An edition of Anecdotes and examples illustrating the Catholic catechism
(1904)
Anecdotes And Examples Illustrating The Catholic Catechism
by Franz Spirago and James Joseph Baxter
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Table of Contents
CONTENTS
(See also "List of Truths Illustrated," at end of Volume.)
LESSON FIRST
ON THE END OF MAN
The Astronomer and the Globe 3
The Godless Innkeeper 4
The Soul and the Understanding 6
The Martyr's Last Word 6
The Physician's Vision 6
The Fish out of Water 8
The Blasphemer and the Monk 8
And then? 9
The Three Mirrors 10
Diogenes and the Three Sestertii 11
The Most Beautiful Hand 12
The Wise King 12
A Day lost 13
An Abbot and a King in the Chase 14
The Unbelieving Father at his Son's Death-bed 16
The Atheist and the Christian 15
St. Antony and the Imperial Missive 16
The Protestant's Bible 16
The Would-be Godfather 17
LESSON SECOND
ON GOD AND HIS PERFECTIONS
The King and the Philosopher 19
The Negro Catechumen 20
The Marvels of Astronomy 21
The Two Servants who were left without Supervision 22
The Rescue of Two Fugitives 28
The Pearl Necklace 25
The Boy and the Apples 26
The Bag of Pearls 27
A Spider's Web saves a Man's Life 28
The Emperor Joseph II Incognito 29
LESSON THIRD
ON THE UNITY AND TRINITY OF GOD
Who made the Devils? 31
A Lesson in Grammar 31
St. Clare of Montefalco 32
The Peasant and the Prince 33
The Death of Arius 34
A Seasonable Text 34
St. Patrick and the Shamrock 35
The Doxology 36
The Conductor and the Lawyer 36
St. Augustine and the Sea 37
The Word of a Missionary 38
LESSON FOURTH
ON CREATION
The Acorn and the Pumpkin 39
The Firmament is upheld by Divine Power 40
Pasteur's Experiments 41
The Protection of the Angels 42
The School Children out in a Storm 43
Pope Leo confronts Attila 44
The Sheep and the Birds 45
A Free-thinker's Fears 45
Two Children saved by their Piety 46
LESSON FIFTH
ON OUR FIRST PARENTS AND THE FALL
The Hen's Egg 47
The Decision goes to Virtue 48
The Bunch of Grapes 49
Happiness on Earth and in Heaven 50
Who is Happy besides God? 50
The Woodcutter's Conceit 51
The Heirs of an Estate 52
The Spots of Ink on a New Dress 53
The Spring and the Stream 64
The Neglected Pupil 66
The Face of Socrates 66
The Apparition at Lourdes 66
LESSON SIXTH
ON SIN AND ITS KINDS
One of the Exceptions 61
When will there be War again? 62
An Artificer is Instrumental in his Own Death 62
The Biter Bitten 63
Rudolph of Hapsburg refuses to drink Water taken from the Thirsty 64
The Lady who would not pay the Dressmaker 66
The Little Winebibber 66
The Bear and the Honey 67
The Member of Parliament and the Count 68
Thanks for a Grindstone 69
The Supposed Possessor of 70
The Miser who burned his Notes 71
The Temptation of St. Thomas Aquinas 72
The Sultan who wanted to put his Officers to Death 72
The Shepherd and the Ram 73
Plato and the Naughty Boy 74
An Indian Chief on Drunkenness 74
The Two Merchants 74
Charlemagne's Daughters 75
A Cure for the Sluggard 76
LESSON SEVENTH
ON THE INCARNATION AND REDEMPTION
The Generous Prince 77
A Modern Pagan 78
The Joint Debate 79
The Arian Emperor and the Crown Prince 80
King Codrus 81
St. Margaret 82
The Divine Maternity of Mary 82
The Word of God 83
The Test of the Angels 84
The Iron and the Wood 84
The Holy House of Nazareth 85
The Catholic Waif and the Protestant Bishop 86
God moves slowly 87
The Fruit of the Promised Land 87
The Devil expostulates 88
A Study in Dates 89
