Thus to share in the sufferings of Christ is, at the same time, to suffer for the kingdom of God. In the eyes of the just God, before his judgment. Those who share in the sufferings of Christ become worthy of this kingdom.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThere is no dignity when the human dimension is eliminated from the person. In short, the problem with pornography is not that it shows too much of the person, but that it shows far too little.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Make your lives intensely Eucharistic.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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We began by imagining that we are giving to the; we end by realizing that they have enriched us.
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Let me go to the house of the Father.
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I sense that the moment has come to commit all of the Church’s energies to a new evangelization… No believer in Christ, no institution of the Church can avoid this supreme duty: to proclaim Christ to all peoples.
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Man always travels along precipices… His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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Love between man and woman cannot be built without sacrifices and self-denial.
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If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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Social justice cannot be attained by violence. Violence kills what it intends to create.
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Christ remains primary in your life only when he enjoys the first place in your mind and heart. Thus you must continuously unite yourself to him in prayer…. Without prayer there can be no joy, no hope, no peace. For prayer is what keeps us in touch with Christ.
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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It would appear that, on the level of individual nations and of international relations, the free market is the most efficient instrument for utilizing resources and effectively responding to needs.
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