{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_14551/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_14551","id":"gutenberg_14551","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14551","summary":null,"tags":["Category: Religion/Spirituality","Category: Teaching & Education","Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- English"],"text":"A CATECHISM OF\nCHRISTIAN DOCTRINE\n\n\nPrepared and Enjoined by Order of\nThe Third Plenary Council of Baltimore\n\n\nQUESTIONS NUMBERED TO AGREE WITH\n\"EXPLANATION OF THE BALTIMORE CATECHISM\"\n\n\nWITH PRAYERS AND HYMNS\n\n\nNo. 1\n\n{For First Communion Classes}\n\n\n\n\nIMPRIMATUR\n\nNew York, April 6, 1885. John Cardinal McCloskey, Archbishop of New\nYork.\n\nBaltimore, April 6, 1885. \"The Catechism ordered by The Third Plenary\nCouncil of Baltimore, having been diligently compared and examined, is\nhereby approved.\"\n+ James Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore, Apostolic Delegate.\n\n\n\n\n{Transcriber's Note: This book is commonly known as \"The Baltimore\nCatechism No. 1\" and is part of a four volume e-text collection. See\nthe author's note to Baltimore Catechism No. 3 for the background and\npurpose of the series. Please note that there are gaps in the numbering,\nand some questions are out of order, because Catechism No. 1 is\nessentially an abridgement of Catechism No. 2. There are also minor\nphrasing differences in some of the questions and answers of this text\ncompared with No. 2. This e-text collection is substantially based on\nfiles generously provided by http://www.catholic.net/ with some missing\nmaterial transcribed and added for this release. Transcriber's notes in\nthis series are placed within braces, and usually prefixed \"T.N.:\".}\n\n\n\n\nPRAYERS\n\n\nTHE LORD'S PRAYER\n\nOur Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name: Thy kingdom come;\nThy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily\nbread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass\nagainst us: and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.\nAmen.\n\n\nTHE ANGELICAL SALUTATION\n\nHail Mary, full of grace! the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou\namongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary,\nMother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.\nAmen.\n\n\nTHE APOSTLES' CREED\n\nI believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth; and\nin Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy\nGhost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was\ncrucified: died, and was buried. He descended into hell: the third day\nHe arose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, sitteth at the\nright hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to\njudge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost the Holy\nCatholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the\nresurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.\n\n\nTHE CONFITEOR\n\nI confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary, ever Virgin, to blessed\nMichael the Archangel, to blessed John the Baptist, to the holy Apostles\nPeter and Paul, and to all the Saints, that I have sinned exceedingly in\nthought, word and deed, through my fault, through my fault, through my\nmost grievous fault. Therefore, I beseech blessed Mary, ever Virgin,\nblessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy\nApostles Peter and Paul, and all the Saints, to pray to the Lord our God\nfor me.\n\nMay the Almighty God have mercy on me, and forgive me my sins, and bring\nme to everlasting life. Amen.\n\nMay the Almighty and merciful Lord grant me pardon, absolution, and\nremission of all my sins. Amen.\n\n\nAN ACT OF FAITH\n\nO my God! I firmly believe that Thou art one God in three Divine\nPersons, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; I believe that Thy Divine Son\nbecame man, and died for our sins, and that he will come to judge the\nliving and the dead. I believe these and all the truths which the Holy\nCatholic Church teaches, because Thou hast revealed them, who canst\nneither deceive nor be deceived.\n\n\nAN ACT OF HOPE\n\nO my God! relying on Thy infinite goodness and promises, I hope to\nobtain pardon of my sins, the help of Thy grace, and life everlasting,\nthrough the merits of Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer.\n\n\nAN ACT OF LOVE\n\nO my God! I love Thee above all things, with my whole heart and soul,\nbecause Thou art all-good and worthy of all love. I love my neighbor as\nmyself for the love of Thee. I forgive all who have injured me, and ask\npardon of all whom I have injured.\n\n\nAN ACT OF CONTRITION\n\nO my God! I am heartily sorry for having offended Thee, and I detest all\nmy sins, because I dread the loss of heaven and the pains of hell, but\nmost of all because they offend Thee, my God, who art all-good and\ndeserving of all my love. I firmly resolve, with the help of Thy grace,\nto confess my sins, to do penance, and to amend my life.\n\n\nTHE BLESSING BEFORE MEALS\n\n+ Bless us, O Lord! and these Thy gifts, which we are about to receive\nfrom Thy bounty, through Christ our Lord. Amen.\n\n\nGRACE AFTER MEALS\n\n+ We give Thee thanks for all Thy benefits, O Almighty God, who livest\nand reignest forever, and may the souls of the faithful departed\nthrough the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.\n\n\nTHE MANNER IN WHICH A LAY PERSON IS TO BAPTIZE IN CASE OF NECESSITY\n\nPour common water on the head or face of the person to be baptized, and\nsay while pouring it:\n\n\"I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the\nHoly Ghost.\"\n\nN.B. Any person of either sex who has reached the use of reason can\nbaptize in case of necessity, but the same person must say the words\nwhile pouring the water.\n\n\n\n\nCATECHISM\n\n\n\nLESSON FIRST\nON THE END OF MAN\n\n\n1. Q. Who made the world?\nA. God made the world.\n\n2. Q. Who is God?\nA. God is the Creator of heaven and earth, and of all things.\n\n3. Q. What is man?\nA. Man is a creature composed of body and soul, and made to the image\nand likeness of God.\n\n6. Q. Why did God make you?\nA. God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world,\nand to be happy with Him forever in the next.\n\n9. Q. What must we do to save our souls?\nA. To save our souls, we must worship God by faith, hope, and charity;\nthat is, we must believe in Him, hope in Him, and love Him with all our\nheart.\n\n10. Q. How shall we know the things which we are to believe?\nA. We shall know the things which we are to believe from the Catholic\nChurch, through which God speaks to us.\n\n11. Q. Where shall we find the chief truths which the Church teaches?\nA. We shall find the chief truths which the Church teaches in the\nApostles' Creed.\n\n12. Q. Say the Apostles' Creed.\nA. I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth;\nand in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the\nHoly Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was\ncrucified; died, and was buried. He descended into hell: the third day\nHe arose again from the dead: He ascended into heaven, and sitteth at\nthe right hand of God, the Father Almighty; from thence He shall come to\njudge the living and the dead. I believe in the Holy Ghost, the Holy\nCatholic Church, the communion of Saints, the forgiveness of sins, the\nresurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.\n\n\n\nLESSON SECOND\nON GOD AND HIS PERFECTIONS\n\n\n13. Q. What is God?\nA. God is a spirit infinitely perfect.\n\n14. Q. Had God a beginning?\nA. God had no beginning; He always was and He always will be.\n\n15. Q. Where is God?\nA. God is everywhere.\n\n16. Q. If God is everywhere, why do we not see Him?\nA. We do not see God, because He is a pure spirit and cannot be seen\nwith bodily eyes.\n\n17. Q. Does God see us?\nA. God sees us and watches over us.\n\n18. Q. Does God know all things?\nA. God knows all things, even our most secret thoughts, words, and\nactions.\n\n19. Q. Can God do all things?\nA. God can do all things, and nothing is hard or impossible to Him.\n\n20. Q. Is God just, holy, and merciful?\nA. God is all just, all holy, all merciful, as He is infinitely perfect.\n\n\n\nLESSON THIRD\nON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD\n\n\n21. Q. Is there but one God?\nA. Yes; there is but one God.\n\n22. Q. Why can there be but one God?\nA. There can be but one God, because God, being supreme and infinite,\ncannot have an equal.\n\n23. Q. How many Persons are there in God?\nA. In God there are three Divine Persons, really distinct, and equal in\nall things--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.\n\n24. Q. Is the Father God?\nA. The Father is God and the first Person of the Blessed Trinity.\n\n25. Q. Is the Son God?\nA. The Son is God and the second Person of the Blessed Trinity.\n\n26. Q. Is the Holy Ghost God?\nA. The Holy Ghost is God and the third Person of the Blessed Trinity.\n\n27. Q. What is the Blessed Trinity?\nA. The Blessed Trinity is one God in three Divine Persons.\n\n29. Q. Are the three Divine Persons one and the same God?