HARVARD

UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

Imprimatur :

MICHAEL AUCUSTINE,

Archbishop of New York.

New York, Oct. 13, 1899,

546 THOUSAND, New Edition: 356. THOUSAND.

Devotions to the Sacred Heart of Jesus:

Prayer of St. Gertrud..

Litany of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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Take

Lay Baptism.

child, and while you are pouring it, say the folcommon water, pour it on the face of the

lowing words:

of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. » I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and

may baptize an infant in case of danger of death. NOTE. Any person, whether man, woman, or child,

Table of Feasts and Fasts during the Year.

FESTIVALS OF OBLIGATION.

In addition to the Sundays, the following are holidays of obligation in every diocese of the United States: Immaculate Conception, Dec. 8. Nativity of our Lord, Dec. 25. Circumcision, Jan. 1.

DAYS OF EVERYDAY IN LENT, Sundays excepted. THE EMBER DAYS, which occur four times in the year,viz.: the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday immediately after the first Sunday in Lent; in Whitsunweek; immediately after the 14th of Sept.; and immediately after the 3d Sunday of Advent.

THE VIGILS of Whit-Sunday, of the Assumption, of All Saints, and of Christ

Ascension, forty days
after Easter.
Assumption, Aug. 15.
All Saints, Nov. 1.

DAYS OF ABSTINENCE.

ALL FRIDAYS, except when Christmas falls upon a Friday.

Days of abstinence are those on which we are not allowed to eat flesh-meat. All who have attained the age of reason are obliged to observe these days.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD.

1. I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not have strange Gods before me.

2. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain.

3. Remember thou keep holy the Sabbath day.

4. Honor 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 neighbor.

9. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife.

10. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's goods.

THE CHIEF COMMANDMENTS OF

THE CHURCH.

1. To hear Mass on Sundays and holydays of obligation.

2. To fast and abstain on the days appointed.

3. To confess at least once a year.

4. To receive the Holy Eucharist during the Easter time.

5. To contribute to the support of our pastors.

6. Not to marry persons who are not Catholics, or who are related to us within the fourth degree of kindred, nor privately without witnesses, nor to solemnize marriage at forbidden times.