Christ Did Not Found An Abstract Religion,

The Unique And Indivisible Existence Of The Lord Glorious In Heaven, Is Not Multiplied, But Is Rendered Present By The Sacrament In The Many Places On Earth Where Mass Is Celebrated. And This Existence Remains Present, After The Sacrifice, In The Blessed Sacrament, Which Is, In The Tabernacle, The Living Heart Of Each Of Our Churches.

We Consider Christmas As The Encounter, The Great Encounter, The Historical Encounter, The Decisive Encounter, Between God And Mankind. He Who Has Faith Knows This Truly; Let Him Rejoice.

You Also Realize, Venerable Brothers, That The Eucharist Is Reserved In Churches Or Oratories To Serve As The Spiritual Center Of A Religious Community Or A Parish Community, Indeed Of The Whole Church And The Whole Of Mankind, Since It Contains, Beneath The Veil Of The Species, Christ The Invisible Head Of The Church, The Redeemer Of The World, The Center Of All Hearts, 'by Whom All Things Are And By Whom We Exist'.

Man Is Suddenly Becoming Aware That By An Ill-considered Exploitation Of Nature He Risks Destroying It And Becoming In His Turn The Victim Of This Degradation. Not Only Is The Material Environment Becoming A Permanent Menace - Pollution And Refuse, New Illness And Absolute Destructive Capacity - But The Human Framework Is No Longer Under Man's Control, Thus Creating An Environment For Tomorrow Which May Well Be Intolerable. This Is A Wide-ranging Social Problem Which Concerns The Entire Human Family.

Peace Is Not Merely The Absence Of War. Nor Can It Be Reduced Solely To The Maintenance Of A Balance Of Power Between Enemies. Nor Is It Brought About By Dictatorship. Instead, It Is Rightly And Appropriately Called "an Enterprise Of Justice" (is. 32:7). Peace Results From That Order Structured Into Human Society By Its Divine Founder, And Actualized By Men As They Thirst After Ever Greater Justice.