The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. V, No.4 September 1928

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Title: The Little Apostle of the Mountain Province. Vol. V, No.4 September 1928
Issue Date: Volume V (Issue No. 4) September 1928
Year: 1928
Language: English
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extracted text: VOL. V NO:-£ 4 SEPT. :futl 1928 Catholic School Pr~, 6aguio, Mt. Pr. Entered as Second-Class Matter at the Post Office at Baguio. Mountain. on February 5. I025 THE LITTLE !POSTLE OF THE MOUNTAIN PROVINCE 1 lte organ oj the ~¥issionaries oj the immaculate Heart oj Mm·y (Scheim:eiri F aihers · in the 11-lountain Province of the Philippines. Edited and published monthly Editor .. REV. 0. VANDEWALLE, P. 0. Box 1393, Manila, Phil. Is. Business Manager ... REv. V. FANIEL, P. 0. Box 1393, Manila P. I. Publishers . . . . . . THE CATHOUC ScHOOL PRESS, Baguio, Philippines. \ Pl.00 for the Philippines Yearly subscription price: ~ ($1.00 for the U.S. and Foreign Countries. All checks and money orders should be made pa.yable to THE LITTLE APOSTLE, Manila, P. I. Notice regarding change of ad<lress should be sent promptly. All commm1ications must be addressed to: THE LITTLE APOSTLE P. 0. 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Besides, worthy Saint, is your name Peter?" -"What do you mean?" -"Your true name is Simon. It was Jesus Himself who told you one day: Hence your name will be Cephas, that is: Peter." "Truly, but this was so long a.go that I almost forgot all about it." -"Then, you forgive me, great Saint?" -"Your name, yes, but let us see now what you have done while on earth. Do you have your inventary .. with you, that I ~ may compare it with your accounts in my big ledger?" -"I did not make any inventary, great Saint." -"How is that? .... Every good Christian must make his examination of conscience every night, at the end of each year and especially at the moment of giving an account of his life to the Supreme Judge. I am here to control it. Let us see; explain yourself that I ·may see whether or not your account agrees wiith mine. What have you done on earth?" Oh, Saint Peter, I think I did my duty as well as I could. At 98 seven, I made my First Communion and as long as I was at the college, I received Holy Communion several times a week .... " - "True. But during vacation you could . have done the same, and _ you excused yourself for several trifling reasons. \:\Then you entered the Univers:ty of Sant0 Tomas, you contented yourself w'ith one Communion a month, perhaips because it was the rule .... otherwise, who knows?" - Truly, I was obliged by the rule of receiving Holy Communion once a month, but I received it then with all possible devotion." -"Let 'us suppose it be so, but if you had received Holy Communion daily, certainly you would not have committed certain regretable faults." -"How can I help it? The ~ temptations in Manila are often so strong. Yourself, who have lived in the holy company of Our Saviour, did you not deny the Lord three times?" - "ALas, I did, and I have shed tears over my faults my life long, and if it were still possible now, I would weep during the whole eternity. But let us see: let us come back to your affair." I see that you were a·n ordinary student, but that, if you had heeded the· lessons of your teachers, you would have become a brilliant subject. Only, you had your scoutism in your head and a football at your feet, so that you did not always make the required efforts to succeed." -I admit that this is true. It is a pity that when one is young, he does not always reflect e:10ug!1. One likes to amuse himself." -"There is no wrong in enjoying some amusements, after duty is well done and when they are honest. A propos to this last poi1 nt, you have been on the point of going to see a bad film. At least that time, you listened to the voice of your conscience, for which I congratulate you. That means a good note for you in my book. Let us see and coJ11tinue." - "Worthy Saint, I have also been an Apostle .... " - "What are you saying? You .. . an apostle .... Where) .... When? .. .. and how, please?" - "Yes, worthy Saint, I have always tried 1 to give a good example to my brothers and sisters, as well as to all my companions. Does that not mean to be an apostle?" -"Yes, apostle by example, I admit it." -I have also shown good example thru my assiduity in attend- · ing .the meetings of the "Congregaci.on Mariana" and I have even tried to make others attend the meetings." - "You have done your duty." -"Finally, Saint Peter, I have been an apostle of the Catholic Press." - "You, an apostle of the Catholic Press? Let us speak a little about what you have done for the good Press." - "I have tried to find subscribers to "L'l Defensa," to "the Little Apostle" and "El Misionero." - Yes, but, as I see here, you r success has been small, when in fact, you could have found many subscriptions, especially to these magazines that cost only one peso a year and which would ma<le real apostles of uhe pagans. If you had only shown a heart, you would have been a real apostle. But I see that you almost always contented yourself with speaking to your friends about the magazines, just once; tJhat you spoke only to your well intentioned friends; and that you never returned to the subject after a first refusal or when they aid not pay at once. As many others, you liked the easy apostolate. Why did you not imitate your friend Vincent? He sticks to his enterprise and never gives up, until he gets what he wants for the good cause? -"Of \'.incent we can easily understand that. He intends to become a priest." - "Ah!, Ah! That's it! As if only priests and future priests hrud to sacrifice themselves to do good works. Now listen: you have said that, once you had found a subscription to "the Litt 1 e Apostle" or "El Misionero," you did not have to see that your subscribers continued to renew their subscriptions. Is that true?" - "Yes, Saint Peter, but, I would have pleaded the cause of 99 these missionary magazines later." - Yes, maiiana, as they say. And to say that you intended to become a lawyer. But my boy, a good lawyer must know how to plead well and long, and never give up until he wins his case entirely, even the most difficult cases. To plead for the missionary magazines and La Defensa would have been good practice to become a good lawyer, and you woul<l have enjoyed as much satisfaction · in helping now that most worthy cause, as later in your triumphs before the Courts." - "I admit my failure, worthy Saint: a fault admitted is a fault half forgiven, they say on earth, and I hope it is the same here?" - "That forgiving belongs to the Supreme Judge. You also had the example of your active sister, Elvira." / -"Truly, great Saint, but you know the fem~nine sex has a longer tongue .... " . -"What do you say, missed lawyer? Don't calumniate that sex which you call on earth the "weaker'', but which in fact is stronger than yours, man, to overcome difficulties. It is thanks to the women that so many catholic organizations flourish on earth and make more and mor~ progress. Nothing frightens them, nothing keeps them back, ev.en if they meet with rebukes in their endeay;ours: they start again and again and persevere until they succeed or must admit an absolute 100 impossibility. Enormous would be the good you men would do on earth, if you had only ten per cent of the apostolic zeal of young ladies and women. You wish the reign .. of Christ on earth by your words, but you do not establish it by your deeds, especially through the propagation of the Catholic Press. My companion, Saint Paul, would be ever so glad to go back to the world, to work for the good Press. -"Well, please, Saint Peter, let me return to earth and I promise you, I will do marvels." -"Enter and ask permission of the Supreme Judge, for I, myself, can not give this permission. However, I think, You will get some purgatory, for you have not been apostle enough, to make me plead your cause!" SAVONAROLA. A Song of Little Kiaiigan Children My white little chicken, My fleabitten chicken Escaped to Mungaya11, And L I pursued it .... Ou!! Monke'ys reside there! Real monkeys adancing! My knife and my scabbard I place in a corner And dance with these monkeys .... They pinch both my feet! Ayf Hm . .o painful it is! Ay! The same song at another place of the Ifugao Province My black little chicken, i11y flea bitten chicken Escaped to Mungayan, And Bugam does cackle. (Bugan calls the chicken back) "Look, here I am, Bugan. "Look here. I precede ye" The chicken comes forward, Indeed, look, it's jumping. · See 't jumps in its cabin, (The basket in which the chickens are kept) Its cabin as little And small as a bramble, A bramble with berries, With berries that waggle And waggling do waggle! 