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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 3

115 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Dec 10, 1943 · Broad topic: Public Figures · Topic: Cardinal Francis Spellman · 114 pages OCR'd
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eounrry wa: founded. © Dy going te oN men—One of the great tributes to Christ was that “He went shoat doing good.” We too must mingle smong “all amen” who know Him not, whether they live is the crowded cities or in the scattered reral areas. It is absolutely necessary for us to “go” to them—to bring Christ to them. They will mot come to us. They have just as much right te His blessings as we have. They are entitled to them. If they reject them, that is their re sponsibiliry. But we have a serious obligstne at least to offer them. We wo easly forget that the very word “Catholic” means “universal,” that Cathobc “There must be something wrong about the outlook of those Catholics,” seid one perme, “whe can be so perfect in the practice of what they hold to be the true religion and yet show wo little interest in sharing it with othen.” ®. By tressmitting priacipies—Good example aecessary, but far more than example ie needed. Christ meant that we should pas on His fun- damental principles when He said to “preach the gospel to every creature.” Ideas change ‘the world. The wrong ideas of the totalitarian state, spread far and wide, even in our ows country, have infected che lives of hundreds of millions. Until people like you bring the Hf we had the cure for cancer and people ware plaining, criticizing, or pasing rwclutice: wil accomplish little. Ic is quite amentis! co up- hold and pass on to the Handred Millae sech _inmotable principlas es the following which the sati-Christians ore increasingly sxtaching 18 6 jeras Christ, trae God and true mon; t. the Ten Commandments; d. the sacred cherecter of the individual; ¢. the wactity of the lifelong marriage bond; f. the sanctity of the bome as the basic wnit of the whole buman family; g. the bumen rights of every person come from God end not from the state; bh. the right, based ow buman nature, to pot- wens private property, with its consequent obligation to society; i due respect for domestic, civil, and religious autbority, Ways of transmitting principles 1. Oy Uetening to these in treable—Many who ase confused, in sorrow, in doubt, or discour- aged want two talk to someone. A kind word, @ helping hand, listening to chose in trouble wey often be the means of bringing the peace ef Christ into their lives. & Sy informing theese whe knew net-—-Mort af the Huodred Million in our country sctually hanger for the teachings of Christ, but too few Christinns are interested in them, as well @ ia the billion in paganism over the world. Maay who bave no religion feel thet the Cetholic Charch does not want them, because i makes lietle attempt to reach them. . . . A Christopher must ever bear in mind thst “whe mame is Lord over all, ich unto all chat €all upon him. For whosoever shall call upoe the eame of the Lord, shall be ved. How thes shall they call oo him, in whom they heve ast believed? Or how shall they believe him ef whoen they have act heard? And how shall 10:15-15), * 7° (Romane td
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