The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-23

Washington, May 22.-Mgr. Satolli.
the papal delegate. has received a
brief encyclical recently issued by the
pope on the subject of the union of
Christendom. It is addressed to all
Catholics and is supplemental and fol-
lows in the same line as the encyc-
lical on the same subject made public
about a month ago. The following Is
a translation:
Most worthily, certainly of the
watchful love of a mother, is the
prayer which the church never ceases
to offer to God, that wherever Chris
tan people exist, there should be one
faith of mind and holiness of action.
In like manner we. who as we repre-
sent the person of the divine parlor
in the world, also strive to carry out
his intention, have never failed to
nourish among Catholics that desire
for union, and even now we are most
strenuously urging it on those whom
the church fer so long a time and
with so great earnestneSS has been
calling back to her fold. The source
whence we are especially to expect
assistance and success for these de-
signs and plans of ours is not hard to
discern and it grows more evident day
by day. 1t is none other than that
the father of mercies, whom we right
" invoke, and to whom it pertains TO
illume our minds and graciously turn
our wills to tbs way Of salvation.
Grave and Important.
Catholics cannot fail to see how
grave and important is the work we
have undertaken. On it depends the
eternal salvation of many, together
with the spread of divine honor and
the glory OF the Christian name,
which things if they sincerely ana pl-
ously consider, they will surely feel
in their souls a stronger burning OF
that divine charity which, with Gods
grace, shrinks from no labor, leaves
untried no means for the good OF their
brethren. And SO it will happen that
they will eagerly, as we so ardent4y
desire. not only add to our confidence
in a happy result, but will give US All
the assistance they can, especially
that which humble and holy prayer
can obtain from God.
No season could be more f1ttingly
appropriate for this work of plety
than that long ago the apostles, after
our Lords ascension into heaven, re-
manned together. perseverlng IN
PRAYER. with Mary, the mother or
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from on high, and all the gifts and
graces. On that august conventicle and
that mystery, the coming of the para
clete the church, which, conceived by
Christ, was born at his death, by the
coming as 1t were of the divine breath,
began happily her great work OF bring
ing all nations into the unity or faltn
and the newness of Christian lie. htlch
and abundant fruits followed IN
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union of wills never too often set be-
fore us for imitation in the multitude
of the faithful there was but one
heart and but one soul.
Piety of Catholics.
For this reason we have thought 1t
well. by our exhortation and call, to
excite the piety of Catholics that they
may. following the example of the
Virgin Mary and of the old apostles,
during the nine days preceding the
sacred feast of Pentecost, pray God
with one mind and with special fervor,
renewing and repeating the petition,
send forth thy spirit and they shall be
created, and thou shalt renew the race
of the earth. The greatest and richest
blessing may be justly hoped from him
who is the spirit of truth, who has
spoken the secrets Of God in the sacred
scriptures, and who strengthens the
church by his perpetual presence; from
whom the loving fount of holiness re-
generated souls, made sons OF God by
adoption, are in a wonderful way
strengthened and perfected. For by
the uniform grace of the spirit there
comes to them in perpetual bounty
divine light and fervor, health and
strength, solace and rest, the desire of
seeking all good and a fruitfulness OF
holy works Finally, the same holy
spirit so acts by his power in the
church that as Christ is the head of
this mystic body, the holy spirit may
aptly be termed its heart; as ST
Thomas says 1.-The heart has a certain
hidden influence and therefore the holy
he invisibIy WHITES and unites the
church"
Above All Things.
Since, then, the holy spirit is above
all things, charity. and to him espec-
tally are attributed the works of love,
it is greatly to be hoped that through
him the spirit of error and wickedness
being put down, greater and stronger
harmony and union of mind Will pre-
vail. as they should, among the chill
dren of the church, who, according to
the admission of the apostle, should do
nothing to stifle, should think the
same things, and united, should have
the same charity, and so perfecting
our joy, may they form one strong
and fiourishing body, not in the name
only, but in fact.
From this example of Christian har-
mony among Catholics themselves,
from this piety in praying, the divine
paraclete is especially to be hoped the
reconciliation of our separated breth-
rem, for which we SO earnestly labor.
so that they may come to feel the
same in themselves as in Christ Je-
sus, and being at last united with US,
in faith and hope, may be Joined with
us also in the bonds of charity. And
now, besides the blessings which the
faithful who respond cheerfully 20 our
CALL will certainly and abundantly re-
ceive from God such an activity of pi-
ETY. and fraternal love it has pleased us
to add and bestow the reward of sa-
cred. indulgence from the treasure Of