101 Feast of St~ Peter Claver September 9. Peter Clruver was, a Spanish Jesuit. In Majorca he fell in with the holy lay-broi!her Alphonsus Rodriiguez, who, having already leairned by reve!a<tion the saintly cweer of Peter, became his spiritual guide, foretold to him the labors he would undergo in the !111dies, and the throne he would gain in heaven. Ordained priest in New Grai;iadi;i, Peter was sent to Cartagena, the great slav'emart of the West Indies, and there he consecrated himself by vow to the salvation of those ignorant and miserable creatures. For more than forty years he labored in this work. He called himself "the slave of the slaves". He was thei!" apostle, ffl;ther, physicia!1 and friend. He fed them; nursed them with the utmost tenderneSs in their loathsome di.seases, often applying his own li1 ps to their hideous sores. H.i.s cloak, which was the constant covering of the naked, though soiled with theiT filthy ulcers, sent forth a miraculous perfume. His rest after his great labors was in nights of penance and prayer. However tired he might be, when news arrived of a fresh slave-ship, Peter immediately revived, his eyes brightened, and he was at once on board amongst his dear slaves, bringing them comfort for body and soul. A false charge of reiterating Baptism, for a while, stopped his work. He submitted without murmur till the calumny was refuted, and then God so blessed his toil that .40,000 negroes were baptized before he went to his reward,_ in 1654. The reward of a great apostle and missionary! REFLECTION, For a few years of holy life, Saint Peter has enjoyed for many years and will enjoy forever the glory and happiness of heaven. Years fleet with the speed of lightning: only eternity afterdeath is everlasting. If we thought of this truth more often and quite seriously, we would find the efforts we have to make to obtain the greatest glory possible not only easy but attractive. What? For a few moments in prayer, for an alms i:§iven by which we deprive ourselves of only a passing, little pleasure, of this world, we can secure for ourselves a degree of glory, which in joy and beauty surpa.sses all we can imagine, and besides will last ain eternity. Oh, if we only _ thought of this truth! And then, how arnxious we would be to help others to go to heaven! And, by doing so, again we would increase our own heaven! Oh! If we only thought more of this! 102 The Conversion of Katooloose NOTE. The Fathers of the Immaculate Heart rf l'/Jary have missions not only in the ]\fountain Province of the Philippines, but also in China and Congo. Here follows the wonderful story of tlze wonderful conversion of a wonderful man, Jlrfr. Katooloose, a fullblooded Congolese of said Congo Mission. ONE DAY, a certain couple knocked at the door of a mission house in Kasai, Congo. The main was the lucky - owner of a complete pair of prunts and an entire shirt, both having been S1Pi·ck aind span, once upon a time .... That he came from a more civilized part of the big co~mtry was evident by the way his shirt disappeared inside of the pantaloon, insltlead of flapping freely outside. He looked like a good, jolly fellow, trying his best to look most serious. The woma01 was ·wrapped in a piece of cloth, fastened under her arms, and evidently made efforts to give the impression _ f at she was by birth a lady of the nigger nobility. She was carrying on h~r head run enormous wicker hamper that conta~ned all the family furniture: pots, pans, a tTipod and a flat•iron. The father of the mission asked their names. The man answered with a face ofsteel:-"My name is Katooloose, and my wife's, over there, Kafinga." The bygtanders - for in Kasai they never fail to form a curious group, whenever the slightest trifle gives them an opportunity - hearir)ig thait strange name, Katooloose, burst into laiughter, for it ;..vas not a native name, but an imitation of the Flemish and French"cartouch". No doubt, the fellow had chosen that impressiYe cognomen to rise in everybody's esteem aind ruppre.ciation. But, as this innocent strategy and ambition plaiced no obstacle to their conversion, both, there and f ' en, were enlisted as cRtechumens, the fav·or they asked. And true Catechumens they were: they never missed a lesson of doctrine; their attention during each period of instruction was one hundred per cent intense; eac11 morning found them in front of the chapel, from where, according to the custom of theCatechumens, thy attended Mass. If it now and tl:en happened that a pagan, unaware of the uses of th• m:so.ion, trie::l to enter the chm·ch, be sure that Katooloose jerked him away from the door and unceremoniously shouted: - "What! Ye dare to enter the house of God, ye savage! Do you want to drop dead perhaps?" Abstraction made of a good dosis of ~mperstition manifested by this fraternal correction , Katooloose had a good intention. And the lovely moons with their quarters succeeded each other through the blue sky of Kasai and Katooloose persevered as a Catechumen. One day however, he went to see the father; he had a lump in his throat and made a complaint: he, and his tender other half. had not as yet been bapti2led. - "Suppose we die now", he said, "we would go to hell. Since we arrived here, so many .. .-. new moons have passed" - and he more than doUJbled the number - ''and yet, we are still children of the devil." And Katooloose came back again and again to the father and renewed the same complaint; the priest told him each time the moment wss not come yet, they did not know as yet the whole Catholic doctrine, etc .... but the man al\Yays found rea·dy answers whose logic was more nr less .... rather less .... convincing, and, after a while, he left like a cat a mouse has caught, or like a just man whose rights are trampled. One afternoon, a terrible storm swept over Kasai. The thunder rolled and t11e lightning fla hed; the whole mission seemed afire and the rain fell in torrents. In one word , it \.Ys.s th~ ideal time to light the candlemass candle and to say, with great devotion. mnnber of beads. All of a sudden, somebody knocked at the door. Jumping 103 up I opened. A black boy stood dripping in front of me: - "Father, he sighed, the lightning killed Kafin.ga, Katooloose's \Yife." While leaving my room, I caught a bottle of ammonia and ram full speed to the village, notwithstanding the weaither. Near her hut, Kafinga \Yas lying without any visible sign of life. Katooloose stood at her side, crying and sobbing loud enough tomovethehardeststones. - '·She is dead", he shouted in despair, "and she died a child of the devil." But very soon I saw Kafinga w1as still breatJhing. I looked somewhat nearer, but found no marks of any burning. I called !~er by her name; she did not move. l placed the bottle of ammonia under her wide nostrils, but without success. Katooloose caime to my help; he pleaded his other half to pity her loving husband and to tell him a last \Yord; it was all in vain; she remained motionless. Well, I thought, lightning plays astonishing tricks. Let us see. Kafinga had made some progress in· doctrine, she was a good woman, I better baptized her. I whispered once more to her ears the most important truths of our Holy Faith and baptized her there and then in these sad circumstances. The next morning, when I went to the chapel, Katooloose 104 was sitting alone in front of the door. But whom did I see inside? Kafinga, blooming with health, kneeling devoutly, and praying aloud. Indeed 1lhe thunder plays many mysterious trkks, I thought by myself. After breakfast, Kafinga, _ accompanied by her Katooloose, came to see and tJhank me for the grace of Baptism: both were as serious as serious can be. Weeks passed .... Katooloose's zeal and devotion had not decreased in the slightest, but more than ever did he manifest his sorrows and complaints.