id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt _005195911 McPhillips, Francis J. Youth and the Church 1947 .txt text/plain 10341 430 76 In the history of God’s relations with man, it could be pointed out that He has never used extraordinary means to bring men to Himself when the ordinary would suffice, and so the splendid church buildings, with their stained glass win- dows, and the organ music, and the liturgy of the Sacraments, and the vestments of the priest all are the ordinary means that man uses to make it easier to pray to God. The Church should certainly strive to bring peace among men, but the real purpose of its exist- ence is to bring peace first be- tween man and God and to lead man to his only real and lasting home, which is heaven. cache/_005195911.txt txt/_005195911.txt