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house; he must break the bread of
life in the spoken word from the
pulpit and distribute the living
bread in the sacrament at the al
tar rail. To do these things is
indeed TO give Ito God the things
that are of God.
II is not the mind of the
Church that we engage In full
some eulogies in the presence of
death, nor pronounce judgment
on the merits of the deceased;
for God alone can evaluate the
degree of fidelity with which we
cooperate with His graces, or the
degree of diligence with which
we use the talents which He has
put into our keeping. No one,
however, should deny us the OPP
portunity of seeking edification
and encouragement from the ex
ample and the life of one who
sought to know God, to love Him
and TO serve Him faithfully.
There are some who in their ma
ture years turn TO God: and there
are others who, having sucked
the juice of life in youth. hand
the husk to God in their old age.
1t was in the springtime of his
life however that Bishop Ready
dedicated himself to the things
of God. There were open to him,
as TO other young men, all the
fascinating opportunities which
make their urgent appeal to tai
ented youth in terms of honor
and pleasure, wealth and power
He was endowed far beyond the
average with quick intelligence,
creative imagination, and attrac-
tive personality. These gifts of
nature would have carried him
far in any other walk of life
which he might have chosen TO
follow, but he elected to cast his
lot with Christ "Dominus pars
haereditatis meae Ell calicis mel,
tn es qui restitues haeredltatem
mean mihi'- Lord is the
portion of my inheritance. "
These words were on his lips and
| those of the ordaining prelate
when first he was admitted to the
official service of the sanctuary.
Their meaning and their promise
we can feel sure never left his
mind, but sustained his spirit in
every crisis. God has called him
finally to Himself to take pos
session of that inheritance which
was promised and which is the
portion of those who stand on the
side of Christ in the fight for
truth and justice.
Bishop Ready was born In New
Have Connecticut, sixty-four
years ago. When he entered the
seminary in 1912 the family was
living in Mansfield, Ohio; and
thus ii was that he became q
priest of the diocese of Cleve
land. His Most Reverend 0rdi
nary recognized quickly his abil
ity, and after a short term rs !
curate he was assigned to teach
in the Cathedral Latin School
His zeal, affability, and effec
tive influence in the classroom
won the admiration of his stu
dents and commendation of hi
superiors. His Eminence, Cardi
nal Mooney, by his presence here
today bears testimony of the higl
esteem in which he held him, no
only as a teacher under his di
rection at that time but as cher
iShed friend and devoted brothel
bishop during all the interven
ing years.
Because of his persuasive elo
quence and administrative abili
ty, Bishop Ready was chosen a
the diocesan director of the Prop
agation of the Faith for Cleve
land. where again he served tn,
Church with brilliant success
From that responsibility he wa
released to Washington by Bish
op Schrembs and assigned to tn
Secretariate of the Nationa
Catholic Welfare COME r e
Twelve years of intensive an
highly efficient work in that RI
sponsible office during a mos
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