- "See", he repeated, "my wife has been baptized. If we die right now, she - and he insisted on the pronoun - would go to heaven -and I - he pronounced it with a deep accent - would go to hell. That may not be. We refuse to be separated." But it was aU of no avail: Katooloose ha;d 'to wait in patience. In the mean time we abandoned this part~cular mission antd went four days farther to find a new one. Katooloose aind his Kafinga - always with her 'basket on her head, and not without the tripod and the flat-iron - accompanied us. A few weeks later, my older compainion had to absent himse~f for some time. Katooloose agreed to accompany him as a carrier. After four days, the whole group of travelers came back to the point of departure iri perfect health. We had just taken seats at table to lunch, when som~ody ran up to announce us Katooloose was dying. -"The fatigues of long traveling", I thought, "sometimes ca.use unexpected effects"; and I ran a1 topspeed towards Katooloose. There he was, lying upon his back, with his eyes hermetically tight; Some women, in quick succession, idled whole jars of water over his body. - "What ails Katooloose?" I asked. "Fi11e" they answered but they meant fever. Katooloose shiv.ered through all his members and his teeth loudly chattered withourtinterruption. - "But stop that pouring of water, otherwise ye drown him!" I ordered. Kafinga was desconsolate, though another woman exe11cised her profession of encouraging her. - "Katoo}oose", I shouted. "Katooloose, what ails you?" No answer. And instinctively I remembered the famous lightning that once struck Kaifinga. Wonderful. The chill stopped all at onoe. - "Kaitooloose'', I said, I will not baptiz.e you. And, see that tomorrow morning you arrive m time for your work." Quite astonished, Katooloosie opened his big, white eyes. - "Why?" he answered, "Why do you n9t 'baptize me?" and tears rolled down his shining cheecks. "No father, I did not expect that from You." The many bystm.:i.ders burst out in a loud Jiaughter; '.the water service stopped now completely and Katooloose, with hanging ears, went somewhat farther to let his skin .dry in thie sun .... ·This reverse did not discourage the valiant Catechumen. Faithfully as always, he continued to follow 1fue doctrine lessons, until finally came the glorious· day of his rebir.tlh through t'he water and the Holy Ghost. ... Some time later, I was sent to another mission. Two years had passed, _when,' one d~y, two unknown niggers, a· man and a woman arrived at my new mission. I recognized them .... they were Katoo}oose and Kafiinga, the basket. containing a tripod and a flatiron, making UiP the rest of the company. · we were all very gla1 d to meet again and Katooloose ap: plied !or a worker's job at my mission. I granted his request; so Katooloose and Kafinga immediately set to work to build their abode and till some soil: the mission counted one devout family more. Two year,g passed, rund Katooloose and Kafinga regretted their native region. 105 - "We intend to go back to the Luluas, our native country," so spoke Katooloose. The journey meant six days' travel. - "Katooloose" I answered, "I am very sorry. You and Kafimga will 'be obliged to live among pagjans. You win lose your faith. _ The bad examples will deturn your hearts from the right path. It is too far to come back here, now and then, to receive the Sacr~ents, and, .... Katooloose, and .... Kafmga: both will go stray forever." I could see in the man's eyes that he did not sha're my opinion. He did not hesitate to manifest it, for. he openly said: - "Father, we will not go stray. We are christians and we remain christian:s. we will often come to visit t!he mission." - "Yes," I replied, - "perJ:iaps at tlhe beginning; but little by little that wilkha.nge .... Katooloose, my· friend, never in your life did you break such bad news to me." At this moment, I suddooly got an idea wh~ch in my case I consideved a1 s a1 n inspira<tion from Heaven. - "Katooloose" I aslked without other tmnsition, "Katooloose, will you become ·a Oatechist in your native place?" The man looked at me as one who has swallowed his tongue a,nd oan not utter a word, and he stammered: - "B .... b .... but Katooloose can not even read a book .... Ka .... ka .... 106 Katooloose never went to school .... to learn letten> ... .letters." - "Never miiid, . Katooloose. Men Iike you never are too old to learn. Tomorrow m or n i n g, come to the dass." And the next morning, Katooloose came to the class: a splendid sight among the little bl~ck tots of the first grade_. - -· · · ' From ea" rly morning till late in the night, Katoolqose held a book · on his 1ap - and a sl~1e with a pencil ~n h~s hands. ~e utte~·~d ·no other sounds tha:n: ba, be, bi, ho, .... His pencils shortened more 'by sharpening them tihan by writing. Whenever a letter appeared on his slate in a rather unde~iphera ble form, it was the fault of the pencil, 'but µever Katpoloose's. And yet the myst~rio.us scratches little 1 by litit1e took le~s i~regular forms a:nd ~ha-Pe~, and Katoo"ibose'~ hardened grey matter beqme softer and softer. His sipelling, at first aocom'panied by expressions of a we11 founded doub't and wonderful m\imicry like the behavior of a obalby that tries its first .. steps, became less and less imperl~t; i{ ·grew ·· faster and more fluent, .and one day, Katoofoose fina1ly;could sing in triumph; I too am a Learned man, I too can read and write:! · .. . Beli.eve me, Kafinga was proud of her faithful Katooloose. Indeed the pridegroom was a seltfmade-man; he was a main of the mission, a • Oatechist, and aqie to read several books. How his people in the native village would admire him! He, with his wisdom an:d new · dresses;. p.a'nts, waistecoat, shirt ·and hat; she, in a ne\v piece of cloth with big, red lines in, and always in possession of 1ihe famiiy furniture: a tripod and a flat-i.ron. in a ba1sket; heavens! How they ibqth wou.ld stand in the highest esteem of all their country-people! And so. they left for t!1eir rn1tive town. 'Phree foll moons had smileq from the blue, Congolese slw, when arrived Katooloose and Kafinga, ent~ring . the mission, followed•by a1t least twenty lads, all studenlts oif-professor Kaitooloose. Katool'Oose, with his woolly ·head a:t least a foot higher tlhan before, looked almost like a human peacock in full .display of his beauty, and Kafinga, his other half, 'behaved as if the glorious v~ctory of her lawful mrun had · 'been as milch as her own. Of course we were not less h~ppy than these true apostles of Christ. A niew christian villag.e ,V.as f~unded aiid co.nquered for Ghrist the king, gn,d Kaitooloose; the Gartouch; had done that and this woo only 'his first shot. Such is, dear Rea.d.ers, the true, inspiring, ·exemplary story of a ~egro. Do you think (mutatis mutandis, 1 changing wthat shou·ld be • changed) you • can do as much for the Faith of God as Katooloose? If you have his spirit, help the Missi.ons, help Ghrist to establish His reign on earth! 107 ~~it~~~~~iUkirn~~~ ~ . , . - ,_ - ' ~ $ THE MISSION ~ @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lett~r from· Rev~ Jfr~ Ghys~brechts Mission Scenes. Bo111tok, June 29, 1928. SUNDAY morning.... sc;ni.qwhe~ in a fail" aw:a.y out(lide · m~ssion-stati'on, the Fflt:her can vis(t fi'vie ·or six tim~s a yeair .. .'. - "Well, Plai~ido, 'we hav~ to do som.ething to repaiir this chapel. It is all night as long as the weather is £air and bright; then, a~ thif? morning we can hav~ a ~plendid attendance at Holy Mass, for the peop,le who can not enter the chapel, can stand outside; but what, if it ha.ppens to rein? Then, iµJ,possible for me to say Mass. The roof looks 1ike a sieve and if is leaking eV.erywhere. - But are you not inltending to build a inew chaipel, Father? - I know, Placido, everybody says so; they think I am a Cres.us, but the fact is that I have just P2.50 left fo do the i'tiecessary repairs: that's all I can give to repla.c~ the roofing and the posts. N obedy in the world more than me likes to repair this chapel or to have ~ new one built; but "pas d' argent, pas de Suisses", no funds, no chapel. I have spent P60.00 on this building. It is not much, but still it is better than nothing as was _ the oose when I first reaohed this out-of-the-way place. Wqile we were speaking more about coming typhoons that would ,play havoc with the shack :_by the WUiY, a house into which God's Majesty has to decend to visit His children ,,.-I u,p came two girls. · - Good morning, Father. We want to be baptized. -"To be baptized! But my dear children, I have never seen you before, and as I have no Cateohi.st iin this place, r wonder what you know about .d0ictrine ai1d pray~rs. · - Father, I know t:hem and I know my caited1ism. -Where are you from, little girl? What is you name? - My fllame is Nadiawan, Father, I am living in Tunglayan. (12 kilometers from the place). - And who did teach you, Nadiawan? - Sixta Ngavi:tna, my brother. He taught me all he knew of do.c108 trine and I in turn instructed this woman, my companion. There are many in our barrio who know the doctrine and wish to be baptized. Please come to our barrio, Father. -So? And why do you wish to be baptized, N adiawan? -To have my sins taken away and to go to hea<ven, when I die. 