Alcala 1958

• Con fide nce in God, the God Wh o lov es us, the God Who sai d, "If you love Me, kee p My comman dme nts. " • Pr aye r to God, the God Wh o told us to pra y, the God Who hea rs our pray er-—not if we say "Lor d, Lord," but if we "do the wil l of My Fat her. " • Enl igh ten edlead ersh ip,mor al, dau ntle ss, unc ompromis ing . • Pu bli c awa reness of the enemy and of hi s me thods and goa ls. • Enc our agemen tof per sev erin gres ista nce amongthe vict ims of opp ress ion . • Recove ryof fait h in a pers onal God , the Leg isla tor and Jud ge to Whom we all — stat esmanand citi zen— mus t one da y giv e an acc ountof our work s. • Re cov eryof a fa ith that is the onl y sour ce of the moral cou rag e ne ed ed to sol ve the wor ld's prob lems . He re the sermon endeth , but ma y the melod y ling er on . You 're fre sh out of cig ­ are tte s. The air is thic k. Thi ck is your tire d mi nd . But you sin cerely reso lve to tackle Red propaganda and weak comp ro­ mi se and fool ish fell ow- traveli ngwh ene ver you enc oun ter them . You'r e onl y a tin y tadpol e in a mi ght y pon d. But get enou gh of the se tadp oles awa ke an d kickin g an d you could drown the cro aki ng cho rus from the fro gs of Ari stop han es. God on your sid e, yo u could chan ge the wor ld. Twelv emen did it once. Th eyco in ed the wor d apos tola te. • fi ence i , , ents." r y, t if , l i tened ip, l, tles , romising. lic e l . • rage ent s eri g r i l nce among the victims of es ion. • Recovery of faith in a personal God, th i l tor - t an - t . ery o ce f t l e e r ' l s. , y . - tt s. . ti . l l a - i raveling ter . e t le i a y . l g ing an . , ge l . l e . e te.

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then it wil l be too lat e. Ask a Po le or a Hunga rian. Ask Ca rdi nalSte pin ac. Po pe P iu sXII pu ts it thu s: "The who le human ra ce is all ow ing itself to be dri ven int o two oppo sin gcamps, for Chri st and aga ins tChr ist. Th e huma nrac e is invo lved today in a suprem e cr isi s, wh ich wil l iss ue in its salvat ionby Chr ist or its utte r destru c­ tion . Th e fai thful in the Wes t pray in common with tho se be hin dthe Iron Curt ain who stil l ra ise the ir ha nd s to God —the y are far from few — tha t all ma y bec ome uni ted, com ple tely fre e to ful ly harmo niz e pers onal and public lif e wit h God 's will ." Th e Po pe sa ys ou r pra yer mus t be tha t thos e wh o wan t to bu ild a wor ld with out God ma y "f in da roa d back from the col d nig ht of Godle ssn ess to the Sun of Tru th, Jus tice and Lo ve. " Sa tel lite s' rea chi ng fo r the moo n is fin e, but on our kne es we can help them rea ch he av en . So we sin ga so ng of libe rat ion ,a lamen­ tatio n be see ch ing jus tic e and cha rity fo r the mi llio nswh o lam ent in vai n, for Chris­ tian cap tives sick an d sun less who in lab or cam ps rep ine , like a rac e in sun ken cit ies , like a na tio n in a mine , whe re ma ny a one grows witles sin hi s qu iet room in hell, and a yell ow fac e look s inw ard thro ugh the lat­ tic e of hi s cel l. On our kn ees or at whate verother join ts we pra y, whethe r in clas sro om, fac tor y, stor e, of fic eor Wh ite House , let thes e be our ancho rs to sav e the world from ship ­ wreck : rian. i l i ac. i s s: l c ing si g i t ist. t i e isis, i it io i c- ti . f l d t l i s - - e united, l tely e l nize l li ' The Pop t il i d ni t l s es t , ti lit s' reaching o t , e . tion, - t ti c ing i e i t lli ns - ti ti s i l s repine, i , li ti , s i s - t l. j i ts , r o , y, t , fi e it , r rs -

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"Suppose the Ru ssia ns de cid e to leave some da y," said a Czech cit ize ndurin ga ca ll on the Communi stmayo rof his vil lag e. "What wil l you do ? Boa sted the may or :"The glorio us Red Army wil l nev er leav e Cze cho slov aki a. Bu t if they ev er did , I would just put my hat on and . . . "P ut you r ha t on ?"inte rrup tedthe cit ize n. "On wh at? ' 69 " uppose t ssi ns i e t l t nist r e. " aste t or: l us l lovakia. if t , ." t t ted . "