and the disbelief which is taking Jesus Christ out of the hearts and the lives of so many who are outside. Say to Him joyfully with Peter and with Martha: "Thou art Christ the Son of the living God."
And be not afraid to profess your faith boldly:
Jesus is God! if on the earth
This blessed faith decays,
More tender must our love become,
More plentiful our praise.[1]
By your reverence in His Presence, by the frequency and the fervour of your Communions, by the observance of His Commandments and of the precepts of His Church, profess your faith in Him.
And if at times it costs, as it most certainly will, to show yourselves the followers of Jesus Christ, look forward to that Day when He in His turn will confess you before the whole world. Remember that this Jesus, who has been taken up from us into Heaven, is to come again. Look forward to meeting Him with joy at His Second Coming, to being owned by Him then for one of His, according to His promise: "He that shall confess Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in Heaven and before the Angels of God."[2]
