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f we
suffer with Him, we shall also reign with Him."(7)

"for that which is at
present momentary and light of our tribulation, worketh for us above
measure exceedingly an eternal weight of glory."(8

for a man to hold private property; and it is
also necessary for the carrying on of human existence.""

"Man should not consider his material possessions as his own, but
as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are
in need. Whence the Apostle with, ‘Command the rich of this world... to offer with no stint, to apportion largely.’"(12)

for no one ought to live other than becomingly."(13)

and who will count a
kindness done or refused to the poor as done or refused to Himself -
"As long as you did it to one of My least brethren you did it to
Me."(16)

whereas He was rich, for our sakes became poor";(18)

From contemplation of this divine Model, it is
more easy to understand that the true worth and nobility of man lie in
his moral qualities, that is, in virtue; that virtue is, moreover, the
common inheritance of men, equally within the reach of high and low,
rich and poor; and that virtue, and virtue alone, wherever found, will
be followed by the rewards of everlasting happiness.

or they will understand and feel
that all men are children of the same common Father, who is God; that
all have alike the same last end,

For the Church does her utmost to teach and to
train men, and to educate them and by the intermediary of her bishops and
clergy diffuses her salutary teachings far and wide.

"As the part and the whole are in a certain sense
identical, so that which belongs to the whole in a sense belongs to the
part."(27)