\nA. The three Divine Persons are one and the same God, having one and the\nsame Divine nature.\n\n\n\nLESSON FOURTH\nON THE ANGELS AND OUR FIRST PARENTS\n\n\n34. Q. Which are the chief creatures of God?\nA. The chief creatures of God are men and angels.\n\n35. Q. What are angels?\nA. Angels are bodiless spirits created to adore and enjoy God in heaven.\n\n39. Q. Who were the first man and woman?\nA. The first man and woman were Adam and Eve.\n\n40. Q. Were Adam and Eve innocent and holy when they came from the hand\nof God?\nA. Adam and Eve were innocent and holy when they came from the hand of\nGod.\n\n43. Q. Did Adam and Eve remain faithful to God?\nA. Adam and Eve did not remain faithful to God; but broke His command by\neating the forbidden fruit.\n\n44. Q. What befell Adam and Eve on account of their sin?\nA. Adam and Eve, on account of their sin, lost innocence and holiness,\nand were doomed to misery and death.\n\n45. Q. What evil befell us through the disobedience of our first\nparents?\nA. Through the disobedience of our first parents we all inherit their\nsin and punishment, as we should have shared in their happiness if they\nhad remained faithful.\n\n47. Q. What is the sin called which we inherit from our first parents?\nA. The sin which we inherit from our first parents is called original\nsin.\n\n50. Q. Was any one ever preserved from original sin?\nA. The Blessed Virgin Mary, through the merits of her Divine Son, was\npreserved free from the guilt of original sin, and this privilege is\ncalled her Immaculate Conception.\n\n\n\nLESSON FIFTH\nON SIN AND ITS KINDS\n\n\n51. Q. Is original sin the only kind of sin?\nA. Original sin is not the only kind of sin; there is another kind of\nsin, which we commit ourselves, called actual sin.\n\n52. Q. What is actual sin?\nA. Actual sin is any wilful thought, word, deed or omission contrary to\nthe law of God.\n\n53. Q. How many kinds of actual sin are there?\nA. There are two kinds of actual sin--mortal and venial.\n\n54. Q. What is mortal sin?\nA. Mortal sin is a grievous offense against the law of God.\n\n57. Q. What is venial sin?\nA. Venial sin is a slight offense against the law of God in matters of\nless importance; or in matters of great importance it is an offense\ncommitted without sufficient reflection or full consent of the will.\n\n59. Q. Which are the chief sources of sin?\nA. The chief sources of sin are seven: Pride, Covetousness, Lust, Anger,\nGluttony, Envy, and Sloth; and they are commonly called capital sins.\n\n\n\nLESSON SIXTH\nON THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION\n\n\n60. Q. Did God abandon man after he fell into sin?\nA. God did not abandon man after he fell into sin, but promised him a\nRedeemer, who was to satisfy for man's sin and reopen to him the gates\nof heaven.\n\n61. Q. Who is the Redeemer?\nA. Our Blessed Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ is the Redeemer of mankind.\n\n62. Q. What do you believe of Jesus Christ?\nA. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, the second Person of\nthe Blessed Trinity, true God and true man.\n\n69. Q. What do you mean by the Incarnation?\nA. By the Incarnation I mean that the Son of God was made man.\n\n70. Q. How was the Son of God made man?\nA. The Son of God was conceived and made man by the power of the Holy\nGhost, in the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary.\n\n74. Q. On what day was the Son of God conceived and made man?\nA. The Son of God was conceived and made man on Annunciation day--the\nday on which the Angel Gabriel announced to the Blessed Virgin Mary that\nshe was to be the Mother of God.\n\n75. Q. On what day was Christ born?\nA. Christ was born on Christmas day in a stable at Bethlehem, over\nnineteen hundred years ago.\n\n\n\nLESSON SEVENTH\nON OUR LORD'S PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION\n\n\n78. Q. What did Jesus Christ suffer?\nA. Jesus Christ suffered a bloody sweat, a cruel scourging, was crowned\nwith thorns, and was crucified.\n\n79. Q. On what day did Christ die?\nA. Christ died on Good Friday.\n\n83. Q. Why did Christ suffer and die?\nA. Christ suffered and died for our sins.\n\n89. Q. On what day did Christ rise from the dead?\nA. Christ rose from the dead, glorious and immortal, on Easter Sunday,\nthe third day after His death.\n\n91. Q. After Christ had remained forty days on earth, whither did He go?\nA. After forty days Christ ascended into heaven, and the day on which He\nascended into heaven is called Ascension day.\n\n\n\nLESSON EIGHTH\nON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT UPON THE APOSTLES\n\n\n94. Q. Who is the Holy Ghost?\nA. The Holy Ghost is the third Person of the Blessed Trinity.\n\n97. Q. On what day did the Holy Ghost come down upon the Apostles?\nA. The Holy Ghost came down upon the Apostles ten days after the\nAscension of our Lord; and the day on which He came down upon the\nApostles is called Whitsunday, or Pentecost.\n\n99. Q. Who sent the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles?\nA. Our Lord Jesus Christ sent the Holy Ghost upon the Apostles.\n\n100. Q. Why did Christ send the Holy Ghost?\nA. Christ sent the Holy Ghost to sanctify His Church, to enlighten and\nstrengthen the Apostles, and to enable them to preach the Gospel.\n\n\n\nLESSON NINTH\nON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION\n\n\n102. Q. Which are the chief effects of the Redemption?\nA. The chief effects of the Redemption are two: The satisfaction of\nGod's justice by Christ's sufferings and death, and the gaining of grace\nfor men.\n\n103. Q. What do you mean by grace?\nA. By grace I mean a supernatural gift of God bestowed on us, through\nthe merits of Jesus Christ, for our salvation.\n\n104. Q. How many kinds of grace are there?\nA. There are two kinds of grace, sanctifying grace and actual grace.\n\n105. Q. What is sanctifying grace?\nA. Sanctifying grace is that grace which makes the soul holy and\npleasing to God.\n\n110. Q. What is actual grace?\nA. Actual grace is that help of God which enlightens our mind and moves\nour will to shun evil and do good.\n\n{T.N.: The above question is out of numerical order in the printed\nsource of Baltimore Catechism No. 1.}\n\n107. Q. What is Faith?\nA. Faith is a Divine virtue by which we firmly believe the truths which\nGod has revealed.\n\n108. Q. What is Hope?\nA. Hope is a Divine virtue by which we firmly trust that God will give\nus eternal life and the means to obtain it.\n\n109. Q. What is Charity?\nA. Charity is a Divine virtue by which we love God above all things for\nHis own sake, and our neighbor as ourselves for the love of God.\n\n\n\nLESSON TENTH\nON THE CHURCH\n\n\n114. Q. Which are the means instituted by our Lord to enable men at all\ntimes to share in the fruits of the Redemption?\nA. The means instituted by our Lord to enable men at all times to share\nin the fruits of His Redemption are the Church and the Sacraments.\n\n115. Q. What is the Church?\nA. The Church is the congregation of all those who profess the faith of\nChrist, partake of the same Sacraments, and are governed by their lawful\npastors under one visible Head.\n\n116. Q. Who is the invisible Head of the Church?\nA. Jesus Christ is the invisible Head of the Church.\n\n117. Q. Who is the visible Head of the Church?\nA. Our Holy Father the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, is the Vicar of Christ\non earth, and the visible Head of the Church.\n\n128. Q. Has the Church any marks by which it may be known?\nA. The Church has four marks by which it may be known: it is One; it is\nHoly; it is Catholic; it is Apostolic.\n\n133. Q. In which Church are these marks found?\nA. These marks are found in the Holy Roman Catholic Church alone.\n\n\n\nLESSON ELEVENTH\nON THE SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL\n\n\n136. Q. What is a Sacrament?\nA. A Sacrament is an outward sign instituted by Christ to give grace.\n\n137. Q. How many Sacraments are there?\nA. There are seven Sacraments: Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Eucharist,\nPenance, Extreme Unction, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.\n\n138. Q. Whence have the Sacraments the power of giving grace?\nA. The Sacraments have the power of giving grace from the merits of\nJesus Christ.\n\n147. Q. Do the Sacraments always give grace?\nA. The Sacraments always give grace, if we receive them with the right\ndispositions.\n\n148. Q. Can we receive the Sacraments more than once?\nA. We can receive the Sacraments more than once, except Baptism,\nConfirmation, and Holy Orders.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWELFTH\nON BAPTISM\n\n\n152. Q. What is Baptism?\nA. Baptism is a Sacrament which cleanses us from original sin, makes us\nChristians, children of God, and heirs of heaven.\n\n153. Q. Are actual sins ever remitted by Baptism?\nA. Actual sins and all the punishment due to them are remitted by\nBaptism, if the person baptized be guilty of any, and is rightly\ndisposed.\n\n154. Q. Is Baptism necessary to salvation?\nA. Baptism is necessary to salvation, because without it we cannot enter\ninto the kingdom of heaven.\n\n155. Q. Who can administer Baptism?