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Reasonableness of Catholic Ceremonies and Practices

Reasonableness of Catholic Ceremonies and Practices

"Let the children of Israel make the Phase in due time . . . according to all the ceremonies thereof" (Num. ix 2, 3) .

Reasonableness of Catholic Ceremonies and Practices

"The priest shall be vested with the tunic" (Lev. vi. 10) .

"And he made, of violet and purple, scarlet and fine linen, the vestments for Aaron to wear when he ministered in the holy places, as the Lord commanded Moses" (Ex. xxxix. 1) .

"In every place there is sacrifice and there is offered to My name a clean offering" (Malach. i. 11) .

"And another Angel came and stood before the altar, having a golden censer: and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar, which is before the throne of God" (Apoc. viii. 3) .

The Ceremonies of the Catholic Church

I. Ceremonies Necessary to Divine Worship

II. Vestments Used by the Priest at Mass

III. Ceremonies of the Mass

The Practices of the Catholic Church

I. Vespers and Benediction

II. Devotion to the Blessed Sacrament

III. Holy Communion

IV. Confirmation

V. Honoring the Blessed Virgin

VI. Confession of Sin

VII. Granting Indulgences

VIII. The Last Sacraments

IX. Praying for the Dead

X. Praying to the Saints

XI. Crucifixes, Relics, and Images

XII. Some Sacramentals

XIII. The Celebration of Feasts

XIV. Infant Baptism

XV. The Marriage Tie—One and Indissoluble

XVI. Respect Shown to Ecclesiastical Superiors

XVII. Celibacy

XVIII. Conclusion