Our Lord's Age 89
The Disciple of Zeno 90
LESSON EIGHTH
ON OUR LORD'S PASSION, DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND ASCENSION
The Sick Child and the Bitter Medicine 91
The First Good Friday 92
St. Andrew the Apostle 92
The Rocks of Calvary 93
The Good Thief 93
The Buried Seed 94
The Disappointed Philosopher 96
The Finding of the True Cross 96
The Four States 96
The Protestant Dog 97
Earth from the Holy Sepulcher 98
The Paschal Controversy 98
The Forty Martyrs 99
Christ's Footsteps 100
The Complete Way of the Cross 101
The Place of Honor 101
LESSON NINTH
ON THE HOLY GHOST AND HIS DESCENT UPON THE APOSTLES
St. Norbert 102
Errors on the Holy Ghost 103
St. Francis Borgia 104
St. Antony the Hermit 105
Speaking a Language without having learned it 106
The Sender and the One sent 107
An Arian Bishop in a Dilemma 107
The Temple at Jerusalem 108
LESSON TENTH
ON THE EFFECTS OF THE REDEMPTION
The Friend in Need 110
Two Pictures 111
The Inscription on a Gravestone 111
The Buried Money 112
The Maypole 114
The Thundering Legion 115
Louis IX and the Miraculous Host 116
The Deliverance of Vienna in 1683 117
The Two Rings 119
Radetzky and the Beggar 120
The Highwayman and the Blessed Sacrament 121
Two Apostate Priests Converted 122
The Heiress and the Mason 124
The Wooden Horse of Troy 124
The Foolhardy Stag 126
The Devil on the City Wall 126
What a Boy did to get a Situation 127
Croesus and Solon 129
LESSON ELEVENTH
ON THE CHURCH
The Catholic Church 130
The Charitable Hermit 131
A Railway Inspector as Signalman 132
St. Pachomius 133
Mary, Queen of Scots 133
Pius IX and the Student 134
Pius IX and the Jew 135
Napoleon's Altar 136
LESSON TWELFTH
ON THE ATTRIBUTES AND MARKS OF THE CHURCH
A Congress of Divines 137
Individual Exposition of Scripture 138
Better to be Sure than Sorry 138
The Vatican Council 139
"I am with you all Days" 140
The Emperor Napoleon and Pope Pius VII 141
The College of the Propaganda 143
The Distracted Minister 144
Phillips Brooks 145
The Ambassador's Answer 146
The Faith of our Fathers 146
The Sagacious Poles 147
The Holy Ghost the Soul of the Church 148
The Bond of Unity 149
LESSON THIRTEENTH
ON THE SACRAMENTS IN GENERAL
The Natural Order and the Supernatural 150
The Cities of Refuge 161
The Two Fountains 161
Life, Physical and Spiritual 162
Two Kinds of Suicide 153
A Man of Eighty only Two Years of Age 163
The Physician, Spiritual and Physical 164
The Efficiency of Medicines 166
The Robber Chief's Advice 165
The Testimony of Goethe 166
Our Divine Commander-in-chief 167
Light and Darkness 167
Marked as God's Own 168
A Duke who gave his Nobles the Lower Places at Table 168
Julian the Apostate 169
The Letters on the Gourds 160
LESSON FOURTEENTH
ON BAPTISM
The Debtor's Child and the Two Letters 161
The Baptismal Robe as a Shroud 162
Louis XV and his Children 163
A Missioner's Stratagem 163
Baptism by Children 164
The Baptism of Genesius 166
St. Francis and the Font 166
The Widow's Son 166
The Martyred Catechumens 167
Baptism under Difficulties 167
The Empress Elizabeth stands Sponsor for a Peasant's Child 168
The Archduchess Sophie acts as Sponsor at Ischl 169
How an Infant was lost 171
An Infant the Prey of a Pig 172
LESSON FIFTEENTH
ON CONFIRMATION
A Martyr's Fortitude 174
St. Maurilius 176
The Confirmations of St. Cuthbert 176
Holy Chrism multiplied miraculously 176
Two Persons dispossessed by Confirmation 177
A True Soldier of Jesus Christ 177