\nA. The priest is the ordinary minister of Baptism; but in case of\nnecessity any one who has the use of reason may baptize.\n\n156. Q. How is Baptism given?\nA. Whoever baptizes should pour water on the head of the person to be\nbaptized, and say, while pouring the water: I baptize thee in the name\nof the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.\n\n\n\nLESSON THIRTEENTH\nON CONFIRMATION\n\n\n166. Q. What is Confirmation?\nA. Confirmation is a Sacrament through which we receive the Holy Ghost\nto make us strong and perfect Christians and soldiers of Jesus Christ.\n\n167. Q. Who administers Confirmation?\nA. The bishop is the ordinary minister of Confirmation.\n\n168. Q. How does the bishop give Confirmation?\nA. The bishop extends his hands over those who are to be confirmed,\nprays that they may receive the Holy Ghost, and anoints the forehead of\neach with holy chrism in the form of a cross.\n\n170. Q. What does the bishop say in anointing the person he confirms?\nA. In anointing the person he confirms the bishop says: I sign thee with\nthe sign of the cross, and I confirm thee with the chrism of salvation,\nin the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.\n\n173. Q. To receive Confirmation worthily is it necessary to be in the\nstate of grace?\nA. To receive Confirmation worthily it is necessary to be in the state\nof grace.\n\n173a. Q. What is a state of grace?\nA. A state of grace is freedom from mortal sin.\n\n{T.N.: The above question is numbered 174 in the printed source, but a\ndifferent question is given in its place in Baltimore Catechism Nos. 2\nand 4, where the topic is covered in Q. 55 and elsewhere.}\n\n175. Q. Is it a sin to neglect Confirmation?\nA. It is a sin to neglect Confirmation, especially in these evil days\nwhen faith and morals are exposed to so many and such violent\ntemptations.\n\n\n\nLESSON FOURTEENTH\nON THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE\n\n\n187. Q. What is the Sacrament of Penance?\nA. Penance is a Sacrament in which the sins committed after Baptism are\nforgiven.\n\n191. Q. What must we do to receive the Sacrament of Penance worthily?\nA. To receive the Sacrament of Penance worthily we must do five things:\n\n1. We must examine our conscience.\n2. We must have sorrow for our sins.\n3. We must make a firm resolution never more to offend God.\n4. We must confess our sins to the priest.\n5. We must accept the penance which the priest gives us.\n\n192. Q. What is the examination of conscience?\nA. The examination of conscience is an earnest effort to recall to mind\nall the sins we have committed since our last worthy confession.\n\n\n\nLESSON FIFTEENTH\nON CONTRITION\n\n\n195. Q. What is contrition, or sorrow for sin?\nA. Contrition, or sorrow for sin, is a hatred of sin and a true grief of\nthe soul for having offended God, with a firm purpose of sinning no\nmore.\n\n201. Q. Why should we be sorry for our sins?\nA. We should be sorry for our sins, because sin is the greatest of evils\nand an offense against God our Creator, Preserver, and Redeemer, and\nbecause mortal sin shuts us out of heaven and condemns us to the eternal\npains of hell.\n\n206. Q. What do you mean by a firm purpose of sinning no more?\nA. By a firm purpose of sinning no more I mean a fixed resolve not only\nto avoid all mortal sin, but also its near occasions.\n\n207. Q. What do you mean by the near occasions of sin?\nA. By the near occasions of sin I mean all the persons, places, and\nthings that may easily lead us into sin.\n\n\n\nLESSON SIXTEENTH\nON CONFESSION\n\n\n208. Q. What is Confession?\nA. Confession is the telling of our sins to a duly authorized priest,\nfor the purpose of obtaining forgiveness.\n\n209. Q. What sins are we bound to confess?\nA. We are bound to confess all our mortal sins, but it is well also to\nconfess our venial sins.\n\n214. Q. What should we do if we cannot remember the number of our sins?\nA. If we cannot remember the number of our sins, we should tell the\nnumber as nearly as possible.\n\n216. Q. Is it a grievous offense wilfully to conceal a mortal sin in\nConfession?\nA. It is a grievous offense wilfully to conceal a mortal sin in\nConfession, because we thereby tell a lie to the Holy Ghost, and make\nour Confession worthless.\n\n217. Q. What must he do who has wilfully concealed a mortal sin in\nConfession?\nA. He who has wilfully concealed a mortal sin in Confession must not\nonly confess it, but must also repeat all the sins he has committed\nsince his last worthy Confession.\n\n218. Q. Why does the priest give us a penance after Confession?\nA. The priest gives us a penance after Confession that we may satisfy\nGod for the temporal punishment due to our sins.\n\n\n\nLESSON SEVENTEENTH\nON INDULGENCES\n\n\n231. Q. What is an Indulgence?\nA. An Indulgence is the remission in whole or in part of the temporal\npunishment due to sin.\n\n233. Q. How many kinds of Indulgences are there?\nA. There are two kinds of Indulgences--Plenary and Partial.\n\n234. Q. What is a Plenary Indulgence?\nA. A Plenary Indulgence is the full remission of the temporal punishment\ndue to sin.\n\n235. Q. What is a Partial Indulgence?\nA. A Partial Indulgence is the remission of a part of the temporal\npunishment due to sin.\n\n237. Q. What must we do to gain an Indulgence?\nA. To gain an Indulgence we must be in the state of grace and perform\nthe works enjoined.\n\n\n\nLESSON EIGHTEENTH\nON THE HOLY EUCHARIST\n\n\n238. Q. What is the Holy Eucharist?\nA. The Holy Eucharist is the Sacrament which contains the body and\nblood, soul and divinity, of our Lord Jesus Christ under the appearances\nof bread and wine.\n\n245. Q. What do you mean by the appearances of bread and wine?\nA. By the appearances of bread and wine I mean the figure, the color,\nthe taste, and whatever appears to the senses.\n\n249. Q. When did Christ give His priests the power to change bread and\nwine into His body and blood?\nA. Christ gave His priests the power to change bread and wine into His\nbody and blood when He said to the Apostles, Do this for a commemoration\nof Me.\n\n250. Q. How do the priests exercise this power of changing bread and\nwine into the body and blood of Christ?\nA. The priests exercise this power of changing bread and wine into the\nbody and blood of Christ through the words of consecration in the Mass,\nwhich are the words of Christ: This is My body; this is My blood.\n\n\n\nLESSON NINTEENTH\nON THE ENDS FOR WHICH THE HOLY EUCHARIST WAS INSTITUTED\n\n\n251. Q. Why did Christ institute the Holy Eucharist?\nA. Christ instituted the Holy Eucharist--\n\n1. To unite us to Himself and to nourish our soul with His body and\n   blood.\n2. To increase sanctifying grace and all virtues in our soul.\n3. To lessen our evil inclinations.\n4. To be a pledge of everlasting life.\n5. To fit our bodies for a glorious resurrection.\n6. To continue the sacrifice of the cross in His Church.\n\n253. Q. What is Holy Communion?\nA. Holy Communion is the receiving of the body and blood of Christ.\n\n254. Q. What is necessary to make a good Communion?\nA. To make a good Communion it is necessary to be in the state of\ngrace and to be fasting for one hour from food and all drinks, except\nwater.\n\n[This answer has been changed in the 1977 edition to bring it up to\ndate with the current rules.]\n\n255. Q. Does he who receives Communion in mortal sin receive the body\nand blood of Christ?\nA. He who receives Communion in mortal sin receives the body and blood\nof Christ, but does not receive His grace, and he commits a great\nsacrilege.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTIETH\nON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS\n\n\n262. Q. When are the bread and wine changed into the body and blood of\nChrist?\nA. The bread and wine are changed into the body and blood of Christ at\nthe consecration in the Mass.\n\n263. Q. What is the Mass?\nA. The Mass is the unbloody sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ.\n\n265. Q. Is the Mass the same sacrifice as that of the cross?\nA. The Mass is the same sacrifice as that of the cross.\n\n269. Q. How should we assist at Mass?\nA. We should assist at Mass with great interior recollection and piety,\nand with every outward mark of respect and devotion.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-FIRST\nON EXTREME UNCTION AND HOLY ORDERS\n\n\n271. Q. What is the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?\nA. Extreme Unction is the Sacrament which, through the anointing and\nprayer of the priest, gives health and strength to the soul, and\nsometimes to the body, when we are in danger of death from sickness.\n\n274. Q. Which are the effects of the Sacrament of Extreme Unction?\nA. The effects of Extreme Unction are: 1st, to comfort us in the pains\nof sickness and to strengthen us against temptation; 2d, to remit venial\nsins and to cleanse our soul from the remains of sin; 3d, to restore us\nto health, when God sees fit.\n\n278. Q. What is the Sacrament of Holy Orders?\nA. Holy Orders is a Sacrament by which bishops, priests, and other\nministers of the Church are ordained and receive the power and grace to\nperform their sacred duties.