Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-05-15

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flee, you who are the successors of past
people, you, my beloved children.
Prayer, action and, sacrifice.
prayer, in the flrst piace-prayer-
I the most essential condition of all, be
cause without me you are able to 40
nothing
Prayer is the expression of the
greatest faith which helps us to make
easy the apoStolate. But above all 1t
| Is that which Jesus calls the one most
/ necessary thing, for the Kingdom OF
/ God is within you.
1 Prayer, the first and essential con-
! ditfon Of all truthful apostolate prayer.
which arms and prepares us with Divine
aid.
Action Is Urged.
Action is the next thing both in
| the domestic circle and in social cir
cles-action both private and public,
both in foundation and organization;
! action Of charity and Of justice and
| of the peace of Christ among the
] classes, the peoples and the apostolate,
/ Of edification. Of prayer. Of the written
word and Of the spoken word.
THE individual apoStolate, above all
social, has a greater field In which
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present day that call for help.
THE Church Of Christ through d.
vine command always well doing has
given the example everywhere and
| through all ages. Everywhere mas II
preached holiness and the morality OF
Almighty God, and 1t has always be-
sought the cooperation of all its sons.
What is even more necessary than
action is sacrifice, perseverance, method
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mand the submission OF your personal
ideas, and also demand your co-ordina-
ton and your subordination as work.
ers.
"Thcy imply struggles, difficult, dan
gerous struggles which require inteli-
gence and perseverance and obedience,
and these will lead you to a final divine
victory.
PRAYER. action and sacrifice. This
is what we recommend, what the
encyclical rerum novarum has laid
! down and what our encyclical now pro-
mulgates anew in order to continue and
follow in the path Of our predecessors
encyclical.
Need to Enlarge Plan.
prayer, action and sacrifice. There
Is the need Of this fortieth year to con-
tinue and to enlarge the plan laid down
by the encyclical rerum novarum.
Prayer, action and sacrihce-there
Is what holy mother church demands
of those who labor with her In the vine
yard Of the gospel and in the divine
work Of the apostolate.
Prayer, individual. domestic, public
and social, particularly social.
Prayer, action and sacrifice-there
Is what Is necessary for you. the chill
dren Of our prediction. That is what
you need, you, the workers: you, the
ananciers: you vino finance all industry,
labor in justice and charity, in fra
ternity and In peaceful cooperation; in
the practice Of all virtues. in the re-
spect Of all rights and values. and par
ticularly moral values toward the weak
and the humble, above all toward the
weak.
May the holy spirit descend upon
you and upon your brothers and sisters
in labor and also upon those who give
you employment, and upon those VINO
lend to your work the responsibility
and intelligence of their management.
Then the pontin impaired his apcs-
tolic blessing.
After the Pope's broadcast an Eng
lish translation and description OF the
scene was given by Mgr. Francis Spell
man Of whitman, Mass. Transitions
n, other languages were broadcast later.
WEAF and associated radio stations
carried the message 70 the United
States.
ThrOng Jams Square.
An hour and a half before Pope Plus
began his address st. Peters Square and
the avenues leading to San Damasco
Courtyard within the Vatican were
fiiled with thousands Of pilgrims from
all corners Of the world.
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printed in 20 languages as well as pic
turesque national costumes TESTIFIED 70
the diversity Of the gathering.
Cardinals ,archbiShops and bishops
mingled with workunen's delegations. AL
had come to hear the Pontih'S words.
At one end Of the courtyard stood
q high platform hung with red velvet
and damask and holding canopy I'M
der which was gilded throne chair In
which the Pope sat during the cere-
monies.
Raskoh Is Present.
Americans given posts Of honor in
cluded John J. Raskob and his daugh-
ter, Elizabeth; DR.. Raymond Sullivan
Of New York, Father Fortier Of Ford
ham University. Father Husslein, an
editor, and MonsignorS Kiley and
Breslin Of the American College in
Rome.
The charge d'affaires Of the Spanish
embassy, to whose government the Vat
lean has protested against antt-Cath-
Ole disorders in Spain, was present.
The pontin arrived q little before
$50 and was acclaimed by fanfare
Of trumpetS. The cardinals escorted
him to the throne chair. then took seats
in a large semi-circle on both sides
Bishop Edwin v. O'Hara Of Great Falls,
Mont, sat In front
The pontih began speaking as soon
as the great ovation subsidized, prefac-
ing his address with a few words in
Italian. greeting the workers who had
come SO far to attend the anniversary.
He repeated the greeting in French
and German, then launched Into the
| main body of his speech.
His holiness celebrated mass in the
morning at st: Peters IN the presence
Of nearly 10000. half Of whom we're
Catholic worker pilgrims. They shouted
and cheered Long live Plus XII as he
, was borne in the sedia gestatoria or
papal throne on the shoulders Of red
costumed footmen up an aisle TO the
high altar where he said mass.
Resume Of EncyeIical.
A resume Of the encyclical to be is
sued in about 10 days was given out
prior to the Fope's broadcast.
It Is entitled IAN Encyclical Letter Of
Pope Plus XI on the Social and Labor
Question, on the Fortieth Anniversary
Of the Encyclical 'Rerum Novarum,'
May Is. 1891"
The text Of the resume follows:
Our holy father, Pope Plus XII. who
has inherited from his great predeces-
, sor Leo XIII a fatherly tenderness for
the labor1ng classes, has not only en-
couraged the solemn commemoration
which we are actually celebrating OF the
! encyclical Rerum Novarum published
40 years ago. ne has, moreover, decided
to make this commemoration a point Of
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