Our thoughts turn to all the lands
of this earth. We see all mankind striving for a better future. We see the
awakening of a mysterious force, and this permits us to hope that men will be
drawn by a right conscience and a sense of duty to advance the real interests
of human society. That this goal may be realized in the fullest sense—that is,
with the triumph of the kingdom of truth, justice, peace, and charity—We exhort
all Our children in Christ to be "of one heart and one soul" and to pour out
ardent prayers in October to our Queen in heaven and our loving Mother,
reflecting upon the words of the Apostle: "In all things we suffer tribulation,
but we are not distressed; we are sore pressed, but we are not destitute; we
endure persecution, but we are not forsaken; we are cast down, but we do not
perish; always bearing about in our body the dying of Jesus, so that the life
also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodily frame."
-Saint John XXIII, 1959
Oh St. John XXIII, please pray for us on this day of your feast, that we may hope in the triumph of the Kingdom of God.
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