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-SECOND\nON MATRIMONY\n\n\n282. Q. What is the Sacrament of Matrimony?\nA. The Sacrament of Matrimony is the Sacrament which unites a Christian\nman and woman in lawful marriage.\n\n285. Q. Which are the effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony?\nA. The effects of the Sacrament of Matrimony are: 1st, to sanctify the\nlove of husband and wife; 2d, to give them grace to bear with each\nother's weaknesses; 3d, to enable them to bring up their children in the\nfear and love of God.\n\n286. Q. To receive the Sacrament of matrimony worthily is it necessary\nto be in the state of grace?\nA. To receive the Sacrament of Matrimony worthily it is necessary to be\nin the state of grace, and it is necessary also to comply with the laws\nof the Church.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-THIRD\nON THE SACRAMENTALS\n\n\n292. Q. What is a sacramental?\nA. A sacramental is anything set apart or blessed by the Church to\nexcite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these\nmovements of the heart to remit venial sin.\n\n294. Q. Which is the chief sacramental used in the Church?\nA. The chief sacramental used in the Church is the sign of the cross.\n\n295. Q. How do we make the sign of the cross?\nA. We make the sign of the cross by putting the right hand to the\nforehead, then on the breast, and then to the left and right shoulders,\nsaying, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy\nGhost. Amen.\n\n296. Q. Why do we make the sign of the cross?\nA. We make the sign of the cross to show that we are Christians and to\nprofess our belief in the chief mysteries of our religion.\n\n300. Q. What other sacramental is in very frequent use?\nA. Another sacramental in very frequent use is holy water.\n\n301. Q. What is holy water?\nA. Holy water is water blessed by the priest with solemn prayer to beg\nGod's blessing on those who use it, and protection from the powers of\ndarkness.\n\n302. Q. Are there other sacramentals besides the sign of the cross and\nholy water?\nA. Besides the sign of the cross and holy water there are many other\nsacramentals, such as blessed candles, ashes, palms, crucifixes, images\nof the Blessed Virgin and of the saints, rosaries and scapulars.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-FOURTH\nON PRAYER\n\n\n303. Q. Is there any other means of obtaining God's grace than the\nSacraments?\nA. There is another means of obtaining God's grace, and it is prayer.\n\n304. Q. What is prayer?\nA. Prayer is the lifting up of our minds and hearts to God to adore Him,\nto thank Him for His benefits, to ask His forgiveness, and to beg of Him\nall the graces we need, whether for soul or body.\n\n305. Q. Is prayer necessary to salvation?\nA. Prayer is necessary to salvation, and without it no one having the\nuse of reason can be saved.\n\n306. Q. At what particular times should we pray?\nA. We should pray particularly on Sundays and holydays, every morning\nand night, in all dangers, temptations, and afflictions.\n\n308. Q. Which are the prayers most recommended to us?\nA. The prayers most recommended to us are the Lord's Prayer, the Hail\nMary, the Apostles' Creed, the Confiteor, and the Acts of Faith, Hope,\nLove and Contrition.\n\n309. Q. Are prayers said with distractions of any avail?\nA. Prayers said with wilful distractions are of no avail.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-FIFTH\nON THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD\n\n\n310. Q. Is it enough to belong to God's Church in order to be saved?\nA. It is not enough to belong to the Church in order to be saved, but we\nmust also keep the Commandments of God and of the Church.\n\n313. Q. Which are the Commandments of God?\nA. The Commandments of God are these ten:\n\n 1. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange gods before Me.\n 2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.\n 3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.\n 4. Honor thy father and thy mother.\n 5. Thou shalt not kill.\n 6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.\n 7. Thou shalt not steal.\n 8. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.\n 9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.\n10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-SIXTH\nON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT\n\n\n315. Q. What is the first Commandment?\nA. The first Commandment is: I am the Lord thy God: thou shalt not have\nstrange gods before Me.\n\n317. Q. How do we adore God?\nA. We adore God by faith, hope, and love, by prayer and sacrifice.\n\n318. Q. How may the first Commandment be broken?\nA. The first Commandment may be broken by giving to a creature the honor\nwhich belongs to God alone; by false worship; and by attributing to a\ncreature a perfection which belongs to God alone.\n\n320. Q. Are sins against faith, hope, and charity also sins against the\nfirst Commandment?\nA. Sins against faith, hope, and charity are also sins against the first\nCommandment.\n\n321. Q. How does a person sin against faith?\nA. A person sins against faith: 1st, by not trying to know what God has\ntaught; 2d, by refusing to believe all that God has taught; 3d, by\nneglecting to profess his belief in what God has taught.\n\n326. Q. Are we obliged to make open profession of our faith?\nA. We are obliged to make open profession of our faith as often as God's\nhonor, our neighbor's spiritual good, or our own requires it.\n\n327. Q. Which are the sins against hope?\nA. The sins against hope are presumption and despair.\n\n328. Q. What is presumption?\nA. Presumption is a rash expectation of salvation without making proper\nuse of the necessary means to obtain it.\n\n329. Q. What is despair?\nA. Despair is the loss of hope in God's mercy.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH\nTHE FIRST COMMANDMENT--ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS\n\n\n331. Q. Does the first Commandment forbid the honoring of the saints?\nA. The first Commandment does not forbid the honoring of the saints, but\nrather approves of it, because by honoring the saints, who are the\nchosen friends of God, we honor God Himself.\n\n332. Q. Does the first Commandment forbid us to pray to the saints?\nA. The first Commandment does not forbid us to pray to the saints.\n\n333. Q. What do we mean by praying to the saints?\nA. By praying to the saints we mean the asking of their help and\nprayers.\n\n340. Q. Does the first Commandment forbid us to honor relics?\nA. The first Commandment does not forbid us to honor relics, because\nrelics are the bodies of the saints or objects directly connected with\nthem or with our Lord.\n\n341. Q. Does the first Commandment forbid the making of images?\nA. The first Commandment does forbid the making of images if they are\nmade to be adored as gods, but it does not forbid the making of them to\nput us in mind of Jesus Christ, His Blessed Mother, and the saints.\n\n342. Q. Is it right to show respect to the pictures and images of Christ\nand His saints?\nA. It is right to show respect to the pictures and images of Christ and\nHis saints, because they are the representations and memorials of them.\n\n343. Q. Is it allowed to pray to the crucifix or to the images and\nrelics of the saints?\nA. It is not allowed to pray to the crucifix or images and relics of the\nsaints, for they have no life, nor power to help us, nor sense to hear\nus.\n\n344. Q. Why do we pray before the crucifix and the images and relics of\nthe saints?\nA. We pray before the crucifix and images and relics of the saints\nbecause they enliven our devotion by exciting pious affections and\ndesires, and by reminding us of Christ and of the saints, that we may\nimitate their virtues.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-EIGHTH\nFROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT\n\n\n345. Q. What is the second Commandment?\nA. The second Commandment is: Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord\nthy God in vain.\n\n346. Q. What are we commanded by the second Commandment?\nA. We are commanded by the second Commandment to speak with reverence of\nGod and of the saints, and of all holy things, and to keep our lawful\noaths and vows.\n\n347. Q. What is an oath?\nA. An oath is the calling upon God to witness the truth of what we say.\n\n350. Q. What is a vow?\nA. A vow is a deliberate promise made to God to do something that is\npleasing to Him.\n\n351. Q. Is it a sin not to fulfill our vows?\nA. Not to fulfill our vows is a sin, mortal or venial, according to the\nnature of the vow and the intention we had in making it.\n\n352. Q. What is forbidden by the second Commandment?\nA. The second Commandment forbids all false, rash, unjust, and\nunnecessary oaths, blasphemy, cursing, and profane words.\n\n353. Q. What is the third Commandment?\nA. The third Commandment is: Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.\n\n355. Q. How are we to worship God on Sundays and holydays of obligation?\nA. We are to worship God on Sundays and holydays of obligation by\nhearing Mass, by prayer, and by other good works.