the whole year round, and they must go to Mass as these do, even if it is more inconvenient than in the city.  Persons who have it in their power to select their own summer resort, should not, without great necessity, select a place where there is no Catholic church, and where they will be deprived of Mass and the Sacraments for several months, and where there is danger of their dying without the Sacraments.  Some excuse themselves from going to Mass because they are too tired to rise in the morning.  They should be ashamed to give such an excuse.  Was our Blessed Lord not tired when He carried His Cross?  He was tired, for He fell under it several times.  And where was He going?  To Calvary, to offer up the bloody sacrifice of the Cross for you.  Will you plead fatigue as an excuse when you come to be judged by Him?  Others again have a great habit of coming late for Mass.  No matter at what hour the Mass may be, they will always be late; and I am afraid these persons will also be too late to enter Heaven.  By coming late they show disrespect to Our Lord and distract others; and to avoid doing so, they should, when late, take a place in the rear of the church.  When you are very late for one Mass, you should wait for the next—­at least, for as much of the next as you did not hear in the first.  You should not, however, begrudge a little extra time to God.  To hear Mass properly, you should be in your place a few minutes before the priest comes out, and make up your mind what blessing you will ask, or for what intention you desire to hear the Mass.

“Having others under their charge.”  Some parents are very careless about their children attending Mass, especially on holy days.  Now, they must remember that in such neglect the sin will be theirs as well as the children’s.  Again, masters and mistresses do not at times give their workmen and servants sufficient opportunity to hear Mass, above all on holy days.  All masters and mistresses must remember that they are bound not only to give their servants an opportunity to hear Mass, but they are bound as far as they conveniently can to see that they embrace the opportunity, just as they should see to their children in such matters.  Catholics having in their employ others, such as engineers, drivers, conductors, etc., must make some arrangement between their men by which they will be able to attend Mass on Sundays and holy days.  The same holds good for companies and corporations having under their charge a large force of men who are obliged by circumstances to work on Sundays.

391 Q. Why were holy days instituted by the Church?  A. Holy days were instituted by the Church to recall to our minds the great mysteries of religion and the virtues and rewards of the saints.