'Dhere and then I began a serious examination of the knowledge of dootiiine of these unexpected oatechumens and ca'ndidates for baiptism. To my great astonishment they knew more than enough to receive the Sacrament they were asking for. So, to enc~:>Urage and reward them for their good di&positions, I baptized the two girls under the names of Therese and Antonia. The next mor:ning I set out for Nadiawan's town. Tunglayan has what we ·call a ch"apel but it is · a poor small 'building, erected b\y the first converts of the village. I visited all the houses; this was the first time I did, for the huts are scattered all over various mountain slopes. Not only many boys and girls were willing to accept Christianism, but whole families were ready to join the Church. But .... who will teach them? Of course a Catechist who lives with them, visits them in the evening, and day by day gives them the necessary instruction. But .... No, I can n-0t. pay for another . Catechist. And if no generous soul or souls appear to send a monthly support of P40.00, .here will be another village well disposed that remains pagan. I· can not help but shed bitter tears before my inability to convert these hundreds of people. But God will not judge ME for the lo5s of these 109 predous souls for which a GodMan has shed His Blood .... . Fathers Moerman and W affoed that same evening the whole village to the Little Flower, hoping she will throw a rose towards this place, for I am assured that she will find and instrument -a wellto do Catholic- to send that rose. Who will that instrument of Heav·en and the· Little Flower be? (Rev.)Marcel Ghysebrechts Mission News & Notes Burnay, Kiangan. From Father De Snick: Please convey my most sincere thanks to the generous readers of the Little Apostle and El Misionero, for the hag of clothes, they have sent. I received them just a week before the feast of St. Mary Magdalen, Patroness of Lagawi.g; they were a real blessing. I distributed them all among my poor Ifugaos of Lagawig. They were delighted to get a dress with whic-h they c-0uld parade in the viU~e for the annual feast. We held a procession with the statue of St. Mary Magdalen, the only thing left of the former Dominican mission at Lagawig. The convent and chapel were burned, but the people saved the statue of their Patroness. The mission, after having been abandoned for twenty years; was reopened by Fathers Moerman and Waffe•laert, who built a new chapel. Lubuagan. From Brother Edward: I have ordered some medicines from Ma111ila, but, lack of money prevents me from buying the quantity I arm in need of for our poor people. Wherever OUT Lord went, people brought to Him their sick, says the Gospel. We- aTe somewhat in the same predicament: wherever we go people call us to go and see their sick. If we had only a sufficient amount of medicines we could save many lives, evev without being doctors. Cases of dy:senteria a,nd malaria are numerous. Many children die of convulsions. Lots of people suffer of aibcesses and wounds. Oh, if we had only more medidnes and bandages! ' 110 - ~ . - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ID ~ ~ ~COUNTRY AND PEOPLE~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ©~~~~~~~~~~.~~~ The §ongs of a People Igorrote Customs in East Benguet by Rev. Father Claerhoudt Missionary, Bokod. Benguet Copyrighted Lie. 343 Continuation XV~ Pungao ~ ~ ~ ~ Bakak I T WAS in a small village near the great Agno River. Its few huts were hidden under and behind the heavy, somber, c11owns of the mango trees. High, slender bamboos, kawaians, were lazily bowing to and fro, high above a_ dense thicket of white flower<ed shrubs; and, lost in the immense blUe sky, the spying mountain hawk was hanging motionless, while the golden yellow rice fields below were rustling in rythmical waves over all the slopes. _ , It was in a small village near the great Agno River. Its few inhabitants were living here quite asunder from all the outside world, and, with ways and customs of their own. They \Vere leading a most monotonous existence under the stern command and wise guidance of their roambunung .... This mambunung was a man of age, a tall fellow, surpassing all the others by, at least, a head .... He was born in this very solitary place. Here, too, he had grown up and become old. From his ancestons he had learned much, so that he ·knew, from memory, all the ancestors, of long bygone days, had transmitted by tradition, for the benefit of their descendants, about sickness and other evils; he knew not only the causes of such ills, but, also, their remedies. He possessed a valuable storehouse of exorcisms, all mysterious and powerful; he conversed with Kabunian, the divinity, with the ghosts on the Polak Mountain and with the spirits that dwelt in the sky, the water and the fire. He was i.n communication with the whole world of the hereafter; and, ill his mai1y tales, he spoke of the cause and origin of ail sorts of things. It was the time of the rice harvesting and the day was fixed for the first cutting of this precious cereal. -"The field first ~o be harvested must be blessed!" the niambunung had said to the people, "the field first to be harvested inust be exorcised! t0m.0·r:row we will all go together to the ripest rice field, to the field of Pokchas, and after that you may harvest in fulJ." The rice field of Pokchas, glistening beautifully -in the rays of the sunfire, was loaded' with go1den ears, and the mambunui-ig had planted on the "atol," o~ the· highest stone wall, the spear used for hunting; at the top of it was flapping a familiar signal that allowed nobody to enter the fields, except those who would help to harvest the field of Pokchas. All the women, about to help, were sitting in a circle ai:ound the flag, and, one step farther on, sat the thin mambunung, with his tall body doubled, near a stone jar full of rioe wine: "You! Oh Kabigat and Bugan! "You! Oh Kabigat" so prayed he, , "Living in the sky your dwelling, us "You, who feed us all and give "Rice and abba in abundance, "All we need for our existence! "You! Oh Kabigat and Bugan! 1.11 "Bless the cutting, ~less the harvest! "You are he who in your goodness, "Long ago, have made these paddies; ' 1Y ou h!live plowed them, you have worked them, "Bless our rice, oh, bless the "palay" . "Planted here in endless paddies! "Sai gwara kai-ngad-iigadanyo, "So that \Ve your name may honor! You .... oh thunder mighty speaker! From the highest above, don't harm us, "Don't destroy our land and rice fields! "Iango .... here is tapoei! "Iango .... here is rice wine! "Come and let us drink togeth- · er, "Come! Protect us! Come and give us "Life for long and many riches!" The mambunung kept silence for a moment, threw a few pebbles in the field of Pokchas and proceeded: "Sikajo i makadaga .... "You the makers of all these here, 'Bless our harvest, bless our cutting! "Iango .... he.re is tapoei, "Iango .... here is rice wine!" After which, Pokchas drank a mouthful of rice wine: then, the 112 cup passed around from mouth to mouth and the people began to cut the rice. At sunset, Pokch~s and the mambunung descended from the field and went to the village, followed by a long row of women that were bending under the enormous loads of their kaibangs, of their heavy baskets full of golden rice. In the hut of Pokchas, the maidens were busy cooking the rice of last year, which they had pounded, sifted and cleaned; dried pork would be the meat. When everything had been prepared, and when all the harvesters had arrived and gathered in the yard, where they had deposited their bundles, the mambunung sat down on his heels, near the steaming rice and the boiled meat, and he said a prayer: "Kaladjo! You all come nearer! "All who the "Bakak have feasted "Lonig ago and long before us, "Come, teach us again the prayer . "Of the "Bakak"we're, celebrating! "Sikajo Bimaka-makak .... "The "Bakak," in former ages, "You have prayed and celebrated! "Mandasakjoi inakan .... "Please, increase and make abundant "AH the things we come to offer! "Tep iaiigo i aduto .... "Here is food and food delightful "Y 9u with us will_ eat together. "Give us welfare, give us riches, "That we 1ater and most often "To our feast$ we may invite you!" After which the mambunung with some of the cooked rice smeared the three stones on which the ricekettle stood aboil~ ing, and he proceeded: "Chakadan, because you carry "On you:r head the heavy kettie _ ·'When our rice is 'boiling, cooking, "Eat you first, for you deserve it; • "Always watch the fire a burning "And protect the food when boiling." Then the mambunuug took another handful of rice and smeared it on the kind of bench that hangs above the firethrough and on which the people lay their rice bund'les to dr'y. Once more he prayed: "Sikam S6o-oodan, paiig-anka "You, too, bench, where dry the bundles. "Eat this food first, and your watching "Over fire and food, neglect not~' After this the mambunung stumbled outside, threw some cooked rice into the hollow log in which the rice is pounded and which was