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--(a) The pastor should require those who are notconfirmed to receive Confirmation before their marriage, if they can dothis without serious inconvenience. Personsdispensed from abstinence may not eat meat oftener than once a day onfast days, unless they have a special grant. Paul says, he whodoes a service for another is not required to meet the expenses of theservice (I Cor. In the physical order, the fetus, the infant, and the childdo not differ essentially from the full-grown man; and likewise, in themoral order, the

t in the followingcases: (a) when the validity of the Sacrament is at stake (678), unlessthere is a case of emergency (679). to them after perceivingtheir presence and malice, even though carnal pleasure is not felt ordoes not threaten. (b) If the marriage is only doubtfully null, abstinence is notnecessary unless both parties have a serious doubt and no examinationhas yet been made. ,there is generally no bad spirit behind these exclamations, and hencethe use of such expressions is not very sinful, even when correction isnot being made.