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New Zealand Tablet, 24 July 1919, Page 19

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

J. 11. (Wanganui).—W. J. Linehan, Little Collins Street, Melbourne, is agent for The Month, which is edited by Father Keating, S.J. It is a splendid Catholic review, always fresh and illuminating. The price is about 15s yearly. B. J. G. —Many thanks. Did not receive early enough for this week’s issue. Will publish gladly next week. - " 0 “Tulloch Oge.”— understand your feelings from our own on the subject. Better ignore it if you can. The Catholic papers are able to look after themselves, and if some people forget what they owe to good Irish parents there is all the more reason to pity them and to pray for them. M. McG. (Hokitika). —Glad .to hear from you. Will be pleased to help in any way possible. Good luck to you ! The old flag is flying very proudly in America now, and you will see and hear more of it soon. T. O’D. (Hastings).Thanks for your interesting letter and for the information. “Aquila A urea.” — The question is fully discussed by standard authors on theology. See St. Thomas’s ■ Suinma, 111, Q. X, a2; Suppl. Ixxxl, al. The Council of Paris in its Decree of Faith says: “Beatis pervium esse . . . omniforme illud divinitatis speculum, in quo quidquid eorum intersit illuscescat. ” That may be freely translated that the blessed in Heaven see in the beatific vision whatever pertains to their happiness and interest. A commentator says that the soul in Heaven may be considered in a threefold manner: as a part of the universe in the order of grace; and as a particular individual. Hence, first, the blessed will see in God the things pertaining to the order and integrity of the universe; secondly the mysteries of faith which were believed in this life; thirdly, such matters as pertain to the soul considered as an individual, e.g. things which would naturally interest individuals. Under the latter would come a knowledge of one’s friends’ wants and spiritual necessities.