ommand of confessing at least once a year is meant that we
are obliged, under pain of mortal sin, to go to Confession within the
year.
400. Q. What sin does he commit who neglects to receive Communion during
the Easter time?
A. He who neglects to receive Communion during the Easter time commits a
mortal sin.
401. Q. What is the Easter time?
A. The Easter time is, in this country, the time between the first
Sunday of Lent and Trinity Sunday.
402. Q. Are we obliged to contribute to the support of our pastors?
A. We are obliged to contribute to the support of our pastors, and to
bear our share in the expenses of the Church and school.
LESSON THIRTY-THIRD
ON THE LAST JUDGMENT AND THE RESURRECTION, HELL, PURGATORY, AND HEAVEN
408. Q. When will Christ judge us?
A. Christ will judge us immediately after our death, and on the last
day.
409. Q. What is the judgment called which we have to undergo immediately
after death?
A. The judgment we have to undergo immediately after death is called the
Particular Judgment.
410. Q. What is the judgment called which all men have to undergo on the
last day?
A. The judgment which all men have to undergo on the last day is called
the General Judgment.
412. Q. What are the rewards or punishments appointed for men's souls
after the Particular Judgment?
A. The rewards or punishments appointed for men's souls after the
Particular Judgment are Heaven, Purgatory, and Hell.
413. Q. What is Hell?
A. Hell is a state to which the wicked are condemned, and in which they
are deprived of the sight of God for all eternity, and are in dreadful
torments.
414. Q. What is Purgatory?
A. Purgatory is a state in which those suffer for a time who die guilty
of venial sins, or without having satisfied for the punishment due to
their sins.
417. Q. Will our bodies share in the reward or punishment of our souls?
A. Our bodies will share in the reward or punishment of our souls,
because through the resurrection they will again be united to them.
420. Q. What is Heaven?
A. Heaven is the state of everlasting life in which we see God face to
face, are made like unto Him in glory, and enjoy eternal happiness.
MORNING PRAYERS
As soon as you awake, think of God. Make the Sign of the Cross and say:
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
Amen.
Then dress quickly and kneel down. Now say the Our Father, the Hail
Mary, the Apostles' Creed, the C
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