\n\n358. Q. What is forbidden by the third Commandment?\nA. The third Commandment forbids all unnecessary servile work and\nwhatever else may hinder the due observance of the Lord's day.\n\n359. Q. What are servile works?\nA. Servile works are those which require labor rather of body than of\nmind.\n\n360. Q. Are servile works on Sunday ever lawful?\nA. Servile works are lawful on Sunday when the honor of God, the good of\nour neighbor, or necessity requires them.\n\n\n\nLESSON TWENTY-NINTH\nFROM THE FOURTH TO THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT\n\n\n361. Q. What is the fourth Commandment?\nA. The fourth Commandment is: Honor thy father and thy mother.\n\n362. Q. What are we commanded by the fourth Commandment?\nA. We are commanded by the fourth Commandment to honor, love, and obey\nour parents in all that is not sin.\n\n363. Q. Are we bound to honor and obey others than our parents?\nA. We are also bound to honor and obey our bishops, pastors,\nmagistrates, teachers, and other lawful superiors.\n\n365. Q. What is forbidden by the fourth Commandment?\nA. The fourth Commandment forbids all disobedience, contempt, and\nstubbornness towards our parents or lawful superiors.\n\n366. Q. What is the fifth Commandment?\nA. The fifth Commandment is: Thou shalt not kill.\n\n367. Q. What are we commanded by the fifth Commandment?\nA. We are commanded by the fifth Commandment to live in peace and union\nwith our neighbor, to respect his rights, to seek his spiritual and\nbodily welfare, and to take proper care of our own life and health.\n\n368. Q. What is forbidden by the fifth Commandment?\nA. The fifth Commandment forbids all wilful murder, fighting, anger,\nhatred, revenge, and bad example.\n\n369. Q. What is the sixth Commandment?\nA. The sixth Commandment is: Thou shalt not commit adultery.\n\n370. Q. What are we commanded by the sixth Commandment?\nA. We are commanded by the sixth Commandment to be pure in thought and\nmodest in all our looks, words, and actions.\n\n371. Q. What is forbidden by the sixth Commandment?\nA. The sixth commandment forbids all unchaste freedom with another's\nwife or husband; also all immodesty with ourselves or others in looks,\ndress, words, or actions.\n\n372. Q. Does the sixth Commandment forbid the reading of bad and\nimmodest books and newspapers?\nA. The sixth Commandment does forbid the reading of bad and immodest\nbooks and newspapers.\n\n\n\nLESSON THIRTIETH\nFROM THE SEVENTH TO THE END OF THE TENTH COMMANDMENT\n\n\n373. Q. What is the seventh Commandment?\nA. The seventh Commandment is: Thou shalt not steal.\n\n374. Q. What are we commanded by the seventh Commandment?\nA. By the seventh Commandment we are commanded to give to all men what\nbelongs to them and to respect their property.\n\n375. Q. What is forbidden by the seventh Commandment?\nA. The seventh Commandment forbids all unjust taking or keeping what\nbelongs to another.\n\n376. Q. Are we bound to restore ill-gotten goods?\nA. We are bound to restore ill-gotten goods, or the value of them, as\nfar as we are able; otherwise we cannot be forgiven.\n\n377. Q. Are we obliged to repair the damage we have unjustly caused?\nA. We are bound to repair the damage we have unjustly caused.\n\n378. Q. What is the eighth Commandment?\nA. The eighth Commandment is: Thou shalt not bear false witness against\nthy neighbor.\n\n379. Q. What are we commanded by the eighth Commandment?\nA. We are commanded by the eighth Commandment to speak the truth in all\nthings, and to be careful of the honor and reputation of every one.\n\n380. Q. What is forbidden by the eighth Commandment?\nA. The eighth Commandment forbids all rash judgments, backbiting,\nslanders, and lies.\n\n382. Q. What is the ninth Commandment?\nA. The ninth Commandment is: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.\n\n383. Q. What are we commanded by the ninth Commandment?\nA. We are commanded by the ninth Commandment to keep ourselves pure in\nthought and desire.\n\n384. Q. What is forbidden by the ninth Commandment?\nA. The ninth Commandment forbids unchaste thoughts, desires of another's\nwife or husband, and all other unlawful impure thoughts and desires.\n\n386. Q. What is the tenth Commandment?\nA. The tenth Commandment is: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.\n\n387. Q. What are we commanded by the tenth Commandment?\nA. By the tenth Commandment we are commanded to be content with what we\nhave, and to rejoice in our neighbor's welfare.\n\n388. Q. What is forbidden by the tenth Commandment?\nA. The tenth Commandment forbids all desires to take or keep wrongfully\nwhat belongs to another.\n\n\n\nLESSON THIRTY-FIRST\nON THE FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH\n\n\n389. Q. Which are the chief commandments of the Church?\nA. The chief commandments of the Church are six:\n\n1. To hear Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation.\n2. To fast and abstain on the days appointed.\n3. To confess at least once a year.\n4. To receive the Holy Eucharist during the Easter time.\n5. To contribute to the support of our pastors.\n6. Not to marry persons who are not Catholics, or who are related to us\n   within the third degree of kindred, nor privately without witnesses,\n   nor to solemnize marriage at forbidden times.\n\n390. Q. Is it a mortal sin not to hear Mass on a Sunday or a holyday of\nobligation?\nA. It is a mortal sin not to hear Mass on a Sunday or a holyday of\nobligation unless we are excused for a serious reason. They also commit\na mortal sin who, having others under their charge, hinder them from\nhearing Mass, without a sufficient reason.\n\n393. Q. What do you mean by fast-days?\nA. By fast-days I mean days on which we are allowed but one full meal.\n\n394. Q. What do you mean by days of abstinence?\nA. By days of abstinence, I mean days on which we are forbidden to eat\nflesh-meat, but are allowed the usual number of meals.\n\n395. Q. Why does the Church command us to fast and abstain?\nA. The Church commands us to fast and abstain in order that we may\nmortify our passions and satisfy for our sins.\n\n\n\nLESSON THIRTY-SECOND\nON THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH AND SIXTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH\n\n\n397. Q. What is meant by the command of confessing at least once a year?\nA. By the command of confessing at least once a year is meant that we\nare obliged, under pain of mortal sin, to go to Confession within the\nyear.\n\n400. Q. What sin does he commit who neglects to receive Communion during\nthe Easter time?\nA. He who neglects to receive Communion during the Easter time commits a\nmortal sin.\n\n401. Q. What is the Easter time?\nA. The Easter time is, in this country, the time between the first\nSunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday.\n\n402. Q. Are we obliged to contribute to the support of our pastors?\nA. We are obliged to contribute to the support of our pastors, and to\nbear our share in the expenses of the Church and school.\n\n\n\nLESSON THIRTY-THIRD\nON THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE RESURRECTION, HELL, PURGATORY, AND HEAVEN\n\n\n408. Q. When will Christ judge us?\nA. Christ will judge us immediately after our death, and on the last\nday.\n\n409. Q. What is the judgment called which we have to undergo immediately\nafter death?\nA. The judgment we have to undergo immediately after death is called the\nParticular Judgment.\n\n410. Q. What is the judgment called which all men have to undergo on the\nlast day?\nA. The judgment which all men have to undergo on the last day is called\nthe General Judgment.\n\n412. Q. What are the rewards or punishments appointed for men's souls\nafter the Particular Judgment?\nA. The rewards or punishments appointed for men's souls after the\nParticular Judgment are Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.\n\n413. Q. What is Hell?\nA. Hell is a state to which the wicked are condemned, and in which they\nare deprived of the sight of God for all eternity, and are in dreadful\ntorments.\n\n414. Q. What is Purgatory?\nA. Purgatory is a state in which those suffer for a time who die guilty\nof venial sins, or without having satisfied for the punishment due to\ntheir sins.\n\n417. Q. Will our bodies share in the reward or punishment of our souls?\nA. Our bodies will share in the reward or punishment of our souls,\nbecause through the resurrection they will again be united to them.\n\n420. Q. What is Heaven?\nA. Heaven is the state of everlasting life in which we see God face to\nface, are made like unto Him in glory, and enjoy eternal happiness.\n\n\n\n\nMORNING PRAYERS\n\n\nAs soon as you awake, think of God. Make the Sign of the Cross and say:\n\n+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.\nAmen.\n\nThen dress quickly and kneel down. Now say the Our Father, the Hail\nMary, the Apostles' Creed, the Confiteor and the Acts of Faith, Hope,\nLove and Contrition which you have probably memorized. If you do not\nknow them by heart you will find them on pages 2-4.\n\nThen if you have time also say the following prayers:\n\nTO THE BLESSED VIRGIN.