The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1957-01-18

octave the of mankind the
Church will intensity of devotion in view of the
of world affairs For of persecution must
in the faithful strong spirit of love and loyalty and
mighty desire for the extension of Gods kingdom earth
And ours is undenably an age Of persecution
only the true religion of which manests
sential value of human being This value sometimes called
about without carrying much meaning average
the value of human being clearly and meanngfuy
pressed by the Church ~
One of the value of anything is what paid for it
by and knowing purchaser Now what has been paid for
each human beng by the aknowng God he precious Blood
of Godmade Man That is to say the Divine Redeemer ha:
Shepherd gveth his life for his sheep
For while human worth value or dignity and the words
rightly understood have the meann dcerned the
fact that made in Gods image, and Gods child, 10
brought about Redemption To know the value of human
being to what is meant by he dignity of man. is
And it will hardly be denied that only institution which
holds the rucx before mems and begs them to consider
its meaning the Catholic Church BY that token, the only IN
tuon which understands and breaches the true dignity of
the Catholic Church And when that human dignity
assaled by nhuman persecution of minds and bodies the
Church and only the Church. the extent of the nqy
that is perperated.
And therefore the Church. and the children of the Church.
moved strongly by the evil of persecution mpore God
manifest His mercy His power by bringing all into
His Church Conversions alone bring
ons conversions alone awaken in human hearts the
of human dignity
Catholics required constantly the welfare of
mankind They required pray for the bad we'll
the good for enemies and well themselves
and those who of the household of the faith there
need for occasional special emphasis what matter Of
steady requirement. first requirement forgot
ten neglected. second that appreciation of the the
requirement may be renewed in those whom it rests
Therefore the octave of prayer for the unity of all
Catholics for in them love of fellowmen
of the indispensable of truth which
given to themselves The benefit aholcs
for seeks them active and effective membership the
Ark of Salvation
The object of the Church
festy the spread of the Kingdom of God It all
have when the Our Father say Kingdom
Our object is drive for membership
zation dependent popularity and numbers for its effective
object the
bring hundreds thousands object
effort in this octave of the unchanged unhangng
object of Catholic ves it the conversion of
of thousands, but of the whole nonCathoic world
We pray that all may come to the knowl-
edge of the truth thus fulfilling the will of God sure
to welcome convert to the Church, but the
not that of adding another the list boosting
by No such ahmetca notion attaches Catholic de-
sire to extend the faith to all mankind the fument
of that desire in any instance or any instances.
As has been indicated at hned in what we have
already said Important element the activity
of increase Catholic consequence
increase of virtue Catholic lives We realize
1mpoe God to bring all into His Church. that who
already the Church living by the Church
is manifested to fellows to u.s.
He declared to brethren of earlier day. et
light shine before that seeing good works
give glory to the Father"
And thus apparent that the Catholic this special
time of prayer calculated to awaken Catholics
hsps fearsome swareness of their tremendous responsibility