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Cardinal Francis Spellman — Part 3
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eounrry wa: founded.
© Dy going te oN men—One of the great
tributes to Christ was that “He went shoat
doing good.” We too must mingle smong “all
amen” who know Him not, whether they live is
the crowded cities or in the scattered reral
areas. It is absolutely necessary for us to “go”
to them—to bring Christ to them. They will
mot come to us. They have just as much right
te His blessings as we have. They are entitled
to them. If they reject them, that is their re
sponsibiliry. But we have a serious obligstne
at least to offer them.
We wo easly forget that the very word
“Catholic” means “universal,” that Cathobc
“There must be something wrong about the
outlook of those Catholics,” seid one perme,
“whe can be so perfect in the practice of what
they hold to be the true religion and yet show
wo little interest in sharing it with othen.”
®. By tressmitting priacipies—Good example
aecessary, but far more than example ie needed.
Christ meant that we should pas on His fun-
damental principles when He said to “preach
the gospel to every creature.” Ideas change
‘the world. The wrong ideas of the totalitarian
state, spread far and wide, even in our ows
country, have infected che lives of hundreds
of millions. Until people like you bring the
Hf we had the cure for cancer and people ware
plaining, criticizing, or pasing rwclutice: wil
accomplish little. Ic is quite amentis! co up-
hold and pass on to the Handred Millae sech
_inmotable principlas es the following which
the sati-Christians ore increasingly sxtaching
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6 jeras Christ, trae God and true mon;
t. the Ten Commandments;
d. the sacred cherecter of the individual;
¢. the wactity of the lifelong marriage bond;
f. the sanctity of the bome as the basic wnit of
the whole buman family;
g. the bumen rights of every person come from
God end not from the state;
bh. the right, based ow buman nature, to pot-
wens private property, with its consequent
obligation to society;
i due respect for domestic, civil, and religious
autbority,
Ways of transmitting principles
1. Oy Uetening to these in treable—Many who
ase confused, in sorrow, in doubt, or discour-
aged want two talk to someone. A kind word,
@ helping hand, listening to chose in trouble
wey often be the means of bringing the peace
ef Christ into their lives.
& Sy informing theese whe knew net-—-Mort af
the Huodred Million in our country sctually
hanger for the teachings of Christ, but too
few Christinns are interested in them, as well
@ ia the billion in paganism over the world.
Maay who bave no religion feel thet the
Cetholic Charch does not want them, because
i makes lietle attempt to reach them. . . .
A Christopher must ever bear in mind thst
“whe mame is Lord over all, ich unto all chat
€all upon him. For whosoever shall call upoe
the eame of the Lord, shall be ved. How
thes shall they call oo him, in whom they heve
ast believed? Or how shall they believe him
ef whoen they have act heard? And how shall
10:15-15), * 7° (Romane
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