\nMy Lady, and my Mother, remember I am thine; protect and defend me as\nthy property and possession.\n\nTO SAINT JOSEPH.\nSaint Joseph, model and patron of those who love the Sacred Heart of\nJesus, pray for us.\n\nTO THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.\nAngel of God, my guardian dear,\nTo whom His love commits me here,\nEver this day be at my side,\nTo light and guard, to rule and guide. Amen.\n\nGod bless Papa and Mamma. God bless Brothers and Sisters, and all my\nfriends. God bless me, and make me a good child.\n\nFOR THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED.\nEternal rest give unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon\nthem. May they rest in peace. Amen.\n\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was\nin the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.\n\nMake the Sign of the Cross.\n\n\n\nEVENING PRAYERS\n\n\nNever go to bed without thanking God for all the benefits you have\nreceived during the day and during your whole life. Kneel down. Make the\nSign of the Cross. Then say the Our Father, Hail Mary, the Apostles'\nCreed, the Confiteor, and Glory be.\n\nNow think how you have acted during the day. Are there any big sins on\nyour soul? Any little sins? Try to tell Jesus how sorry you are for all\nyour sins, and say the Act of Contrition (page 4).\n\nJesus, Mary, Joseph, I give you my heart and my soul.\nJesus, Mary, Joseph, assist me in my last agony.\nJesus, Mary, Joseph, may I breathe forth my soul in peace with you.\nO my God, bless my father, mother, and all my relatives and friends.\nMay the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest\nin peace. Amen.\n\nBless yourself with holy water.\n\n+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.\nAmen.\n\n\n\nPRAYERS FOR MASS\n\n\n[The Mass prayers are an arrangement of those contained in Father Finn's\n\"Prayer Book for Catholic Youth\" (also known as Father Finn's Boys' and\nGirls' Prayer Book). They follow closely in simplified language the\nspirit and liturgy of the \"Ordinary of the Mass,\" so that children will\nbecome readily accustomed to using the Church's own prayers and follow\nthe priest at the altar. The rubrics when to sit, stand or kneel at Low\nMass are given.\n\nIf it is found desirable to have the children recite prayers aloud and\nin unison at Mass, certain parts suitable for this purpose are marked\nwith an asterisk (*).]\n\n\nRemember that the church is the house of God, where the living God\ndwells. And where God is, His holy angels too are present. In church,\ntherefore, be reverent and modest in your behavior, and always be in\ntime. When you enter, bless yourself with holy water and go quietly to\nyour seat, genuflect on your right knee and enter the pew.\n\n\nPRAYER BEFORE MASS\n\nO my God, I am only a child; help me to be attentive, and to pray with\nall my heart during this holy Mass.\n\nThe priest comes out to begin Mass.\n\nStand\n\nThe priest carries in his hands the chalice, covered with a cloth. The\npriest goes up to the middle of the altar, and sets down the chalice.\nThen he goes to the right side and opens the book.\n\nAfter that he comes down to the foot of the altar, and makes the Sign of\nthe Cross.\n\n\nTHE MASS OF THE CATECHUMENS\n(From the Beginning to the Offertory)\n\nKneel\n\n*In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.\n*I will go in to the altar of God, to God Who gives joy to my youth.\n*Judge me, O God. Keep me safe from all evil.\nGlory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.\nAs it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.\nAmen.\nI will go in to the altar of God.\nTo God Who gives joy to my youth.\n\nHere the priest makes the Sign of the Cross.\n\nOur help is in the name of the Lord.\nWho made heaven and earth.\n\nThe priest, bowing down, says the Confiteor. Then the altar-boys bow and\nsay it after him. Read it as on p. 2.\n\nThe priest goes up to the altar and says:\n\nO Lord, we beg You, by the goodness of Your saints whose relics are\nhere, and of all Your saints, to forgive us all our sins.\n\n\nTHE INTROIT AND KYRIE ELEISON\n\nThe priest goes to the right side of the altar and reads from the book.\nThen going back to the middle of the altar he says the Kyrie Eleison.\n\n\nTHE GLORIA\n\nGlory be to God on high, and on earth peace to men of good will. We\npraise You. We bless You. We glorify You. We give You thanks for Your\ngreat glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father almighty. O Lord\nGod, Son of the Father, Who take away the sins of the world, have mercy\non us. You only, O Jesus Christ, with the Holy Ghost, are most high in\nthe Glory of God the Father. Amen.\n\nThe priest turns to the people and says:\n\nThe Lord be with you.\nAnd with your spirit.\n\n\nTHE COLLECT\n\nThe priest goes to the right side of the altar and reads from the book.\n\n*Let us pray: Let Your grace and pity guide our hearts, we beg You, O\nLord. For without You we cannot please You. Through Our Lord, Jesus\nChrist, Your Son, Who lives and reigns with You in the unity of the Holy\nGhost, world without end. Amen.\n\n\nTHE EPISTLE\n\nThe Epistle is a letter. Most of these letters were written by Saint\nPaul. The priest now reads one of these. You may read the following:\n\nDear children: Be happy, be good, be brave; agree with one another, and\nbe at peace. The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ, God's love, and the\nwisdom of the Holy Ghost be with you all. Amen.\n\nThanks be to God.\n\nThe altar-boy carries the book to the left side of the altar. The priest\nbows at the middle of the altar and says a prayer.\n\n\nTHE GOSPEL\n\nThe priest goes to the left and reads from the book.\n\nStand\n\nWhile Jesus was speaking to the people, mothers brought their children\nto Him, that He might bless them. The disciples told them not to bother\nJesus. But Jesus said, \"Suffer the little children to come to Me and\nforbid them not. For of such is the kingdom of heaven.\" And Jesus\nblessed the children.\n\nPraise be to You, O Christ.\n\nSit\n\nThe priest now turns back to the middle of the altar and says the Creed.\nYou also say it (see page 2).\n\n\nTHE MASS OF THE FAITHFUL\n(From the Offertory to the Communion)\n\n\nTHE OFFERING OF THE HOST\n\nThe priest takes the cloth off the chalice. Then he holds up a small\ngold plate on which is the bread, called the host.\n\n*Take, O holy Father, almighty and eternal God, this spotless host which\nI, Your unworthy servant, offer to You for my many sins and for all who\nserve You, living and dead. May it help them and me to gain eternal\nlife.\n\nThe priest goes to the right side of the altar. He pours wine and water\ninto the chalice. Then the priest goes back to the middle of the altar\nand raises the chalice.\n\n\nTHE OFFERING OF THE CHALICE\n\n*We offer You, O Lord, this chalice. May it help us and all the world to\ngain eternal life. Amen.\n\nThe priest goes to the right side of the altar to wash his hands.\n\nReturning to the middle of the altar, the priest bows down and says some\nprayers. Then he turns to the people and says the Orate Fratres.\n\nNow the priest prays in a low voice and then in a louder voice he says\nthe Preface:\n\nTruly, it is right and just that we should at all times and in all\nplaces give thanks to You, O holy Lord, Father almighty, Who, with Your\nonly Son and the Holy Ghost are one God, one Lord. All the angels daily\npraise You, singing with one voice:\n\n\n*THE SANCTUS\n\nHoly, holy, holy Lord, God of hosts.\nHeaven and earth are full of Your glory.\nHosanna in the highest.\n\nThe bell is rung three times.\n\nKneel\n\n\nTHE CANON\n\n[Note,--By a Decree of the Church (Aug. 4, 1922), the prayers during the\nCanon, i.e. from the Sanctus to the Pater Noster, must be said in\nsilence.]\n\nThe priest bows low and kisses the altar.\n\nO most merciful Father, we pray You, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, Our\nLord, to take and bless these gifts. We offer them to You for Your holy\nCatholic Church, for our Pope and Bishop and for all those in the\nCatholic Faith.\n\n\nPRAYER FOR THE LIVING\n\nBe mindful, O Lord, of Your servants (name those for whom you wish to\npray especially), and all who are now hearing this Mass. Hear, O Lord,\nthe prayers they are offering for themselves, their friends and their\nfamilies.\n\n\nTHE CONSECRATION OF THE HOST\n\nThe priest now bends low over the host and says:\n\n    THIS IS MY BODY\n\nAt these words, the bread is changed into the body of Our Lord. The bell\nrings. The priest kneels and then raises the Sacred Body of Our Lord.\nNow look at the Sacred Host and say: My Lord and my God. Then bow your\nhead as the priest kneels again.\n\n\nTHE CONSECRATION OF THE WINE\n\nThe priest bends over the chalice and says:\n\n    THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD\n\nAt these words, the wine becomes the Precious Blood of Our Lord. The\nbell rings. The priest kneels and then raises the chalice. Now the\npriest continues to pray silently. Look at the chalice and say: Jesus in\nthe Blessed Sacrament, have mercy on us.\n\nThe priest kneels. The bell rings again. The priest prays silently.