The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1958-08-01
Text OF Papal EncycIical, 'Meminisse Juvat'

fy that she will not in any
manner put aside and reject
these Our wishes and tho uni.
verssI prayers Of Catholics.
Strive therefore. venerable
brothers, that by your exhorta.
tion and example the faithful
entrusted to you may come TO
the altar of the Mother of God
on the established days in as
great a number and as prayer
fully as possible, who for the
whole human race has pleaded
salvation" (St. Irenaeus, Contra
Haereses, 3, 20.
With one voice and one heart
let them implore that the free.
dom Of the Church may be rec
ognized everywhere-that free.
dom which serves if not only for
the obtaining of the eternal sal,
walton of men but also for the
confirmation of laws with due
conscience and for the consoli-
dation of the foundations Of civ.
ilized society.
Let them implore in a spe.
cial way the patronage of the
Blessed Mother that the holy
pastors who are kept from their
'flocks, or are impeded in the
free exercise of their ministry
may be reinstated as soon as
possible, as is befitting their
proper state; that the faithful
disturbed by deceits, errors and
discords may reach complete
accord and charity in the full
light of truth; that all those
who are in the uncertainty OF
doubt and weakness may be
strengthened by divine grace so
that they may be ready and will,
ing to suffer anything rather
than break away from the Chris.
tian faith and Catholic unity.
May the individual dioceses-
and this is the object of Our ar
dent desires - have their own
Legitimate shepherds. May they
%promulgate Christian law freely
in all regions and. among all
classes.
May youth in elementary and
high schools, in workshops ano
in the fields not be ensnareo
in the ideologies of materialism
atheism and hedonism, which
weaken the flight of the mino
and rob virtue of its vigor. May
they instead be enlightened by
the light of evangelical wisdom
which urges them, lifts then
and guides them toward all thai
is best.
May fhe road to truth open
everywhere and may no one
place obstacles in its way.
May alt understand that moth.
ing can resist truth in the
end and that nothing can last.
ingIy oppose charity.
Finally, may missionaries re
turn as soon as possible among
those people whom they have
won to God with apostolic yea
and the sweat of their labors
and who they ardently wish t.
make progress in Christian civ
ilization even at the cost of diff
sficulties, sacrifices and suffer
ings.
May all the faithful implor,
these things of the Divine Moth
err. But let them not forget II
ask for forgiveness for TIT
same prosecutors of the Chris
tian religion in keeping with thu
impulse of that charity fol
which the Apostle of the Gen
tiles did not hesitate to sa.
Bless those who persecute you
rom. II, Ia: nor should the.
neglect to pray that they b'
given the heavenly graces ant
lights which together can dis
sipate the darkness and set con
sciences in right order.
+ III
But as you. well know
venerable brothers, Chris
tan reform of customs
must be added to these for,
NAL prayers, without which
our prayers are valr
sounds which cannot be
WHOLLY pleasing to God.
Through that tender and ar
dent charity with which al
christians love the Catholic
Church, may they not only raise
their pious prayers to heaven
but may they also offer senti
rments of penance, vrtuou'
works, sacrifices, sorrows ant
all the pains and bitternesses
all those hardships which art
a necessary part Of this morta
life, as well as those to which
one must sometimes subml