Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 edition. Excerpt: ...(Nahum i. 15). on Sundays and Holydays of Obligation. 233. Q. Are parents, masters, and mistresses bound to provide that those under their charge shall hear Mass on Sundays and Holydays of Obligation? A. Parents, masters, and mistresses are bound to provide that those under their charge shall hear Mass on Sundays and Holydays of Obligation. 234. Q. What is the second Commandment of the Church? A. The second Commandment of the Church is, "To keep the days of fasting and abstinence appointed by the Church." 235. Q. What are fasting days? A. Fasting days are days on which we are allowed to take but one meal, and are forbidden to eat flesh-meat without special leave. 236. Q. Which are the fasting days? A. The fasting days are the forty days of Then was Jesus led up by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward hungry (S. Matt. iv. 1). And when you fast, be not as the hypocrites, sad. For they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father Who is in secret: and thy Father Who seeth in secret, will repay thee (S. Matt. vi. 16). And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast: and Lent; certain Vigils; the Ember days; and in England the Wednesdays and Fridays in Advent. 237. Q. What are days of abstinence? A. Days of abstinence are days on which we are forbidden to eat flesh-meat, but are allowed the usual number of meals. 238. Q. Which are the days of abstinence? A. The days of abstinence are all Fridays except the Friday on which Christmas Day may fall; and...
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