The Chinese Child 178
Prayer-book, Rosary, and Picture as Confirmation Gifts 178
Caligula's Heart 179
Out of Place 180
LESSON SIXTEENTH
ON THE GIFTS AND FRUITS OF THE HOLY GHOST
The First Confirmation 181
St. Paul's Simile 181
The House that was pulled down and rebuilt 182
The Soldier and the Orphan 183
Is the Persian King Happy? 184
The King of Saxony's Decision 184
A Questioner put to Shame 185
Henry Dilson, S.J. 186
Demosthenes relates a Fable 186
A Sermon on Grandeur of Dress 187
Socrates and Xantippe 188
Clement Hofbauer and the Card-player 189
St. Francis Xavier continues Preaching 190
The Widow of Naim 190
St. Elizabeth of Hungary a Mendicant 191
The Bread and Butter 192
The Boy found in the Snow 193
The Dogs of St. Bernard 193
A Newfoundland Dog saves his Master 195
A Queen rebukes Ragpickers 197
A Dog's Revenge 197
Brother Bounty and Brother Plenty 198
Fair Meats on Foul Dishes 190
St. Francis of Sales in Rome 200
St. Ignatius of Loyola and Two Vessels 201
The Money baked in Small Loaves 201
An Obedient Son 202
St. Martin divides his Cloak 203
The Weaver who sang at his Loom 204
The Broken Fence and the Eggs 205
The Lost Pocketbook 206
The Countess as a Mendicant 207
Alexander the Great and the Fire 208
Phocion condemned to Take Poison 208
The Governor and the Bishop 209
Basle saved because of an Earthquake 210
A Laborer conceals having saved Child from Drowning 211
The Snow-white Doves 211
The Vestal Virgins 212
LESSON SEVENTEENTH
ON THE SACRAMENT OF PENANCE
Mercy for All 213
The Ants' Nest 214
A Protestant who quoted Scripture in Confession 2l5
Father and Sons reconciled 216
Ibycus' Cranes 216
The Three Stations 217
The Dog Wiser than his Master 218
Bishop Cheverus and the Protestant 218
A Wager about Confession 219
An Unnatural Mother 221
The Two Murderers and the Cock 222
The Devil's Restitution 224
LESSON EIGHTEENTH
ON CONTRITION
I am no Longer the Same 225
The Three Children 226
A Smothered Child 226
The Two Criminals 227
All Idols but One destroyed 228
A Railroad Accident near Paderborn 229
The Representation of the "Ecce Homo" 231
Two Disobedient Boys 231
The Fire at a Theater in Vienna 232
The Accident on the Rhine near Bingen 233
A Case of Sudden Death 234
A Discharged Prisoner in Search of Employment 234
The Gordian Knot 236
"Go away, Father" 236
LESSON NINETEENTH
ON CONFESSION
St. John Nepomucene 238
A Child stricken at the Altar 241
In the Confessional All are Equal 242
A Confessor who would not go to a Bishop 242
The Frog that Burst 243
A Royal Visit to the House of Correction 244
"I Say my Prayers, Father" 244
The Proud Bootmaker 246
Washington and the Cherry Tree 246
The Priest's Servant 246
The Two Pouches 247
The Ten Lepers 248
A Chaplain's Sleepless Night 248
St. Angela of Foligna 260
The Revocation of Slander 261
The Baron Turned Trappist 263
The Officer and the Fine 264
"Holy Father, Put in your Hand" 266
La Saiette 266
Command that these Stones be made Bread 266
A Beggar Shares with Others the Bread Given Him 267
The Emperor Ludwig II and the Village Pastor 267
St. John of God and the Nobleman 268
The Emperor of Brazil Raises Funds for a Hospital 260
Bishop Ambrose at the Church Door 260
St. John the Evangelist and the Brigand 261
The Emperor Francis I Acts as Guide 262
A General Acts as Scribe 263
The Monk who Met Death Joyfully 264
Washington's Apology 264
The Emperor Francis I Escapes Assassination 266
