and soul like ours? TUE UGLY NAME OF JE8V8, 85 A. In the chaste womb of -the Virgin Mary, and he was horn man of her. St. Matt. i. 13, 25. Q. How do you call God the Son made man? ^ A. Jesus Chrisit. Rom. viii. 39. Q, What is the meaning of these words Jesus Christ? A. Jesus signifies Saviour, and Christ signifies the Anointed; and St. Paul says that in the name of Jesus every knee shall bow. Philip, ii. 10. Q Did Jesus Christ remain God when he hecame man ? A. Yee; he was always God. St. John viii. 58; Ex. iii. 14. . Q. Was Jesus Christ always man? A. Only from the time of his conaeption or incax- nation. St. Johth i. 14. Q. What means the incarnation? A. That God the Son, the second person of the blessed Trinity, was made man. St. John i. 14. . Q. What do you helieve Jesus Christ to he? .4. True God and true m»an. Rom. ix. 5; 1 St. John iii. 16. Q. Why did Christ hecome man? A. To redeem and * : ;■ .. b Q. Why do you call that day good, on which Christ suffered so painful and so ignominious a death? ,:i=- v/, •■:>-. -a.. 'v;-'/ A. Because on ibat day, by dying on the cross, he showed the excess of his love, and purchased every blessing for us. Eph. ii. 4, 5, 6; Heb. ii. 14, & mm 44 MARKS OF THE TRUE CHURCH. A. No; "whosoever,'' say& Christ, "shall deny wie before men, I will also deny him lefore my Father who is in heaven. Matt. x. 33. Q. Is a person in the way of salvation, who believes in the true church, and says that in his heart he is attached to it, but through pride, human respect or worldly motives, does not make open pro- fession of it or does not comply with its essential duties? il.^.No, St. Paul says, "with the heart we helieve unto justice; hut with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.'' Rom. x. 10. Q. Will strict honesty to every one, and moral good works tnsure salvation, whatever church or religion one professes? j A. No; good works must be enlivened ,by faith that woriceth by charity. Gal. v. 6; St. John viii. 46, 47. Q, Why must our good works be enlivened by faith? A. Because the Scripture says: without faith it is impossible to please God, Heb. xi. 6. Q. Are we justified by faith alone, without good works ? A. No; as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. James.ii. 26. Q, Must our good works be also enlivened by charity? A. Ye«; for St. Paul says: If I should deliver all my goods to feed the poor, and if I should deliver my body to be burned, and have not charity, it proflhth me nothing. 1 Cor. xiii. 3. Q. What is that charity of which St. Paul speaks ? A. That pure and sincere love for Grod, which makes us do his will in all things; and be obedient to his church, which he commands us to hear. Matt. xviii. 17; Luhe x. 16. i. .»M— HHi 'i — mM THE POPh\ CERII^rS VICAR, 45 Q. Which are the marks and signs of the true church ? A, The true ehurah is On.€^ Holy, Oatliolic, and Apostolio^J. Nicene Creed. Q, How is the Church one? A. In being one body and one fold, animated by one Spirit, und^r one head, and one Shepherd, Jesus Christ f who is over all the church. Ephes. i. and v. ; Rom. xii. 5; Titus iii. 9. ' Q, In what else is the church one? A. In all its members believing the same truths, having the same saoram^nts and sacrifice, and be^ng under one visible head on earth. 1 Tim. iii. 15; Eph. iv. 11, 14. Q. How is the church holy? r^ A. In its founder Jesus Christ; in its doctrine and sacraments; and in numbers of its children, who have been eminent for holiness in all aiges. Eph. v.; Is. XXXV. 8. Q. How is the church catholic or universal? A. Because it has subsisted in every age, and is to last to the end of time, and is spread throughout all nations. Matt, xxviii. 20 ; Ac*s i. 8 ; xidi. 47. 