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York 1,N.Y.  \nYour socrifices for the Holy Father's mis-sions con alwoys be sent to your own DiocesonDirector.If you do not know his nome,sendyour socrifices directly to the notionol office.Your diocese will be credited in either cose.  \nMISSION,January-Februory,1957.Vol.XXXIV,No.1·Published bi-monthly.Publicatlon Office,10 Ferry Street,Concord,N.H.Business and General Officesat 366 Fifth Avenue,New York 1,N.Y.Entered as second closs matter ot the PostOffice,Concord,N.H.,under the Act of March 3,1879.Acceptances for mailing atspecial rate of postoge provided for In Section 34.40,Act of Februoryp28,1925,outhorized April 12,1951.Subscription $1.00 per yeor.Published and copyright1956 by The Society for the Propogation of the Faith.  \nPOSTMASTER:Send form 3579 to MISSION366 Fifth Avenve,New York 1,N.Y.  \n# EDITORIAL\n\n●Lenin who established Communism in Russiaonce said:“Contradiction is only for believers,not for Communists.\"How true!To contradictoneself,for a believer,is like destroying one'smental life,just as suicide is destroying one'sphysical life.If a person says one minute:“I amJohn Jones”and the next minute,\"I am JamesSmith”,his very denial of an existence he af-firmed makes him forever suspect.A cozn cannotbe a cou and a diamond ring at the same time.  \n●But for Communism,a contradiction does notexist.That is why the Communists marchedinto Chinese cities proclaiming:\"Freedom ofReligion\"and then a week later destroyedreligion.A Communist judge asked a missionary“What is truth?”The missionary explained thewords of Our Lord:\"I am the Truth.\"Thejudge answered:“No!Truth is whatever theParty tells us is true.Hence what was trueyesterday was true because the Party told usto say it,but if the Party tells us to deny it,the opposite becomes true for us.\"  \n●Catholics therefore must suffer persecutionrather than deny their Faith.Christ is theSon of God and the Church is the prolongationof His Incarnation,even though it means im-prisonment or even death.Our Lord said:  \n\"Whoever disowns Me before men,before MyFather in Heaven,I too will disown him....He who is not with Me is against Me.\"Thereis no alternative.Communism is the contradic-tion to Christ as Hell is opposite Heaven.Inother words,we must be intolerant about ourFaith as health is intolerant of disease,as scienceis intolerant of error and inaccuracy.  \n●The alternative of Christ and anti-Christ·does not present itself in non-persecuted coun-tries as it does in China,but the alternatives arehidden in our willingness to make sacrifices forthe cause of Christ.MISSION is the publicationof the Pontifical Society for the Propagation ofthe Faith.It aids the furthering of the Churchin pagan lands by putting funds at the serviceof the Holy Father who makes the distribution.If our Faith is keenly alive,we will see that it isChrist Himself who begs because He is in thepoor.When we refuse a sacrifice we do notrejecta leper in India or a child in Korea or the sick  \nin Vietnam—wereally reject Christ.As Our Lordsaid:\"He is not worthy of Me,that does nottake up his cross and follow Me.He who secureshis own life will lose it;it is the man who loseshis life for My sake that will secure it.He whogives you welcome,gives Me welcome too;andhe who gives Me welcome gives welcome to Himthat sent Me.\"(Matt 10/38-41)  \n●Our spiritual life is full of consequences thatcannot be escaped.All our deeds drag afterthem their consequences either for or againstChrist.Our acts,our conduct,our sacrificesparticularly determine the capacity for Godwhich we shall have when we go to receive ourreward.Contradict evil by goodness in Christ'sname —such is the mission of all who bear theglorious name—Catholic!  \nGOD LOVE YOU to Mr.L.G.G.  \n\"The enclosed $50.00 is a cantributian fram a nan-Catholic whoattends Mass each Sunday with his children and re","cbCaiuc7DJu7fHlU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuc7DJu7fHlU","pdf",1422020,52,"English","# EDITORIAL\n## Communism and 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