THE THIRD AND FOURTH COMMANDMENTS OF THE CHURCH.

1. In the third and fourth commandments the Church enjoins upon us the duty of approaching the Sacrament of Penance and receiving holy communion at Easter.
2. The time for fulfilling the Easter precept was formerly only two weeks, from Palm Sunday to Low Sunday; it is now extended in almost all dioceses, being from the first Sunday of Lent to Low Sunday, sometimes even to Trinity Sunday.
   
3. 
    It is fitting that we should receive holy communion at Easter, because it was just before Easter Day, on Holy Thursday, that Our Lord instituted the Adorable Sacrament of the Altar.
   
4. The Church allows Catholics to make their Easter confes sion elsewhere than in their parish church.
5. Christian burial can be denied to a Catholic who has not been in the habit of receiving the sacraments at Easter, and who dies unrepentant.

THE FIFTH COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH.
By the fifth commandment of the Church we are bound to con tribute to the support of our pastors.

THE SIXTH COMMANDMENT OF THE CHURCH.
Marriage and the penitential seasons.
In the sixth commandment marriage with non-Catholics is for bidden, also the marriage of those who are related within the fourth degree of kindred. Marriages are not to be solemnized during fixed seasons. These penitential times are from the beginning of Advent until the Epiphany, and from Ash Wednesday until Low Sunday.




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