near the hut, and .... the people now began to eat most heartily. So ended the "Bakak" ceremonial and began the time fixed for the beginning of the harvest in that smaLl village of lgorrotes near the great Agno River .... And during the days of the harvest, not a single human being was visible in and around the huts. Each· and all were in the fields. except the old, thin, tall mambunung. Alone, with his . ~fugao 113 bony body, stretched out in the :refreshing shadow of the heavy, somber, crown of a mango tree near his hut, alone, he was watching the huts and the village, while · his glassy eyes followed the brown people crawling in the paddies, that from the heights of the mountain descended towards the great Agno River, near the small village. (To be continued) Tales By Rev. F. Lambrecht, Kiafigan NOTE: All civilized countries are digging ·ntt from the oldest documents and zealously collecting the old stories told by their ances. · tors when still living their primitive life. And why? Not so much for the stories themselves, however interesting sometimes they may be, as to learn more of their customs and characters, more or less shini1Ag _through their innoce11fJ tales. Each p·eople has its O'Wn character and consequently its proper. legends and stories. No wonder thus that the Mountaineers of the ilfmmtain Province possess their unwritten tales, which during a stormy day or under a merry feast they have told from fathers to children and built up in a fanc· yful ima,gination, that was inspired by the often recurring facts in their villages. It is high time to collect these simple stories, for, more and better civilization might erase them, to the great regret of the descendants, when they later learn of their ancestors living a primitive life in the darkness of supe.rstition and paganism. Our readers will note that most of the stories which shall follow, do not always end to the full satisfaction of the interested curiqsity. Why? Ask the Mountaineer story teller and he will give you no other answer than that he does not know what further happened and that the story is finished. A Of Amma and Unga VERY LONG, long time ago, it happened one day, that Amma and Unga went to the mountain to lay out a new ca'mote field on one of its slopes. Amma spoke and said: 114 -"I will weed and till the soil as far as from here to the banana~tem yonder, ancf the barianastem wiH be mine." . · . And Unga spoke and said: -"I will weed and till the soil as far as from Ii.ere to the lituku yonder, and the lituku will he mine." And so they divided the ground and 1Ilade a new ca:mate fielrl. But toward evening, Lablabuut came and spoke and said: -"Weeds, bad weeds grubbed up by Amma and Unga, grow! Grow again!" The next morning, Amma and Unga again went to the place where they had worked the previous day and the weeds they had grubbed up, stood there growing. Again they pulled them out and grubbed them up, but instead of returning home, they remained on the spot in wait for Lablabu-ut. And Lablabu-ut came to the camote field, but w'hen he was about to spealk, Unga caught him and said: -"Come, Amma, come here, I caught and have him!" And Amma spoke and said: "Wait, wait a wihile, my pipe fell down." And Lablabu-ut esca,ped. At wthich Unga made a, re.proach to .Amma, and again he caught Lablabu-ut, but this time Unga and Amma tied Lablabu-ut's hands and feet and they carried him to the village. And they said: -"We will pierce you with a sugarcane!" Labl~bu-ut answered: ~"My fa·ther and my mother have st~bibed nie with a sugarcane, but I did not die." Then, Unga and A!mma said: -"We will tlrrow you into the water!" ... - - -"Don't, don't" Balabu-ut ,pleaded. But they caught him and, Wiithou't more ·ado, threw hipi into the waiter. And :Bal~bti-utjubilated, saying: -"My home is the well, my home is the well, well, well, .... " At which Amma and Unga sprang into the water to pursue Balabu-ut, ·and lo, there came a crab, an enormous crab. At this sight, Unga spoke and said: -"What are we going to do with that?" A:mma answered and said: -"Let us go to the camote field with it, and it will watch the field against those who eat our camotes." So they did and it did not last long before the crab caught a wild boar. They went to see and they saw the wild boar that had been caught. Of course they were happy, so the.y took the crab along and went to cook and eat. Then, Almma spoke and said: -"Give me fhe crab to place it in my field, that it may catch something to eat!" Unga gave the crab and this time it caught a rai. Amma went to see an_ d he found the ra.t. This made him mad, he took the crab, cooked and ate it. Unga spoke . and said: -"Give me the crab to place it in my field." Amma answered and saiid: -"Come and look in that pot; for there are its ni~ers." Anld U ngll! said: - "I will crush you with the ricetrough!" But Amma answered saying: -"Ke~p quiet, for I will make a ,pot that will fly away in search of meat for our meals." And Unga wa·s glad and he made the .pot fly; the pot went to Bunne. And the .people of Bunne saw the pot and said: - "There is a pot!" And they roasted their best 115 meat in it. But, when the meat w.as roasted to the point, the pot flew away and went to the house of Unga, aiid Unga was very happy. Then Aihma again said: -"Give- that pot to me and I will rhake it fly.'' So Unga gave the pot ,and Amma made it fly away. This time it went to Muriggayang. And the people of Murtggayang said to each other: -"There is a pot to cook in." Others answered: -"A good thing for us!" And they used it to boil rotten meat in it. And the pot flew awaiy and went to the house of Amma. And Amma peeped in it: it contained rotten meat. And he threw the pot awaiy and went downstairs.???? End. In Memoriam t A BSOL VE; we beseec.h Thee, Lord, the soul'l of thy servants: Andrea Vitasa, Francisca Dollosa, Damiana Devera, Majayjay, Laguna; Carmen Singson, Yigan, !locos Sur; Monica Tabanun, Guimlal Iloilo; Candida Vda. de CueYa, Cadiz, Neg. Occ.; Amalia S.de Eagon, Isidra Q. de Baselides, Salcedo, Samar: Poresa Alejandria, Lorenzo Olivo, Naga, Carn. Sur; Epifania Villorria, Talisay, Cebu; Gelasio Lomboy, Marta Frigillana, Aringay, La Union; Cenanda T. Cernafranca, Dumaguete, Negr. Or.; Antonio Tay lo, Pasay, Rizal; Paciencia Osal, Laoang, Sarnar; Irene Amante, Calabanga, Cam. Sur: from every sin, that in the glory of the resurrection among Thy mints and elect they may arise in the newness of life, through Christ our Lord. Amen. 116 J:h~c/~\ ~.:: '.: :: : i ~ -. ~ ~ .. ':fi&~ ;\!.:"'/.~ ,~ ... t.1, 'ii ~~-..i\~~ ~~~t~~ .o1'\ .... ll.0\11lfll•\/ltftto""'llltlllf•fSlfH'"- • I,\ '"''•"'.~":!!~'.!"~''.!.~'"'°:~1{111\l!.U , - .. ,"t..#11t11Mff1Wt11111w1b, )t11Q1l1111tith1IHJUUllllfMt. • ....,.,,\ # • r, ~cEf ~~t~f:I:~~t%~f~2]z·~f{i~ Catholic Chronicle Rome. Recently the Holy Father rewarded several native catechists of the Mi'ssions of Camerun, one of them being an old man, who received the medal "Bene Merenti." The Holy Father wished to express his appreciation for the work of the Catechists in the Missions. Sixty-six Cardinals constitute the Holy Roman College at the moment. Three of them were raised to the cardinalate by Pope Leo XIII. Eighteen were created by Pius X, eighteen by Benedict XV and twenty-seven by the Present Pontiff. During· 1927, seven Cardinals died, one- Cardinal Billiot-resigned and seven new members were created. As has always been the case, Italians are in the m!l!jority with thirty-three representatives. Seven are French, four Americans, four German, four Spanish, three British, two Austrian, two Polish and one Dutch, Hungarian, Canadian, Czecho-Slovakian, Portuguese, Brazilian and Belgian. The Holy See has 22 nunciatures, and 6 internunciatures, that is, nuncios who represen't the V 11Jtican in more than one State. In addition, 19 Apostolic Delegations are distributed. in countries that do not maintain diplomatic intercourse with the Vatican, as in the case of the United States and the Philippines. Elevep. States now .have representatives at the Vatican, while eighteen others are represented by plenipotentiary ministers. The total of Roman Catholic Bishoprics in the world is 1,125, of Apostolic Vica-riates 227 and of Apostolic Prefectures 97. China. · As an answer to the attacks against the Catholics of the country, the Missions of Central China have opened a convent of CarmeHte Sisters, French, English, and Portt:uguese, but destined for Chinese. ·This is the second Carmel in the Great Republic. The Catholic University of Peking has been recognized by the Government. England. Eleven converted Anglican min117 isters are studying in London for the priesthood or testing their vocations. One was ordained recently. Most of the converts from the Anglican ministry are married men and are therefore una:ble to proceed to the priesthood. A certain number of the single men find they have not the priestly vocation. A few: become laybrothers. France. More than 270 Missionary Fathers were patients during the past year at the Sanatorium for Missionaries in Vichy. This Sanatorium for Missionaries was established by Father Wattle in 1922 and sick Missionaries from allover the world find welcome there. A greater number of churches were opened for worship in France in 1927 than in any previous year. The 86-year-old Archbishop of Rheims, Cardinal ·Lucon, wishing to view his restored cathedral from the air, accepted the invitation of an aviator to go up in his plane during the International A via ti on Meet held at Rheims. Father Othan Robert, seriously wounded. in a railroad accident and penned in a smashed compartment, cried out: "Save the others first. There is no hurry about me; only, take my breviary and rosary." He died before he could be extricated. Father Robert had been a missionary in China for 18 years and had returned to France eight days before the accident. 