\n\n\nPRAYER FOR THE DEAD\n\nRemember also, O Lord, Your servants (here name dead relatives and\nfriends) who have gone before us with the sign of faith and sleep the\nsleep of peace.\n\nNow the priest says the \"Pater Noster.\" Say the \"Our Father.\"\n\nSoon after the priest strikes his breast and says the \"Agnus Dei.\"\n\n\nTHE PRIEST'S COMMUNION\n\nThe priest after saying some prayers silently, takes the Sacred Host and\npaten in his left hand and striking his breast with the right hand says\n(the bell rings three times):\n\n*O Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof. Say but\nthe word and my soul shall be healed.\n\nThe priest bows down and receives the Body of Our Lord. He remains in\nprayer for a short time. Then he uncovers the chalice and drinks the\nSacred Blood of Our Lord.\n\n\nTHE COMMUNION OF THE PEOPLE\n\nThe priest now opens the tabernacle and takes out the Blessed Sacrament\nto give holy communion to the people. Turning to the people and holding\nthe ciborium in his left hand, he lifts up a Sacred Host to the people\nin his right hand. Now say with the priest three times:\n\n\"Lord, I am not worthy that You should enter my soul; say but the word\nand my soul shall be healed.\"\n\n\nAFTER THE COMMUNION\n\nHaving replaced the Blessed Sacrament in the tabernacle, the priest\nafter taking water and wine, covers the chalice and goes to the right\nside of the altar to read from the book. Then going back to the middle\nhe turns to the people and says:\n\nThe Lord be with you.\nAnd with your spirit.\n\nThen the priest again goes to the right side of the altar and reads:\n\n\nTHE PRAYERS AFTER COMMUNION\n\n*Let us pray: We have been filled with Your gifts, O Lord. Grant that\nthey may make us clean and strong. May the gift of this divine Sacrament\nkeep us pure, O Lord. Through the help of the Blessed Virgin, of St.\nJoseph, of Sts. Peter and Paul and all the saints, may it free us from\nall evil.\n\nThe priest goes back to the middle of the altar and turning to the\npeople says:\n\nThe Lord be with you.\nAnd with your spirit.\n\nGo, the Mass is ended.\nThanks be to God.\n\n\nTHE BLESSING\n\nThe priest bows down and says a prayer. Then turning to the people he\nblesses them saying:\n\nMay almighty God, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, bless you. Amen.\n\nThe priest goes to the left side of the altar.\n\nStand\n\nThe Lord be with you.\nAnd with your spirit.\n\n\nTHE LAST GOSPEL\n\nThe priest makes a cross on forehead, lips, and breast, and says the\nGospel of St. John.\n\nRemain standing until the priest has left the sanctuary or kneels down\nto say the prayers after Mass.\n\n\n\nTHE RIGHT MANNER OF CONFESSING\n\n\n[From Father Finn's Prayer Book for Catholic Youth.]\n\n\nPRAYER BEFORE EXAMINING YOUR CONSCIENCE\n\nO Holy Spirit, help me to know all my sins. Help me to remember that\nJesus died for me. Help me to make a good confession and I promise that\nI will try never to sin again.\n\nNow think of your sins.\n\n\nPRAYER BEFORE ENTERING THE CONFESSIONAL\n\nO God, I am very sorry for all my sins. I promise that I will try to be\ngood and never again to hurt You by sin. Dear Jesus, help me. Mother of\nGod, pray that I may please Your Son by true sorrow for my sins.\n\nWhen your turn comes, go into the confession box. Make the Sign of the\nCross and wait till the priest opens the little door. Say what you have\nbeen taught to say. Or you may say this:\n\nBless me, Father, for I have sinned. It is (say how long) since my last\nconfession. Since then I have committed these sins.\n\nNow tell all your sins and how many times you committed each. If there\nis something you don't know how to tell, just say, \"Please help me,\nFather,\" and the priest will help you. After you have told all your\nsins, say what you have been taught to say. Or you may say:\n\nThat is all, Father.\n\nIn case you have no big sins to confess, it is well to end your\nconfession with: \"In my past life I sinned through anger or impurity\"\n(or some sin that you know you did and that you are sorry for).\n\nThe priest tells you what prayers to say for a penance. Then he tells\nyou to say the Act of Contrition. When you come out, kneel down near the\naltar. Say your penance at once. Then thank God for being so good to\nyou.\n\n\n\nCOMMUNION PRAYERS\n\n\nACTS BEFORE COMMUNION\n\nAct of Faith. Jesus Christ, my Sovereign Lord, I firmly believe that\nThou art really present in the Holy Eucharist, and that it is Thy body,\nThy blood, Thy soul, and Thy divinity that I shall receive in that\nAdorable Sacrament.\n\nAct of Hope. Thou hast said, O my God, that those hoping in Thee shall\nnever be confounded. I place all my confidence in Thy promises, and I\nhope that, having nourished myself with Thy body on earth, I shall have\nthe happiness of seeing and possessing Thee eternally in heaven.\n\nAct of Love. O my divine Jesus, Who hast so loved me as to nourish me\nwith Thy adorable flesh, I love Thee with all my heart and above all\nthings; I wish to live and die in Thy holy love.\n\nAct of Humility. My Saviour and my God, Thou art all sanctity. I am not\nworthy that Thou shouldst enter my heart; yet, speak but the word and my\nsoul shall be healed.\n\nAct of Desire. My soul desires Thee, O my God! Thou art its joy and\nhappiness. Come, O divine Jesus, come into my heart; it desires ardently\nto receive Thee.\n\n\nACTS AFTER COMMUNION\n\nAct of Adoration. I adore Thee, O Jesus, as the Lamb of God immolated\nfor the salvation of mankind. I join in the profound adoration which the\nangels and saints pay to Thee in heaven.\n\nAct of Thanksgiving. Lord, Thou hast looked on my unworthiness. I was\nsick, and Thou hast healed me. I was poor, and Thou hast bestowed upon\nme Thy numberless benefits. How shall I be able to thank Thee, O my\nLord, for all Thy favors? I will invoke Thy holy name, and eternally\nsing Thy mercies.\n\nAct of Offering. What can I offer Thee, O my God, for the grace of\nhaving given Thyself to me? I consecrate to Thy glory my body, my soul,\nand all that I possess! Dispose of me according to Thy holy will.\n\nAct of Petition. My divine Redeemer, Thou hast taken possession of me.\nDo not let the enemy of my salvation ravish the precious treasure I bear\nin my heart. Preserve me from all sin, and defend me against temptation,\nthat I may persevere until death in the practice of Thy holy law. Amen.\n\n\n\nTHE ROSARY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN\n\n\nTHE FIVE JOYFUL MYSTERIES\n(Assigned for Mondays and Thursdays throughout the year, the Sundays of\nAdvent, and after Epiphany until Lent.)\n\nFirst Mystery. The Annunciation.\nSecond Mystery. The Visitation.\nThird Mystery. The Nativity.\nFourth Mystery. The Presentation.\nFifth Mystery. The Finding of the Child Jesus in the Temple.\n\n\nTHE FIVE SORROWFUL MYSTERIES\n(For Tuesdays and Fridays throughout the year, and Sundays in Lent.)\n\nFirst Mystery. The Prayer and Bloody Sweat of our blessed Saviour in the\nGarden.\nSecond Mystery. The Scourging of Jesus at the Pillar.\nThird Mystery. The Crowning of Jesus with Thorns.\nFourth Mystery. Jesus Carrying His Cross.\nFifth Mystery. The Crucifixion.\n\n\nTHE FIVE GLORIOUS MYSTERIES\n(For Wednesdays and Saturdays throughout the year, and Sundays after\nEaster until after Advent.)\n\nFirst Mystery. The Resurrection.\nSecond Mystery. The Ascension.\nThird Mystery. The Descent of the Holy Ghost.\nFourth Mystery. The Assumption.\nFifth Mystery. The Crowning of the Blessed Virgin.\n\n\n\nTHE STATIONS OF THE CROSS\n\n\nA plenary indulgence can be gained each time one makes the Stations,\nsubject to the usual conditions.\n\nTo make the Stations and gain the indulgences, no special prayer is\nrequired. We have but to begin at the first Station and go around to the\nlast, thinking devoutly of the Passion and Death of Christ.\n\n\n\nHYMNS\n\n\nCome, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest\n\n1. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,\nAnd in our hearts take up Thy rest;\nCome with Thy grace and heavenly aid\n|| To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. ||\n\n2. O Comforter, to Thee we cry,\nThou heavenly Gift of God most high,\nThou Fount of life and Fire of love,\n|| And sweet Anointing from above. ||\n\n3. Praise we the Father and the Son,\nAnd Holy Spirit with them One;\nAnd may the Son on us bestow\n|| The gifts that from the Spirit flow. ||\n\n\nO Salutaris\n\n1. O Salutaris Hostia!\n  Quae coeli pandis ostium:\nBella premunt hostilia,\n  Da robur, fer auxilium.\n\n2. Uni trinoque Domino\n  Sit sempiterna gloria,\nQui vitam sine termino\n  Nobis donet in Patria. Amen.\n\n\nTantum Ergo\n\n1. Tantum ergo Sacramentum\n  Veneremur cernui;\nEt antiquum documentum\n  Novo cedat ritui;\nPraestet fides supplementum\n  Sensuum defectui.\n\n2. Genitori, Genitoque\n  Laus et jubilatio,\nSalus, honor, virtus quoque\n  Sit et benedictio;\nProcedenti ab utroque\n  Compar sit laudatio. Amen.\n\nV. Panem de coelo praestitisti eis,\nR. Omne delectamentum in se habentem.\n\n\nAdeste Fideles\n\n1. Adeste, fideles,\nLaeti triumphantes;\nVenite, venite in Bethlehem;\nNatum videte\nRegem Angelorum,\nVenite, adoremus,\nVenite, adoremus,\nVenite, adoremus Dominum.