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[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.

Pope John Paul II

Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Beyond Faith Ourselves
True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Lying Mean School
Love is never defeated, and I could add, the history of Ireland proves it.
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Faith Inspiration Love
Once again, through myself, the Church, in the words of the well-known declaration Nostra Aetate, ‘deplores the hatred, persecutions and displays of anti-Semitism directed against the Jews at any time and by anyone.’ I repeat, ‘By anyone.’
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Church Hate Hatred
A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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Dying Treats Vulnerable
It is manifestly unjust that a privileged few should continue to accumulate excess goods, squandering available resources, while masses of people are living in conditions of misery at the very lowest level of subsistence.
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Excess Levels People
The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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Catholic Human Life
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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Church Energy Moments
And so, like Moses (cf Ex 3, 5), in spirit we remove the shoes from our feet, on the threshold of the inner sanctuary that each of us must become as we meet the Lord.
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Cfs Feet Shoes
Jesus himself has shown us by his own example that prayer and fasting are the first and most effective weapons against the forces of evil.
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Evil Jesus Prayer
Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
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Commitment Denial Self
Wars generally do not resolve the problems for which they are fought and therefore, in addition to causing horrendous damage, they prove ultimately futile.
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Peace Problem War
A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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Hope Nations People Without
What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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Life Matter Return
The Rosary is a prayer both so humble and simple and a theologically rich in Biblical content. I beg you to pray it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Christian Humble Prayer
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Heart Prayer Simple

[On his 83rd birthday] Physical condition or advancing of age are not obstacles to a perfect life. God does not look at external things but at the soul.

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