ACTA APOSTOLICAE SEDIS - Libr@rsi

836 Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Commentarium Officialeon Christ, 1and so do battle, not only for Him, but through Him, withHim and in Him (Canon o f the Mass) against the forces of sensualityand godless materialism threatening today so much that your nationholds priceless in its héritage. Possessed of the divine Fire He carne tostir and spread, Avhat child of His could dare be neutral, or yield tothe Iure of a selfish, narrow nationalism, while the very conscience ofmankind is being assaulted and defìled? The enemy of ali that is calledGod does not disarm ; but neither does He ! In the inevitable hour oftrial and temptation, let His Blessed Sacrament, devoutly and frequentlyreceived, make you strong with the strength of the Lord God of hosts lSuch reliance on the invincible power of Christ in your hearts andjiomes cannot but confirai your trust in Ris Eucharistie promises.Has He not richly rewarded already His faithful followers among you,during these last décades of spiritual and material ruin, mingled with itsmeasure of triumphant sanetity? Amid so much évidence of your restorednational vitality in the politicai, social and economic realms,must We not see one more prodigious sign of Our Lord's eternai fidelityto His own 2in your twenty-two new seminaries, rising, thanks to thetenacious dévotion and sacrifice of your Episcopate and laity, abovethe dévastation of a cruel war?Close by this throbbing harbour of your Capital City, finally, Our CardinalLegate is to bless to-morrow evening the corner-stone of one moreRepository for your nation's prayer and toil, its joy and pain of theComing years, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Let a tremblingworld be reassured, let the Mother Church of the nations and the agesbe heartened, by this crowning public proof of your faith in the Présence,the Power, the Promises of your Eucharistie King !Y ahora, para terminar, dos palabras, todavía, en una lengua paravosotros conocida, que en estos momentos solemnes Nos ha parecidooportuno utilizar, no sólo por lo que ella supone en vuestra gloriosa historia,sino también, y mucho más, por lo que ha significado como elementoprovidencial para la evangelización de un gran pueblo — el vuestro —,cuya especial vocación parece ser la de abanderado mayor del Evangelioy de la Cruz en esas playas extremas del mundo abiertas, como una promesa,a las inconmensurables extensiones del Pacífico.12Cfr. Eph. G, 11.Cfr. Ps. 116, 2.