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GEORGIA BULLETIN, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1968 3
HUSBANDS, WIVES Encyclical Won’t Hurt Ecumenism
And now our words more directly address our own children,
particularly those whom God calls to serve Him in marriage."
The Church, while teaching imperceptible demands of the
divine law, announces the tidings of salvation, and by means of
the sacraments opens up the paths of grace, which makes man
a new creature, capable of corresponding with love and true _
freedom to the design of his Creator and Saviour, and of
finding the yoke of Christ to be sweet.
Christian married couples, then, docile to her voice, must
remember that their Christian vocation, which began at
baptism, is further specified and reinforced by the sacrament
of matrimony. By it husband and wife are strengthened and as
it were consecrated for the faithful accomplishment of their
proper duties, for the carrying out of their proper vocation
even to perfection, and the Christian witness which is proper
to them before the whole world. To them the Lord entrusts
. the task of making visible to men the holiness and sweetness of
the law which unites the mutual love of husband and wife with
their cooperation with the love of God the author of human
life.
We do not at all intend to hide the sometimes serious
difficulties inherent in the life of Christian married persons;
for them as for everyone else, “the gate is narrow and the way
is hard, that leads to life.” But the hope of that life must
illuminate their way, as with courage they strive to live with
wisdom, justice and piety in this present time, knowing that
the figure of this world passes away.
Let married couples, then, face up to the efforts needed,
supported by the faith and hope which “do not
disappoint...because God’s love has been poured into our
hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.” Let
them implore divine assistance by perservering prayer; above
all, let them draw from the source of grace and charity in the
Eucharist. And if sin should still keep its hold over then, let
them not be discouraged, but rather have recourse with
humble perseverance to the mercy of God, which is poured
forth in the sacrament of Penance.
In this way they will be enabled to achieve the fullness of
conjugal life described by the Apostle: “husbands, love your
wives, as Christ loved the Church...husbands should love their
wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
For no man ever hates his own flesh, but nourishes and
cherishes it, as Christ does the Church...this is a great mystery,
and I mean in reference to Christ and the Church. However, let
each one of you love his wife as himself, and let the wife see
that she respects her husband.”
Among the fruits which ripen forth from a generous effort
of fidelity to the divine law, one of the most precious is that
married couples themselves not infrequently feel the desire to
communicate their experience to others. Thus there comes to
be included in the vast pattern of the vocation of the laity a
new and most noteworthy form of the apostolate of like to
like; it is married couples themselves who become apostles and
guides to other married couples. This is assuredly, among so
many forms of apostolate, one of those which seem most
opportune today. Pope Paul VI Of Human Life.
Lay Leader, 76, To Be Ordained
PHILADELPHIA (NC)-The
-recent-papal encyclical on birth
control has not had any effect
“one yyay or the other” on the
. .ecumenical movement, Methodist
JJishop Fred Pierce Corson said
here X on his return from a
seven-week tour of Europe in
which he participated in four
interfaith meetings.
The retired spiritual leader of
Philadelphia’s Methodists and the
former president of the World
Methodist Council said that
Protestant leaders at the
Methodist and Anglican meetings
he attended viewed the papal
encyclical as a strictly internal
matter.
the few Protestant leaders to
commend the Pope on the
issuance:, of The encyclical, said,
“The Pope understands that there
is a Protestant point of view and
that I endorse it. 1 commended
the Pope on his moral courage in
taking a position he knew would
be unpopular.”
RE-ELECT
JIM WESTLAKE
REPUBLICAN INCUMBENT
STATE LEGISLATURE
POST 3 75TH DISTRICT
DEKALB COUNTY
The bishop, who was one of EXPERIENCE • DEDICATION • LEADERSHIP
DALLAS (NC)-A
76-year-old Dallas businessman
who was converted to
Catholicism over 50 years ago
will be ordained to the
priesthood, Nov. 16, in Sacred
.Heart Cathedral here.
Bishop Thomas K. Gorman
of the Dallas-Fort Worth
announced that Pope Paul VI
has given extraordinary
permission for Arthur C.
Hughes to be ordained without
his meeting the requirements
of canon law for four years
training in theology. In
requesting permission for
Hughes’ ordination, Bishop
Gorman wrote: “He has
personally given instructions in
the faith to more than 110
people...and has counseled
hundreds of young people and
adults in problems of faith and
morals.
Hughes, who was reared in
the Presbyterian Church,
converted to Catholicism after
extensive reading and study of
different Christian faiths. He
has been a member of Holy
Trinity parish here for 34
years and is a Knight of
Sylvester. Hughes has also
received the National
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the Year award from the Notre
Dame Club of Dallas and the
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"HE GETS THINGS DONE”
Ben Blackburn speaks in the voice
of the majority on...
... the war in Southeast Asia. "We must work toward a fair and
early settlement of this conflict and continue to support our mili
tary forces to achieve this objective.
... the rights of law-abiding people. "There must be a return to
law and order. I am most concerned about protecting the rights of
the vast majority of our law abiding citizens.” •
... safeguarding our economy. "Fiscal responsibility must be en
forced to protect your dollar’s buying power. I will continue to
speak out to end the wasteful flow of money sponsored by the
Johnson-Humphrey administration.”
... East-West trade. "The danger of continuing to trade with Com
munist countries can only be ended by a change in policy. My
position on stopping such trading has been forcibly presented in
testimony before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcom
mittee on Europe.”
... the interests of the Fourth District. "I have introduced and
supported legislation to control pollution . . . encourage industrial
development . . . stimulate higher education,. .. protect Georgia’s
natural resources and history . . . increase individual tax exemp
tions to $1,000 . .. aid hard-core unemployed to find jobs... release
funds to expanding our highway systems . . . review performance
of individual Supreme Court Justices every six years .. . improve
social security benefits . . . expand local hospital facilities . . . pro
tect against "loan sharks” . .. and many others to benefit the more
than 496,000 Georgians of this booming district.”
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Congressman
Ben Blackburn