…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
POPE JOHN PAUL III kiss the soil as if I placed a kiss on the hands of a mother, for the homeland is our earthly mother. I consider it my duty to be with my compatriots in this sublime and difficult moment.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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God passionately desires and ardently yearns for our salvation… Nothing is greater than this: that the blood of God was poured out for us.
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Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
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As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live.
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And Christ, through His own salvific suffering, is very much present in every human suffering, and can act from within that suffering by the powers of His Spirit of truth, His consoling spirit.
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The unworthy successor of Peter who desires to benefit from the immeasurable wealth of Christ feels the great need of your assistance, your prayers, your sacrifice, and he most humbly asks this of you.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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In the depths of the human soul… the desire to give meaning to one’s own life is joined by the fleeting vision of beauty and of the mysterious unity of things.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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A nation that destroys its own people is a nation without hope.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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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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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.
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War should belong to the tragic past, to history: it should find no place on humanity’s agenda for the future.
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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!
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