118 Germany. Father Barth, formerly professor at a military academy, was ordained recently, in the presence of his wife and three children, all of whom are members of religious orders. About two years ago, Baron Eberhard von Groote was ordained and, also, the Mayor of Neuwerk. The latter was 65 years of age. His wife, also 65 years old, retired to a monastery. Guatemala. near Dundalk. There ha:s recently been strong denunciation, both in pulpit and press, of the quaiity of news featured in the SuI11day newspapers imported from England and spe.cializing in reports of solldi<d and sexual crimes. President Cosgrave has promised a bill against the evil literatu~e. Japan. The Japanese Government has recogni~ed the Catholic University of Tokio, founded by the Jesuits ~)~a . After a persecution of the J ugo-Slavfa .. Churx:h for SO years, not less severe This country possesses many than Mexitco's, religious peace and pious Catholic movements, one of liberty have been restored. The the most prominent being that of President of the Repu:bUc, Mr. the "Men's Apostleship". The Matos, negotiated a "modus vi- members are pledge_ d to monthly vendi" with tlie'vatican. Communions and to the defence Hongkong has a Chinese population of nea'rly 900,000, and 16,000 Europeans. The Catholics numlber about 10;000, mostly Europeans. Chinese Catholics number only about 1,000. Ireland. Eight young men held up the stationmaster and rai.lway porters at Bray when the train reached the place, seized a:ll Sunday newspapers in the train, and set them afire. A strong wind fanned the flames, which quickly consumed all the papers. . Two weeks before, a similar incident occurred of the Church both in private and public life. Ten years ago, a "Golden Book" wil!s compiled whic'h cbntained the names of 11, 000 famiilies consecrated to the Sacred Hear-t. Now, a second book with more tha• n lQ0,000 names ha.S just been filed. PortugaC Lis hon hasthe honor of possessing the first church in the world consecrated tq the Sacred H.eart of Jesus. This church was the result of a vow made by Queen Mary I. The building was begun in 1779 and consecrated in 1796. It is one of the finest of Lisbon's 200 churches. 119 Philippines Politics. In 1923, the Governor General and the legislative leaders disagreed on an important prjnciple, and the whole Cabinet resigned. Since that time, no Secretaries were appointed and their places were taken by the under Secretaries. With the change of policy in the Government tending towards cooperation between the executive and legislativ~ branches. the following Secretaries have been appointed by Governor General Stimson. Eugene A. Gilmore, Vice-Governor and Sec· retary of Public Instruction, Honoria Ventura, Secretary of the Interi" or, Miguel Unson, Secretary of Finance, Jose Abad Santos, Secretary ~f Justice, Rafael Alunan, Secretary of Ag1:i"culture and Natural Resources, and Filemon Perez, Secretary of Commerce and Communications. The Legislature, actually in se~sion, has approved the following important bills: the Belo bill, appropriaqng 1"250, 000 to be placed every year at the disposition of th~ Governor General, for the salades an<i expenses of the technical advisers and civilian assistants in the service of the Chief Executive. Another bill appropriates P,55,000, 000 for the extension of free element: ary instruction, dui:jng a period of ten years. The Democrata party is to be disrnlved in order to be reorganized: this is the result of petty quarrels among the leaders of the party. i0,000 people, said to be the greatest crowd to welcmµe a returning hero to Manila, greeted President Quezon and his family on their arrival, August 16. This shows how popular the Senate President is, and now so much more because of his sickness that makes him appear as a martyr of the Independence cause of the Philippines. He will be unable to take an active part in the actual Legislature, his broken health requiring a long and perfect rest. President Quezon said he was delighted with the appointrnent of the new Cabinet. ¥iscellan~u~. 12,704 Filipino laborers ente1:ed Hawaii during the past year, while only 4,008 returned to their native country, and there is no decrease of emigration of !~borers to Hawaii in sight. About 1"500,000,000 worth of crop products are annually produced in the Philippines, being about one and onehalf times the value of animal production, about 500 times the marine industries and about six and one-half times the forest and lumber industries. Philippine foreign trade totalled $269,944,851 for the fiscal year ending June 30. Imports amounted to $124, 120 943,942, ·_of · which· app_ roximately 62 pe1· cent were from the United States. Exports amounted · to $145,000,000, seventy-five per cent of which were to the United States. ·Reality tax delinquencies in the . provinces from January to May 1928, amounted to P3,290,057, of which P730,592 were coll~cted. The real tax -colleeted without . penalty amounted to P6,6So,051. Publication of judicial proceedings in cases involving the private affairs of a ' family, or family relations, like ·adultery or divorce, abuse of chastity, illegitimacy of children, is prohibited in the proposed revised penal code of the Philippines. Foreign China. The Nationalists are endeavoring to put order into the chaos of the territory subject to their Government, tha·t is, ail the Chinese provinces except Manchuria and part! of Shantung, still occupied by Japanese troops. The United States sent them a note; energetically protesting against the continued occupation by soldiers of some Mission properties, notwithstanding the repeated promises made by the Chinese Government of withdrawing. all troops from American private properties. Nevertheless the United States has called back 1,200 marines, leaving only 2,600 men in China, It looked more oi less as an insult to the United States when the Chinese Government stated it did not need the charity of other nations ready to send succor to the millions starving in China. The United States refused to admit, for the time being, the suppression of the extra-territoriality of American citizens in China, for the obvious reason that the Great Republic has not been able to establish order, and greatly felt the movement of the Chinese to increase all import duties. Several NU:. tions have r~cognized the new Chinese Government, following the lead of England, after which the League of Nations also recognized the Nanking Government. How much time will it take the new Government to eradicate banditry in the country? How long will the actual peace last? There are still germs of internal division. · China-Japan. Japan continues to occupy the Shantung railroad, notwithstanding all the protests of the Nan.king GoYernment. More, Japan considers her~ self the complete master of Manchu" ria, under pretext that the Nationalists are unable to preserve peace in that Northern province and to protect the Japanese interests in that part of the country. When general Chang, the son of Chang-tso-lin, pretended to submit to the Southerners and to hoist t1he National flag of China, he was informed by the Japanese Government that such an act would be considered very unfriendly. Of course the Nationalists might insist more on the withdrawal of the Japanese, but they have no forces in number and power to vindicate their rights effectively. Lately the Chinese called the attention of the Japanese Government to the cessation ·of formerly made treaties between the two countries. Japan replied that said treaties c o n ta i n e d a clause by which such denounciation ·should have been made