The Result of Sixteen Years of Prayer 267
The Testimony of a Criminal 269
We are not Better, but our Circumstances are Better 269
A Sensitive Beggar 270
The Daughter and the Dog 270
The Emperor Joseph's Liberality 271
The Borrowed Cloak 272
The Fate of One who Tortured Animals 273
The Sparrows' Friend 274
The Traveler and the Prince 274
The Last Kreutzer for the Homeless 276
The Emperor Francis Joseph Visits the Hospital 276
The Emperor Joseph II in the Character of a Physician 277
The Emperor Francis I Acts as Mourner 278
LESSON TWENTIETH
ON THE MANNER OF MAKING A GOOD CONFSSSION
The Prodigal Son 279
The Shepherd's Sudden Death 280
The Pharisee and the Publican 280
A Rash Judgment in the Confessional 281
"Keep Away!" 282
The Peasant's General Confession 283
The Sorrow of Magdalen 284
LESSON TWENTY-FIRST
ON INDULGENCES
Visit to a Prison 285
A Protestant Idea of Indulgences 286
Penances and Indulgences 287
The First Crusade 288
The Pair of Scales 288
The Treasury of the Church 289
The Indulgence of the Portiuncula 290
LESSON TWENTY-SECOND
ON THE HOLY EUCHARIST
Count Rudolph of Hapsburg Gives his Horse to the Priest 291
The Institution of the Holy Eucharist 292
Sacrilegious Parody on the Eucharist 293
Christ, Luther, and Zwingle in One Painting 293
St. Peter of Alcantara's Mass 294
The Conversion of the Saxon Duke Wittekind 296
Two Kings beside a Dying Bed 296
The Blessed Sacrament Compared to an Emperor Incognito 297
A Queen Gives up her Carriage to a Priest 298
Cannon-balls or Drops of Rain 298
The Hungry Child's Prayer before the Tabernacle 299
The Miracle of Bolsena 300
Transubstantiation 301
LESSON TWENTY-THIRD
ON THE ENDS FOR WHICH THE HOLY EUCHARIST WAS INSTITUTED
The Enchanted Bread 302
Napoleon's Happiest Day 303
His Excellency is Left Outside 303
The Death-bed of a Bad Communicant 304
The First Bad Communion 306
The Two Vessels 306
St. Juliana Falconieri 306
St. Francis and the Soldier 306
Omission of the Easter Precept 307
A Criminal Condemned to Die of Starvation 308
The Escort of Acolytes with Lighted Tapers 309
LESSON TWENTY-FOURTH
ON THE SACRIFICE OF THE MASS
Sir Thomas More and the Courtier 311
The Child aboard Ship during a Storm 311
The God Moloch 312
The Fine for Hearing Mass 313
The Prophecy of Malachias 314
King Ethelred at Mass 316
The Lady who Disapproved of Ceremonies 316
A Prince Declines to have Honor Shown him in Church 317
The Officer who Went to Hear Vianney Preach 317
"Where the Flock is, there the Pastor must Be" 318
LESSON TWENTY-FIFTH
ON EXTREME UNCTION AND HOLY ORDERS
A Priest Holds his Watch in his Hand 320
A Medical Man Cures his Patient of his Erroneous Opinion Concerning Predestination 321
A King who would not Hear Bad News 322
A Warrior's Anxiety to Receive Extreme Unction 323
The Want of Due Care 324
The Man who Feigned Sickness 325
Clement Hofbauer beside a Sick Bed 326
St. Martin and St. Ambrose 327
Prince Eugene of Savoy 328
Pastor Kneipp's Water-cure 329
Alexander the Great in the Presence of the High Priest 331
A Sacrilegious Theatrical Performance 332
LESSON TWENTY-SIXTH
ON MATRIMONY
Bishop Hilary's Advice to his Daughter 333
The Marriage Feast of Cana 334
The Divorce of King Henry VIII 336
The "Ecce Homo" a Remedy for Domestic Discord 336
The Marriage of the Young Tobias 338
A Protestant Dispensation 338
A Heathen Usurer Lends to the God of the Christians 340
The True Catholic Marriage 341
"Be a Better Wife" 342
