This is the wonderful truth, my dear friends: the Word, which became flesh two thousand years ago, is present today in the Eucharist
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe saints have always been the source and origin of renewal in the most difficult moments in the Church’s history.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.
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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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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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The historical experience of socialist countries has sadly demonstrated that collectivism does not do away with alienation but rather increases it, adding to it a lack of basic necessities and economic inefficiency.
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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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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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The cemetery of the victims of human cruelty in our century is extended to include yet another vast cemetery, that of the unborn.
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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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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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Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
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Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.
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Christ assigns as a duty to every man the dignity of every woman: and simultaneously… He also assigns to every woman the dignity of every man.
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Truth can never be confined to time and culture; in history it is known, but it also reaches beyond history.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.
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You, too, be courageous! The world needs convinced and fearless witnesses. It is not enough to discuss, it is necessary to act!
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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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There 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.
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The universality of salvation means that it is granted not only to those who explicitly believe in Christ and have entered the Church. Since salvation is offered to all, it must be made concretely available to all.
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The greatest deception, and the deepest source of unhappiness, is the illusion of finding life by excluding God, of finding freedom by excluding moral truths and personal responsibility.
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The most urgent task is that of the biblical and liturgical formation of the people of God.
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