six months before the expiration and consequently pretends that the treaties automatically were renewed a nd now are to be observed by both nations for another ten years. Anyway Japan will not give up its acquired privileged position in Manchuria, for she needs that country, even more than Korea which she took from China in the past. In do-China. lndo-China, like nearly all countries of the Far East, is experiencing a strong nationalist and anti-forei'gn movement, principally among the students. Several attempts haYe been made to involve the Catholics, who, constituting a zealous body of a million and a quarter souls, are an important factor in the country. Efforts have been made to entice them into the nationalists movement and on other occasions to attack them and to cast suspicion on their patriotism, because they are .not in the movement. The clergy, mindful of the instructions of the Holy See, are keeping themselves above and outside of politics. The "Catholic people have been keen enough to be very wary of any attempt to destroy the existing government which, though it gives them no satisfaction, at least protects them against non-Christian persecution. The students leaving ludo-China for France, ever on the increase, become caught in the life of Paris and those who are Christians are lost as future Catholic leaders. Those who return come equipped for places of leadership in this land of 20,000,000 people, but often are disaffected so far as respect for Christianity is concerned. The famous neutrality of the French Government applies in all three departments of instruction, primary, secondary and superior. In the u;1iversities and colleges, this neutrality is observed 121 so that they are but negatively harmful. In the lower schools, however, nine tenths of the pupils and of the teachers are Budhists or atheists and in such an atmosphere, neutrality is impossible. The Church has a reason to be dissatisfied with the condition of Catholic education JJt lndo-China. In some Vicariates the Church has undertaken in part the task of educating the children in Catholic schools, but she can not assume the enormous burden of building and supporting a free school system. Nicaragua. It was said that Sandino, the leader of the Nicaraguan revolutionaries, had been killed in battle, but the news received no confirmation. That even those who submitted to American control are not exactly in favor of it, was shown by the refusal of the Nicaraguan) Government to pass the supervision of the coming elections to the United States' representatives, alS asked by the American Government. In reply, the American bankers reflliSed to advance a loan of $lz,000,000 asked the Nicaraguan Government. The dollar has spoken. Mexico. President Obregon was assassinated more than a month ago. His murderer has been arrested, but until the present time, has not been executed. Father Pro was unjustly shot to death, a few hours after his arrest and so were many other priests. Generals Soriano and Gomez, forced to flee for their lives, were apprehended in company of a few soldiers, accused of sedition and summarily executed within a few hours. Why"thatdelay? Why did Calles himself go and see the murderer? 122 ~_x,cr_x,crc.X,cr_x,~~~~cr_x,cr_x,cr_x,cr~ ~ QUESTION BOX ~ ~_x,cr_x,cr_x,cr_x,~~~~cr_x,cr_x,cr_x,cr~ Questions unsigned will not be answered. Anonymous letters must find their way into the waste paper basket. We will not publish the names of those who send questions. Questirm No. 40.-J often hear of grace. I know that grace makes us agreeable to God amd ena b!es us to enter heaven. But lVHAT is it? Please answer my question. Answer. -The answer being somewhat long, will be given in parts and serve as an instruction. The Catechism says that Grnce is a gift of God to the soul, tltat makes it agreeable to Him and enables it to go to heavi en. But the Catechism also says that Graoe is a light of the m ·nd and a strength of the will, s,ent by God, to do good and avoid evil. Thus, a distinction is made l::etween two kinds of Graces; the first is called Sanctify:ng Gra :e and the second, Actual Grace. What is Sanctifying Grace? Grace, means a gif!, thus something we have no r!ght to. It is something g!Yen by God's infinite goodness without any merit on the part of the receiver. Sanctify:ng, means that which makes something or somebo:iy holy, and one is holy when he is without the stain of sin, and thus may be said· to hate evil and to love what is good and just. So, God is infinitely holy, because He is infinitely pure, loves infinitely all good and hates infinitely all sm. s;nctifying Grace is then the Grace that makes man holy. Sanctifying Grace is known by its effects upon and in man. Let us suppose a new born child. It comes into this world stained by orig:nal sin. If it dies before bapfsm, it-can not enter heaven and its soul will go to the Limbo. But as it ha' no fault of its own; it will not be punished; it will only be depr:ved of the reward due to San::t"fying Grace and which is heaven eternd It will be happy, as one can enjoy happiness through his natural powers of mind and w·n. Suppose the child had been baptized before death, it would have gone to heaven, it would forever see God and partake of his beauty, and, through the sight of God, all its desires would be satisfied and consequep.tly it would be completely happy. this happiness being, not c·f the k:nd natural to men on earth. but of the kind natural to God H;mself, thus supernatural. Through baptism, the child receives an infinite reward. Thus, the Sanctifying Grace received in Baptism must be something infinite in value, which God loves infinitely, as seen by the greatness of the reward granted for Sancti-fy ;ng Grace. Let us exam:ne further how God loves, infinitely, Sanctifying Grace in man. A Christian, in state of Sanctifying Grace, is allowed to receive Holy Communion. This is a gift of an infinite value; it is Jesus Christ. Love is measured by the presents it effers to the beloved. Thus, God's lov;e for a man in state of Sanctifying Grace is infinite. Sanctifying Grace comes to us through the merits of Jesus dying on the Cross. Jesus is of an infinite dignity, being God, the Son, become man. What He deserved while satisfying for the sin of Adam and all other men's sins, must have been infinitely agreeable to God in Heaven. These merits of Christ are applied to man through Baptism, and, if he has lost them through a mortal sin. a good confession forgives his sin and restores to him Sanctifying Grace as he possessed it before sinning. Then what can that Sanctifying Grace be, which attracts God's War outlawed. An agreement has been reached by 15 nations signatories of the Kellog Treaty, renouncing war, that all rati123 infinite love? Of course, to attract the infinite love of God, it must be infinite in Yalue. God do~s not love man as man in an infinite way, not even his soul though a spirit, for body and soul are limited. God can not love something because it adds something to Himself, for He is alre21dy infinite and can thus not acquire new perfections. · God can only love beauty, or perfection. But all beauty or perfection, thart: is infinite, is God's. Thus, if God loves man in state of Sanctifying Grace by an infinite love, i,t is because He finds in man His own infinite beauty or perfec- . tion, so we must say that Sanctifying Grace is the infinite beauty of God in us. In fact, after de:.-:th, that same Sanctifying Grace becomes what is called glory. Glory is God's beauty seen in heaven. eit11er in Him, directly, by the Angels and the Saints, or indirectly; in the Angels aind Saints in state of Sanctifying Grace, or glorious. But Sa111ctifying Grace, is more than God's beauty, it is also a divine power. (To tJc co11tin11cd). fications of and adherences to said treaty, shall be deposited in ·washington. The pact does not become operatiYe until this has been done. 124 l\AILBAG OFTHE LITTLE APGITlE For all correspondence with "THE LITTLE APOSTLE" send your letter to THE LITTLE APOSTLE, BOX 1393, MANILA Manila, Sept. 1, 1928. Dearest Readers. The Ilocano word. Gubat, means war. If so. then the town of Gubat. Sorsogon, deserves its meaningful name. There is war in Gubat, a holy war against ignorance, vice and the devil, for religious instruction, virtue and God. The General of the army is the Rev. Father Lanuza. The soldiers are the many Crusaders of the Little Flower of Jesus, as seen on the picture herewith. The Officers are the many Promoters who observe ten special commandments that speak of examples to be given, of prayers to be recited, of activity to be exercised, and of devotion to the Blessed Virgin to be spread. Space forbids us to publish them in full; let it be said however