The Result of a Lengthy Confession 342
The Gambooges 343
LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH
ON THE SACRAMENTALS
Maria Theresa's Consideration for the Aged 346
A Mother and her Children Burned to Death 346
The Emperor Constantine's Vision 347
Apostolic Origin of the Sign of the Cross 348
The Emperor's Stag 348
The Dying Officer and the Crucifix 349
The Password 350
The Crucifix in the Hand of the Dying 361
The Use of Holy Water an Ancient Custom 362
Holy Water and the Grasshoppers 353
St. Blase Cures a Boy 363
The Conversion of Alphonsus Ratisbonne 364
LESSON TWENTY-EIGHTH
ON PRAYER
The Emperor Maximilian in Danger 356
The Servant who Burned her Gloves 357
God Defends the Right 358
Francis I after the Battle of Leipzig 359
The Gratitude of Dogs 359
The Wall of Snow 360
Thirteen Days' Burial 361
The Good Effect of the Rosary 363
"Repeat the Alphabet" 364
A Soldier not to be Deterred from Prayer by Ridicule 364
The Beggar-man at the Royal Table 365
"Pigs do not Pray" 366
Courage to Confront Derision 366
The Hailstorm at Dinner-time 367
The Praying Machines 368
The Servant who Relied on her Own Powers 360
The Glow-worm and the Pocketbook 370
The Rescue of a Toll-collector's Family 371
The Emperor Ferdinand II in a Time of Distress 372
Clement Hofbauer's Trust in God 373
St. Monica's Persevering Prayer 373
The Monk who Censurä Martha's Activity 374
The Soldier's Prayer 376
Archimedes' Death 376
They are Dead 376
St. Benedict and the Farmer 377
LESSON TWENTY-NINTH
ON THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD
The Savage and the Piece of Money 378
An Old Man at the Olympian Games 379
The Sentinel on Guard at Pompeii 379
The Son who Rescued a Servant 380
In Deed and in Truth 381
The Innocent Servant Self-accused 381
The Bed-ridden Old Woman by the North Sea 382
The Rude Boy and the Echo 383
The Shipwrecked Missionaries 384
The Ruined Plants 385
An Acquaintance Formed on the Battle-field 386
The Bishop's Walking-stick 387
Thomas More's Obedience to his Conscience 388
A Post Refused 380
The Example of Columbus 389
The Student and the Convict 390
Filial Virtue Rewarded 391
A Truly Brave Man 392
A Nail in a Skull 392
The Children of Naumburg 393
The Lying Usurer 394
The Wonderful Whistle 396
The Peddler Makes a Purchase 396
Sowing Ducats 397
The Saint and the Robbers 397
A Tyrolese Hero 398
Joseph the Patriarch and King David 300
A Bishop's Conduct at a Fire 399
First Angels, then Devils 400
The Stone-mason, Rich and Poor 401
The Emperor Francis Joseph and the Sentry 402
Even if it were the King Himself 403
LESSON THIRTIETH
ON THE FIRST COMMANDMENT
The Destroyer of Idols 404
The Chinese Means of Getting Rain 405
A Switchman True to Duty 406
The End of an Apostate Bishop 407
Cato's Sandals 408
The Secret why the Cows Gave no Milk 409
The Fourteenth Guest Proves a Thief 410
The Fatal Picture 411
A Heathen Emperor and his Christian Servants 411
An Outside and Inside View of St. Peter's 412
The Man who Believed Nothing, and yet Believed what No One Else Believed 413
Copernicus' Telescope 413
Ariadne's Ball 415
The Testimony of Voltaire 416
The Unhappy Results of Socialism 418
Rudolph of Hapsburg änd the Scepter 419
Hannibal's Presumption 419
A Murderer of Body and Soul 420
How St. Francis of Sales was Tried 421
Androcles and the Lion 422
LESSON THIRTY-FIRST
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT — ON THE HONOR AND INVOCATION OF SAINTS