0. How is the church apostolical? A. Because it was founded by Christ on his apostles, and was governed by them and their law- ful "successors; and because it never ceased, and never wiU ceaise to teaoh their doctrine. Ephes. ii. 20 ; Matt, xxvi ii. 20; 1 Tim, vi. 20. LESSON XL THE CHURCH, CONTINUED. Q. Why do you call the ohurch Boman? A. Because the visible head of the church is Bishop of Eome; and besoause St. Peter and his successors fixed their see in Borne. Rom. i. 8. Q, Who if the visible head of the church! i ■'1 IP ■FV 46 8T. PETER, HEAD OF THE CHURCH. A. The Pope; who is Christ's vicar on earth, and aupreme visible head of the churoh. Acts ix. 32. Q* To whom does the Pope suooeed as visible head of the church? A. To St. Peter, who wias the chief of the apostles, CJirist's vicar on earth, and firstt Pope and Bishop of Rome. St. Luke xxii. 32. Q. What texts of Scripture prove that St. Peter was made head of the church? A. Ohieflv, the woids which Christ said to him: Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will huild my church, — and I will give to thee the keys of the king- dom of Heaven. Feed my lambs, feed my sheen. St. Matt, xvi.; St. John xxi. Q. What do these texts prove? A. That Christ committed to St. Peter and to his lawful successors, the care of his whole flock, that is, of his whole church, both pastors and people. Acts i. 15, &c. Q. Who succeed to the other apostles? A. The bishops of the holy oatholic church. Acts i. 26; 1 Tim. iv. 14; Tit. i. 5. Q, Can the church err in what it teaches? A. ^o; because Christ promised to the pastors of his cfhuroh: Behold, I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world. St. Matt, xxviii. 20; xviii. 17. . ^ i Q, Why did Christ promise always to remain with his church ? A. That he himself, directing and assisting by his holy spirit the pastors of his ohufch, might teach all agets and nations. Acts xv. Q. What else did Christ promise to his church? A. That the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it. St. Matt. xvi. 18. Q, What other advantages have we in the true church? A, We have true faith, with th« communion of mm 1ii9mm»vt SIN, MORTAL AND VENIAL. 47 saints and the forgiveness of sins. Ap. Cr.; Apoc. V. 8, 14. Q. What means the forgiveness of sins? A. That Christ left to the pastors of his ohurch the power of forgiving sins. St. John xx, 23. LESSON XII. ON SIN Q. What is actual sin? A. Any wilful thought, word, deed or omission contrary to the kw of God. St. James i. 14, 15. Q, How many kinds of actual sin are there? A. Two; miortal and venial. St, Matt. vii. 3; XXiii. 24. , ';..Vf:V Q. What is mortal sin? - '^ -'^^-^^..-^r:^. A. A grievous offence or transgression against the law of God. Gal. v. 19, 21. :< ■...^^■:-i'-.jy. Q, Why is it called mortal ? A. Because it kills the soul by depriving it of its true life, whicn is sanctifying grace — ^and because it brings everlasting death and damniation on the soul. Ecclus. v.; St. Matt. xxv. 35. Q, Does venial sin deprive the soul of sanctify- ing grace, and deserve everlasting punishment? A. No; but it hurts the soul by lessening its love for God, and by disposmg to mortal sin. — The Scripture says: He that contemneth small things, shall fall hy little and little. Ecclus. xix. 1. Q, What is sanctifying grace? A. Thiai grace which &anicftifi^= the soul, and makes it pleasing to God. Phil. ii. 13. §. What do you mean by grace? A. A supernutuiral gift, destined by God for our sanictifioation, and to enable us to merit heaven. Eph, i., ii.; Rom. vii. 24, 25. Q, Is grace necessary to salvation? without me, says Chrisit, you can do rwth" %^j|. e, says 8t, John XV. 5; 2 Cor, iii. 6. if '.I ■ • '^^•il t*-ii 48 SEVEN DEADLY SINS, Q. Is it a great misurtune to fall into mortal sin? A. It is the greatest of all misfortunes. Ps. xviii. 13; Apoc. xviii. 7, 9. Q. What should we do when we have fallen into mortal sin? A. Wo should repent sincerely and go to confes- sion as soon as possible. Deut. iv. 29; 1 St. John i. 9. Q, Why should we go to confession after we have fallen into mortal sin? A. That we may recover God's friendship, and be always prepared to die. St. James v. 16; Ecclus. v. 8. Q, What should we do, if we cannot go to con- fession, when we fall into mortal sin? A. We e-hould excite ourselves to perfect contri- tion, wiith a sincere desire of going to confession as soon as we can. Deut. xxx. 1, 3, 3. Q. How do you express an act of perfect con- trition ? A. my God, I am heartily sorry for having •offended thee, and I detest my sins most sincerely, r t only because by them I iave los-t all right to iieaven, and have deserved the everlasting tormenis of hell, but especially because they displease thee, my God, who art so deserving of all my love, on account of thy infimte goodness, and most amiable perfections; and I firmly resolve, by thy holy grace, never more to offend thee, and to aimend my life. Q. Will perfect contrition reconcile us to God when we cannot go to confession? A. Yes; and it is the only means we have to recover God's friendship when we cannot go to confession. Ezech. xxxiii, 12; 1 St. John iv. 16. Q. What is necessary for our contrition to be perfect? A. That we should be truly sorry for our sins, be- ca'use they are offensive to Qiod, who is so good in himself; mth a sincere retolution not to offend God FVRQATORY. <» any mare; "to satisfy for our sins, and to go to con- fession as soon as we can. Ezech. xviiii. 