\n\n2. Deum de Deo,\nLumen de lumine,\nGestant puellae viscera;\nDeum verum,\nGenitum non factum,\nVenite, etc.\n\n3. Cantet nunc Io!\nChorus Angelorum;\nCantet nunc aula coelestium.\nGloria\nIn excelsis Deo,\nVenite, etc.\n\n4. Ergo, qui natus\nDie hodierna,\nJesu! tibi sit gloria,\nPatris aeterni\nVerbum caro factum,\nVenite, etc.\n\n\nJesus, My Lord, My God\n(REV. F. W. FABER)\n\n1. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all!\n  How can I love Thee as I ought?\nAnd how revere this wondrous gift,\n  So far surpassing hope or thought?\n\nCHORUS.--Sweet Sacrament! we Thee adore,\nOh, make us love Thee more and more,\nOh, make us love Thee more and more.\n\n2. Had I but Mary's sinless heart\n  To love Thee with, my dearest King,\nOh, with what bursts of fervent praise\n  Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!\n\n\nTo Jesus' Heart All Burning\n(REV. A. J. CHRISTIE, S.J.)\n\n1. To Jesus' Heart, all burning\n  With fervent love for men,\nMy heart with fondest yearning\n  Shall raise the joyful strain.\n\nCHORUS.--While ages course along,\nBlest be with loudest song\n|| The Sacred Heart of Jesus\nBy every heart and tongued. ||\n\n2. O Heart for me on fire\n  With love no man can speak,\nMy yet untold desire\n  God gives me for Thy sake.\n\n3. Too true I have forsaken\n  Thy flock by wilful sin;\nYet now let me be taken\n  Back to Thy fold again.\n\n\nJesus, Gentlest Saviour\n(REV. F. W. FABER)\n\n1. Jesus, gentlest Saviour!\n  God of might and power;\nThou Thyself art dwelling\n  In us at this hour.\nNature cannot hold Thee,\n  Heav'n is all too strait\nFor Thine endless glory,\n  And Thy royal state.\n\n2. Out beyond the shining\n  Of the farthest star,\nThou art ever stretching\n  Infinitely far.\nYet the hearts of children\n  Hold what worlds cannot,\nAnd the God of wonders\n  Loves the lowly spot.\n\n\nJesus! Saviour of My Soul\n\n1. Jesus! Saviour of my soul,\n  Let me to Thy refuge fly,\nWhile the nearer waters roll,\n  While the tempest still is nigh.\n\nCHORUS.--Hide me, O my Saviour, hide\n  Till the storm of life is past;\nSafe into Thy haven guide,\n  O receive my soul at last.\nJesus! Saviour of my soul,\n  Let me to Thy refuge fly;\nAve, Ave, Jesus mild,\n  Deign to hear Thy lowly child.\n\n2. Other refuge have I none,\n  Hangs my helpless soul on Thee,\nLeave, oh, leave me not alone,\n  Still support and strengthen me.\n\n\nJesus, the Very Thought of Thee\n(REV. E. CASWALL)\n\n1. Jesus, the very thought of Thee\n  With rapture fills my breast;\nBut sweeter far Thy Face to see,\n  And in Thy presence rest.\n\n2. Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame,\n  Nor can the mem'ry find\nA sweeter sound than Thy blest Name,\n  O Saviour of mankind!\n\n3. Jesus, our only joy be Thou,\n  As Thou our prize wilt be;\nO Jesus, be our glory now\n  And through eternity.\n\n\nWhat Happiness Can Equal Mine?\n(REV. F. W. FABER)\n\n1. What happiness can equal mine?\n  I've found the object of my love:\nMy Jesus dear, my King Divine,\n  Is come to me from heav'n above;\nHe chose my heart for His abode,\n  He there becomes my daily bread;\nThere on me flows His healing blood;\n  There with His flesh my soul is fed.\n\nCHORUS.--What happiness can equal mine?\n  I've found the object of my love:\nMy Jesus dear, my King Divine,\n  Is come to me from heav'n above.\n\n2. I am my love's, and He is mine:\n  In me He dwells, in Him I live;\nWhat greater treasures could I find?\n  And could, ye heavens, a greater give?\nO sacred banquet, heav'nly feast!\n  O overflowing source of grace,\nWhere God the food, and man, the guest,\n  Meet and unite in sweet embrace!\n\n\nThe Love of Jesus\n\n1. O the priceless love of Jesus:\n  O the strength of grace divine;\nAll His gifts are showered upon me,\n  All His blessings may be mine.\nHe is throned in Heavenly glory\n  Where no sin nor death can be;\nYet He loves me in this darkness,\n  Yet He does not turn from me.\n\n2. I am blind, and poor, and wretched,\n  By temptations sorely tried;\nYet His watchful care abounding\n  Keeps me ever at His side.\nHe is God and King Eternal,\n  Higher than all height can be;\nYet His Heart is with me always,\n  Yet He stoopeth down to me.\n\n\nHoly God, We Praise Thy Name\n(REV. C. WALWORTH)\n\n1. Holy God, we praise Thy name,\n  Lord of all, we bow before Thee!\nAll on earth Thy sceptre claim,\n  All in heav'n above adore Thee.\n|| Infinite Thy vast domain,\nEverlasting is Thy name. ||\n\n2. Hark! the loud celestial hymn,\n  Angel choirs above are raising!\nCherubim and Seraphim,\n  In unceasing chorus praising.\n|| Fill the heavens with sweet accord;\n  Holy! Holy! Holy Lord. ||\n\n\nHail, Heavenly Queen!\n\n1. Hail, heavenly Queen! Hail, foamy ocean star!\nO be our guide, diffuse thy beams afar;\nHail, Mother of God! above all virgins blest,\nHail, happy gate of heav'n's eternal rest.\n\nCHORUS.--Hail foamy ocean star! Hail, heav'nly Queen!\n|| O be our guide to endless joys unseen. ||\n\n2. \"Hail, full of grace,\" with Gabriel we repeat;\nThee, Queen of heav'n, from him we learn to greet;\nThen give us peace which heav'n alone can give,\nAnd dead thro' Eve, thro' Mary let us live.\n\n\nMother Dear, Oh, Pray for Me\n\n1. Mother dear, oh, pray for me,\n  Whilst far from heav'n and thee\nI wander in a fragile bark,\n  O'er life's tempestuous sea;\nO Virgin Mother, from thy throne,\n  So bright in bliss above,\nProtect thy child and cheer my path,\n  With thy sweet smile of love.\n\nCHORUS.--Mother dear, remember me,\n  And never cease thy care,\nTill in heaven eternally\n  Thy love and bliss I share.\n\n2. Mother dear, oh, pray for me,\n  Should pleasure's siren lay\nE'er tempt thy child to wander far\n  From virtue's path away;\nWhen thorns beset life's devious way,\n  And darkling waters flow,\nThen, Mary, aid thy weeping child,\n  Thyself a mother show.\n\n\nOra Pro Me\n\n1. Ave Maria! bright and pure,\n  Hear, O hear me when I pray,\nPains and pleasures try the pilgrim\n  On his long and dreary way.\nFears and perils are around me,\nAve Maria! bright and pure,\n  Ore pro me, ora pro me.\n\n2. Ave Maria! Queen of Heaven,\n  Teach, O teach me to obey,\nLead me on, tho' fierce temptations\n  Stand and meet me in the way.\nWhen I fail and faint, my Mother,\nAve Maria! bright and pure,\n  Ora pro me, ora pro me.\n\n\nI'll Sing a Hymn to Mary\n(REV. FR. WYSE)\n\nI'll sing a hymn to Mary,\n  The Mother of my God,\nThe Virgin of all Virgins,\n  Of David's royal blood.\nOh, teach me, holy Mary\n  A loving song to frame,\nWhen wicked men blaspheme thee\n  To love and bless thy name.\n\nWhen troubles dark afflict me\n  In sorrow and in care,\nThy light doth ever guide me\n  O beauteous Morning Star.\nLo, I'll be ever ready\n  Thy goodly help to claim,\nWhen wicked men blaspheme thee\n  I'll love and bless thy name.\n\n\nDaily, Daily Sing to Mary\n\n1. Daily, daily sing to Mary\n  Sing, my soul, her praises due;\nAll her feasts, her actions worship,\n  With the heart's devotion true.\nLost in wond'ring contemplation,\n  Be her majesty confess'd;\nCall her Mother, call her Virgin,\n  Happy Mother, Virgin blest.\n\n2. She is mighty to deliver;\n  Call her, trust her lovingly;\nWhen the tempest rages round thee,\n  She will calm the troubled sea.\nGifts of heaven she has given,\n  Noble Lady, to our race;\nShe the Queen who decks her subject,\n  With the light of God's own grace.\n\n\nHymn to St. Joseph\n\n1. With grateful hearts we breathe to-day\n  The tender accents of our love.\nWe carol forth a little lay\n  To thee, great saint in heaven above.\n\nCHORUS.--O Joseph dear, from thy bright throne,\n  Incline thine ear unto our prayer.\nAnd o'er us all as o'er thine own,\n  Extend thy fond paternal care,\nAnd o'er us all as o'er thine own,\n  Extend thy fond paternal care,\nExtend thy fond paternal care.\n\n2. More favored than earth's greatest king.\n  Thou wert the guardian of that Child,\nAround whose crib full choirs did sing,\n  With cadenced voices soft and mild.\n\n\nDear Guardian of Mary\n(REV. F. W. FABER)\n\n1. Dear Guardian of Mary! dear nurse of her child!\nLife's ways are full weary, the desert is wild;\nBleak sands are all round us, no home can we see;\nSweet Spouse of our Lady! we lean upon thee.\n\n2. For thou to the pilgrim art father and guide,\nAnd Jesus and Mary felt safe at thy side;\nAh! blessed Saint Joseph, how safe should I be,\nSweet Spouse of our Lady! if thou wert with me.\n\n\nDear Angel, Ever at My Side\n(REV. F. W. FABER)\n\n1. Dear Angel, ever at my side,\n  How loving must thou be,\nTo leave thy home in heaven to guide\n  A little child like me.\n\n2. Thy beautiful and shining face\n  I see not, though so near;\nThe sweetness of thy soft, low voice\n  I am too deaf to hear.\n\n\nHymn at the Communion\n\nO Lord, I am not worthy\n  That Thou shouldst come to me,\nBut speak the words of comfort,\n  My spirit healed shall be.\n\nAnd humbly I'll receive Thee,\n  The bridegroom of my soul,\nNo more by sin to grieve Thee,\n  Or fly Thy sweet control.","title":"A catechism of Christian doctrine, no. 1 : $b for first communion classes","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":12862}