St. Wenceslaus in the Snow 424
A Father is Told to Teach his Unruly Son to Pray 425
A Miraculous Deliverance 425
The Castle of St. Angelo in Rome 427
Augustine's Voyage was not Prevented 428
St Antoninus and the Bread 429
Purgatory in Painting 430
Sts. Gregory and Basil 430
The Sick Child and its Self-willed Mother 431
The Crucifix Removed 432
St Mary of Egypt in the Church of the Holy Cross 433
Tears of Penitence 434
The Soldier whose Feet were Shot Off 435
The Emperor's Effigy on the Coins of the Realm 436
LESSON THIRTY-SECOND
FROM THE SECOND TO THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT
The Loyalty of the Inhabitants of Freiburg 438
St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch 439
Regulus a Model of Honor 441
A Lesson in Reverence 442
The Monastic Punster 443
The Good Faith of Frederic the Fair 444
A Perjury Disclosed 445
A Brother who Refused to be Reconciled 446
The Battle of Warna, 1444 446
The Military Oath is no mere Formality 447
The Perjured Right Hand 448
Why the Church of St. Charles in Vienna was Built 448
The Passion Play at Ober-Ammergau 449
Prince Hal and Jack Falstaff 460
The Origin of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Zell 450
Clovis' Conversion 461
A Magnanimous King 452
The Misuse of Speech 453
"I will not have my Father Abused" 463
The Chimney Sweeper's Foolish Prank 454
A Pious Railway Official 455
The Emperor Joseph II, Plowing 456
The Conversion of St. Columbinus 456
The Conversion of St. Ignatius Loyola 467
The Two Shoemakers 469
The Godfearing English Ironmaster 460
The Avaricious Miller 461
An Archbishop Turned Cow-driver 461
LESSON THIRTY-THIRD
FROM THE FOURTH TO THE SEVENTH COMMANDMENT
The Example of Coriolanus 463
The Example of Peter Sigmaier 464
Children may sometimes Teach their Parents 466
The Son who Liberated his Father from Slavery 466
The Wooden Plate 467
The Helmsman 468
The Emperor Francis I of Austria 469
A Loyal Peasant 469
An Englishman's Grave 470
Anoreas Hofer 470
The Gift of a Maiden's Hair 473
The Empress Maria Theresa's Visit to the Military School 474
The Man who Paid his Debts and Put his Money out to Interest 476
Servile Work on Sunday 476
Cornelia's Jewels 476
The Pope and his Mother 476
Ziethen's Conduct when a Page 477
A Bishop's Instruction 478
Andreas Hofer Saves his Enemies 479
Gustavus Adolphus and the Officers 480
The Delayed Despatch 481
"The Sun will soon Set" 481
A Royal Apology 482
The Thankless Son and the Adder 482
The Poor Youth with Sound Limbs 483
A River Washes away the Earth on one Side, and Casts it up on the Other 484
The Bundle of Sticks 486
The Splinter of Wood 486
The Slave Ship 487
A Gulden Earned by Placidity 487
The Three Brothers and the Diamond 488
Refusal of an Artist to Carve a Statue of Venus 489
Beating Time to a Melody 490
The Lord's Prayer 490
Nude Figures 491
An Objectionable Print is Tom up 492
LESSON THIRTY-FOURTH
FROM THE SEVENTH TO THE END OF THE TENTH COMMANDMENT
A Godless Landlord 493
The Horse Stealer at the Cattle Market 493
The Fraudulent Banker 494
Money Sewn up in a Dress 496
Dionysius and the Two Friends 496
The Usurer in Prison 497
The Two Little Chaps from Town 498
The Death of Three Robbers 499
A Specific for Toothache 500
The Hidden Casket 501
The Usurious Com Merchant 502
The Millionaire in an Omnibus 503
The Result of Moving a Landmark 504
The Basket of Earth 504
A New Style of Duel 506
The Child who Lost her Money 506