21; Is. i. 16. Q, How many are the chief mortal sins, com« monly called capital and deadly sins? A. Seven, — Pride, Cove^ousness, Lust Anger, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth. Rom. i. 29, 32. Q. Where shall they go who die in mortal sin? A. To Hell for all eterni'ty. Apoc. xiv. 10, 11. Q, Where shall they go who die in venial sin? A. To Purgatory. 1 Cor. iii. 12, 15. LESSON XIII. ON PURGATORY. Q. What is Purgatory? A. A place of punishment in the other life, where somiB souk suffer for e time, before they can go to heaven. St. Matt. xii. 32; Is. xxii. 14; Apoc. xii. 27. Q, Do any others go to Purgatory besides those who die in venial si .? A. Yes; all who die indebted to God's justice on account of mortal sin. St. Matt. v. 25, 26. Q. When God forgives mortal sin as to the guilt of it, and the eternal punishment it deserved, does he require temporary punishment to be suffered for it? A. Yes; very often, for our oorrection — to deter us from relapsing into sin ; and that we should make some atonement to his offended justice and good- ness. Num. xiv. 23; ^xxii.; and 2 Kings xii., xiia., xiv.; 3 Kings xiii. 21. Q, Can the souls in Purgatory be relieved by our prayers and other good works? A. Yes; being chill dren of God, and still m;embers of th-e church, they share in the, communion of saints; and the Sioripture says, it is a holy and whole- some thought to pray for the dead that they may ie loosed from their sins. 2 Mace. xii. 46. Q, What means the oommonion of saints? ■' 11 60 THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. A. It means that all who belong to the true church, by their prayers and good works ass-ist each other. St. Luke xvi. 9; St. James v. 16. Q, Is it sufficient for salvation to be members of th6 true church? A. No; we must avoid evil and do good. 2 Pet. i. 5. Q. What good shall I do that I may have life everlasting? St. Matt. xix. 16. A. If thou wilt enter into life, says Christ, keep the commandments. St. Matt. xix. 17. Q. What commandments am I to keep? A. The Ten Commandments of God. Deut.ivA3; v. LESSON XIV. ON THE TEN COMMANDMENTS. Q. Say the Ten Commandments of God. A. 1. I .am the Lord thy God, thou shalt not b^ve fitmnge gods before me, &c. (See Appendix, p. > 2. Thou sihailt not take the name of the Lord uiy God in vain. 3. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath, day. 4. Honour thy fajther and thy mother. 5. Thou shalt not kill. 6. Thou shalt not commit adultery. 7. Thou shalt not steal. 8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 9. Thou 'shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife. 10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's goods, Ex. XX.; Deut. x. 4. Q. Is it necessary to keep all and every one of the ten commandments? A. Yes; the Scripture says, whosoever shall offend in one is become guilty of all — that is, the observance of the other commandments will not avail him to salvataon. St. James ii. 10; St. Matt, xxiii. 23. . Q, Whicli is the first commandment? [^(iSK.iWiWMWtWnKOM' AUTHORITY OF THE CHURCH, 61 i'» A, I am the Lord thy Grod, thou shalt not have [strange godis before me. Q, What is commanded by the ffrst command- ment? A. To adore one God, and to adore but him alooie. St. Matt. iv. 10. ' ^ , Q. How are we to adore God? A. By faith, ho^e, and charity; by prayer and sacrifice. 1 Thes. v. 8. Q. What is faith ? A, A divine virtue, by which we firm'ly believe what God has taught. Heb. xi. 6. Q, How do we know with certainty, what God has taught? A. By the authority of his Church, which is the pillar and ground of truth. 