Jesus Christ, the first martyr, said: “If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you.”[10] “In the world you will have distress. But have confidence. I have overcome the world.”[11] “Unless the grain of wheat falling into the ground die, itself remaineth alone. But if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.” Pope Pius XII, EVANGELII PRAECONES, June 2, 1951, par. 12