The Sons who would not Suffer for their Father 507
The Loss of a Hand 508
A Childish Witness 508
The Two Ladies in the Hieater 509
My Sister and my Mother 510
A Bishop Entertains his Enemies 510
All Here Say "No" 511
Prince Albert's Action in Regard to Dueling 512
A False Alarm 512
An April Fool 513
The Greatest Sinner 513
The Monk and the Robber 514
A Faithful Messenger 515
Colmar Helps the Soldiers in their Search 516
Michael Angelo Puts to Shame those who were Jealous of him 516
Aristides the Just 517
The Goldsmith and his Apprentice 518
The Errand to the Limekiln 519
Cardinal Lavigerie at the Depot 520
A Roman Emperor's Hatred of Lying 521
The Empty Watch Case 521
The Thievish Jackdaw 522
Barbarossa's Vengeance 523
The Bishop Sends for the Slandered Individual 524
The Nobleman who Slandered 525
Plucking a Fowl 526
The Pillow and the Stone 527
St. Athanasius' Flight 528
The Archbishop's Flight 528
St. Bernard's Victory 529
The Painter and the Fair Youth 530
The Tempting Devils 531
The Monk and the Wind 532
The Pedestrian and the Carriage 532
The Tame Starling 533
A Discontented Boy 534
The Stork and the Meat of Sacrifice 536
The Hare on the Island 536
Barefoot or no Feet 537
Grasp All, Lose All 537
A Slight Offense Severely Punished 538
What is its Value? 539
LESSON THIRTY-FIFTH
ON THE FIRST AND SECOND COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH
The Angel who Counted the Churchgoer's Steps 540
A Ready Answer 541
"It is Now too Late" 541
The Doctor at Easter 542
The Result of Obedience in a Convent Garden 542
A Catholic who would Keep only God's Commandments 543
The Church and the Theater 544
The Three Merchants who Returned from Market On Sunday 546
St. John and his Partridge 546
The Bad Catholics Put to Shame 547
An Impertinent Hotel Keeper 548
The Monk and the Calvinists 548
A Cardinal's Motive for Fasting 549
Meat for a Dog 550
An Example from Olden Times 551
LESSON THIRTY-SIXTH
ON THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, AND SIXTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH
Potemkin the Deceiver 562
Tamerlane and the Ant 563
St. Louis in the Confessional 556
The King who Would not Read a Letter 566
The Establishment of the Easter Duty 556
An Alms Rightly Bestowed 557
A Family Dispersed and Reunited 558
The Bashful Lover 560
Married in Mourning 560
A Mixed Marriage 561
The Two Young Couples 562
LESSON THIRTY-SEVENTH
ON THE LAST JUDGMENT, AND THE RESURRECTION, HELL, PURGATORY, AND HEAVEN
An Escaped Criminal 564
"I was There" 565
A Sailor's Good Sense 566
The Balance of Divine Justice 566
The Representation of the Last Judgment 568
St. Charles Borromeo Playing at Billiards 569
The Sword of Damocles 569
A Loaf of Bread Turns the Scale 570
The Mendicant Dying in a Barn 571
A Peasant's Contribution to the War Fund 572
A Perilous Situation 573
Three Days in Purgatory 574
The Weeping Mother 576
The Bride and her Bouquets 576
The Archduke Albert's Wish Concerning Wreaths 577
St. Perpetua and her Brother 577
The Man Sick unto Death 578
After Six 579
A Robber of Graves Put to Flight 580
The Seed Three Thousand Years Old 581
Crown or Sword? 582
The Money in the Laborer's Boots 582
The Science of the Cross 583
The Wealthy Father and his Three Sons 584
Hercules at the Crossroads 585
The Emperor Sigismund and his Nobles 586
A King Himself and the Scion of a Royal Race 586
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