1 Tim. iii. 16. Q. Why do we believe what QA has taught? A. Because he is the Infallible Truth, and there- fore cannot deceive or be deceived. Num. xxiii. 19. Q. What is hope? A. A divine virtue, by which we firmly hope for eternal life, and for the means to obtain it. Heb. xiii. 14. Q, Why do we hope in God? A. Because he is infinitely powerful, good and mer- ciful; and because he is faithful to his word, and has promised all graices, even heaven itself, through Jesus Christ, to all those who keep the oommand- ments. Deut. vii. 8, 9. Q. What is charity? A. A 'divine virtue, by which we love God above all for his own sake; and our neighbours as ourselves for the love of God. St. John xiii. 34, 35. Q, Why should we love God above all for his own sake ? A. Because God alone is infinitely good amid per- fect, St. Matt. V. 48; St. Luke xviii. 19. (^. How are we to love God abdve all? 62 SINS AGAINST FAITB, A. By loving him more than ouT««ives, and more than anything in iJie world — and by being disposed to s€icrifiee everything that is most dear to us, even our very li\es if necessary, rather than to offend him. 1 St. John v. 3. Q, Should we often make actF of faith, hope, and oharity? A. Yes; and particularly wthen we cocne to the use of reason, and at the hour of death — lalso when we are tempted to sin or have sinned against thosQ divine virtues — and when we prepare ourselvea to receive anv sacrament. 1 Cor. xiii. 13. LESSO ST XV. ON THE FIR8T COMMANDMENT. Q. What is forbidden by the first commandment? A. All sins against faith, hope, and charity, and other duties of religion. 1 Thfis. v. 8. Q. How dc^^s a person sin against faith? A. By not endeavoring to know what G-od has taught, by not bt.^lieving all that Gcd has taught, and by BOt professing his belief in what God has taught. 1 St. Jno. iii. 23. Q, Who are they who do not endeavour to know what God has taught? A. They who negleot. to learn the Christian doc- trine. Hah ii. 4. Q. Who are they who do not believe all that God has taught? A. Heretiics and infidels. St. John xv. 22. Q, Who are they who sin against faith by not professing their belief in what God has taught? *4. All those who, by any outward act, profession or declaration, deny the true religion or diuroh, in which they inwardly believe. St. Luke ix. 25 ; Bom. X. 9 Q. When, in particular, are we obli^ to make apen profen^on of our faith or religion? VlMMa APOSTACY, DESPAIR AND PBESUMPTION. 68 -4. As often as God^s honour, our own spdritual good, or our neighbour's ©ddfioation reqiiires it. Whosoever, says Christ, shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. St. Matt. x. 32. Q' What does St. Paul say of apostates; that is, of those who are fallen away from the ^rue religion or church? A. That it ig impossible for them to be renewed again to penance; that is, their conversation is ex- tremely difficult. Heb. vi. 4, 6. Q. Why is the conversion of apostates so very difficult? A. Because by their 'apostacy they crucify again the Son of God, and make a mockery of him. Heb. vi. 6. Q. Which are the sins against hope? A. Despair and presumption. Qen, iv. 14; Ecclus, V. 8; St. Matt, xxvii. 5. Q. What is despair? . ' A. A diffidence in Grod's mercy. Eph. iv. 19. Q, What is presumption? .i A. K foolish expectation of salvation, without making proper use of the neicessary means to obtain it. St. Matt. vii. 21. ' , Q, How does a person sin against the love of God? A. By every sin, but particularly by mortal sin. Rom. xiii. 12, 14. Q, How does a person sin against the love of his neighbour ? A. By injuring him in any respect; and by not *i? listing him, when able, in his spiritual or corporal necessities. St. Luke x. LESSON XVI. FIRST COMMANDMENT. CONTINUED. Q. What else is forbidden by the first command- ment ? A. To give to any creature the honour due to God alone. Dtut, xxviii. 14, ^,. i' 1 1 1 ■T f ; ! ■wpwp M IMAGES AND EEUCS. Q, Are we forbidden to honpur the saints? A. No; if we only honour them as God's special friends and faithful servants, and if we do not givej them supreme or divine honour, which belongs toj God alone. Apoc. ii. 26; v. 10. Q. How do Catholics distinguish between the ho- 1 nour they give to God, and the honour they give the saints, when they pray to God and the Saints? A. Of God alone they beg grace and mercy, and of the s