ould Catholics be married?
A. Catholics should be married before the altar in the Church. They
should be married in the morning, and with a Nuptial Mass if possible.

Q. 1051. What must never be forgotten by those who attend a marriage
ceremony in the Church?
A. They who attend a marriage ceremony in the Church must never forget
the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, and that all laughing, talking,
or irreverence is forbidden then as at other times. Women must never
enter into the presence of the Blessed Sacrament with uncovered heads,
and their dress must be in keeping with the strict modesty that Our
Lord's presence demands, no matter what worldly vanity or social manners
may require.

LESSON TWENTY-SEVENTH.
ON THE SACRAMENTALS.

Q. 1052. {292} What is a sacramental?
A. A sacramental is anything set apart or blessed by the Church to
excite good thoughts and to increase devotion, and through these
movements of the heart to remit venial sin.

Q. 1053. How do the Sacramentals excite good thoughts and increase
devotion?
A. The Sacramentals excite good thoughts by recalling to our minds some
special reason for doing good and avoiding evil; especially by reminding
us of some holy person, event or thing through which blessings have come
to us. They increase devotion by fixing our minds on particular virtues
and by helping us to understand and desire them.

Q. 1054. Do the Sacramentals of themselves remit venial sins?
A. The Sacramentals of themselves do not remit venial sins, but they
move us to truer devotion, to greater love for God and greater sorrow
for our sins, and this devotion, love and sorrow bring us grace, and the
grace remits venial sins.

Q. 1055. Why does the Church use Sacramentals?
A. The Church uses Sacramentals to teach the faithful of every class the
truths of religion, which they may learn as well by their sight as by
their hearing; for God wishes us to learn His laws by every possible
means, by every power of soul and body.

Q. 1056. Show by an example how Sacramentals aid the ignorant in
learning the truths of faith.
A. Sacramentals aid the ignorant in learning the truths of faith as
children learn from pictures before they are able to read. Thus one who
cannot read the account of Our Lord's passion may learn it from the
Stations of the Cross, and one who kneels before a crucifix and looks on
the bleeding head, pierced hands and wounded side, is better able to
understand Christ's suffe