that, thanks to the Rev. Director of the Crusaders of Gubat, their feast celebrated in p.onor of the Little Flower, on the 31st of May, has been a great success. How could it have been otherwise? The feast meanst the solemn inauguration of a new statue of the Little' Flower of Jesus that can be seen on the picture. Forward, army of Crusaders 9f Gubat. To war, but a holy war, through the imitation of your Holy Patroness, the Little Flower, the Patroness, of all Missionaries! To war against ignorance, vice and the devil, first among yourselves and second, in the Mountain Province. In the mean time the Little Apostle thanks you all for your zeal and prayers with which you are helping the Missionaries. From the town of Vigan came a letter complaining about the difficulties of constituting a center for the support of a catechist in the Mountain Province. May I ask the writer if she really tried all means of conviction to ga" ther members enough, willing to give a monthly contribution? · Don't say: Vigan is a poor town. Vigan is a rich town and .above all Catholic town. As you say, it may be true that there are many contributions to be given, for the1:e are many good works to be promoted. But has Vigan's generosity for charity been exhausted? Are there not a few crumbs that fall from the table and which may be used for the spiritual and material uplift of those people you call brethren in Christ and who ignore the Savior? So. I dare to hope that by your next letter you will be able to send us a list of monthly contributors for the supportof acatechist,indica ting at the same time the P,atron you choose for your Genter. Where there is a will, t!here is a way! 125 In our drive for 10,000 subscribers, we have thought for another means to reach our goal. As everybody knows, what kills many Catholic publications in the Philippines, is the forgetfulness of many subscribers to ren~wtheirsub scriptions. See here a new plan: by sending us the sum of P12.00 you get a life-subscription, that is, you will receive the Little Apostle your life long, or - God forbid - until the Little Apostles be forced to give up, and, even in this case, the amount paid would not remain without its reward: it would, together with th~ other life- subscriptions paid be used, as a fund for the support of a catechist. Thus, 12 pesos paid at once mean a subscription that lasts your life long! And never again do you ha Ye to bother yourself about sending .a Money Order. However, don't forget to send us your new address, in case you change your residence. It often lrnppens that numbers sent to our subscribers are returned. A few weeks or months · later, ·we receiYe complaints, asking why the numbers do not arrive any longer, and then, we find out that w'ho complains has changed his or her residence. How can we know this, if we are not told about it? Thus, always send us a notice whenever your address has to be changed. If you wish a summary of this letter, here it follows: Long live the active Crusaders of Gubat, Sorsogon, and their zealous Director, Father Lanuza! Vigan can support a Catechist in the Mountain Province! Take a life-subscription to the Little Apostle, for PlZ.00. · Always inform us of a change of your address. The Little Apos.tle. 126 For the Little Tote§ A Co11ti11itation CHAPTER XXV How she received a special grace on Christmas. NOW THAT Therese's scruples had disappeared, she was still far from perfect. One of her defeats, she was well determined to overcome, was her overgreat sensitiveness. She had received the grace of banishing her scruples; Jesus soon will strengthen her charaicter, leaving of her sensitiveness only that part which is absolutely necessary to attain a high degree of holiness and which is called refinemenit: of conscience. This kind of delicacy consists in avoiding any sin and imperfection, just because they offend God, infinitely good and at the same time it excites to do all the actions of virtues possible just to please God. Since the death of her mother, Therese had become extremely sensitive:· it was the consequence of her delicate health rather than of selfishness, as is the case with children who easily cry when they are touched in their supp_osed rights or offended in their pride. So, for instance, when Therese received grades at the college that seemed to her too lo:w, she became inconsolable if her Papa made a remark that expressed his surprise or sorrow. It happened that she dropped something unwillingly on the floor; this vvas enough to make _ her shed bitter tears. Later when she thought of her sorrow and tears, again she hegan to cry. Of course this was a great defect and little Therese 127 Jlliss Caillet, wonderfully cured by the Little Flower. suffered much of this overweakness. She thought, how will they admit me into the Carmel? In the convent, they need strong characters and not women that rather look like little girls and weep like little babies for a trifle. But God had chosen her to be a holy Carmelite. Soon she would enter the great Order that has given so many Saints to the Church. The;-efore, God, Who always helps those who hope in Him, would grant her the grace of conquering her own self by a supr,eme effort that would prove to be a decisive and lasting victory. It was Christmas of 1886. On the eve, the little girl, as was the - custom of the country, had placed her shoes near the chimney with the hope of finding the next morning nice presents · in exchange of the hay and other eatables for St. Joseph's donkey, supposed to bring the trinkets and gifts. That morning, she went to Mass very early, in company with her Papa and her sisters. On their 128 way back, Mr. Guerin said a few words that really pierced the heart of his little Queen. -"For a big girl like you" he said, "the surprise at home of trinkets is really too childish. I hope this will be the last time you put out your shoe3." The remark made little Therese very sorry. Together with Celine, she went to her room to come down again after awhile to take her breakfast. On the stairs her sister Celine, knowing well that a crisis of tears would foll0w the sight of the presents stored up in and around the shoes near the chimney, told her: -"Don't go down so soon, you will again be crying when you display your christmas before Papa." Thol\gh little Therese was very sensitive, nevertheless she could reason and besides, during Mass, she had prayed for God's help to cast off her childish defect. What did she do? Gathering all her courage, she ran, in the twinkle of an eye, towards the place where her christmas was waiting, picked everything up and came in a hurry te t• e table where Papa was waiting. Already the hasty movements of the little giri had astonished Celine, but she now wondered more than ever, for little Therese, instead of crying as was expeoted, took out of her shoes, one by one, all the presents they contained, looking as happy as the happiest queen upon earth. Her Papa could not believe his eyes and he could not repress a smile of wondering, while Celine thought she was dreaming. But no, it was not a dream. Therese instead of ciying, laughed and jumped, thanking her Papa for his kindn?ss and generosity. Her herojc act had won her a victory against herself and this same act by which she now had fought off that childishness of her tender character, meant the end of the defect of oversensitiveness. Such is man: sometimes a single action of energy changes his defective disposition. That single act shows him that he can do what formerly seemed to be impossible. Of course it must be accompanied by reasoning, and . better still, by prayer. This was what little Therese had done. She had seen how ridiculous it was to be acrying for a nothing, she had prayed the Lord to help her to do away with a disposition that denotes childish weakness; she had tried to overcome herself in these circumstances: she had conquered herself: hence she will never again show signs of her defect. (To be continued) Cum licentia ecclesiastica ~~~~~~~M~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ i t 1 LOS . PIANOS t i t i WINKELMANN t i RACHALS t i KO NIGER t i MOUTRIE r -f KOHLER t i MONARCH t i t i y THE AUTOPIANO CO. t i asi como los afamados armonios MOUTRIE t i t i LOS VENDE A PLAZOS RAZONABLES r i t i JOSE OLIVER SUCCESSORS CO., t t 317 Carriedo - P. 0. Box 463 t i Manila, I. F. r ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Q x~======================X X X STUDENTS When buying your School Supplies, Pads, Composition Books, Drawing Paper etc., look for this MAR~A~TIJNX 1'~~DE MAAt< Insist on t.his" Trade Mark and you may rest assured that you will get first I class quality at very reasonable prices. 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