Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
POPE JOHN PAUL IILife is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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The Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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Young friends, do not hesitate to follow the example of Pedro, who ‘pleased God and was loved by him’ and who, having come to perfection in so short a time, lived a full life.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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The ecological crisis is a moral issue.
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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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You are our dearly beloved brothers, and in a certain way, it could be said that you are our elder brothers.
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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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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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Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
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The only struggle which religions can justify, the only struggle worthy of humans, is the moral struggle against humanity’s own disordered passions, against every kind of selfishness, against attempts to oppress others, against every type of hatred and violence.
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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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When man turns his back on the Creator’s plan, he provokes a disorder which has inevitable repercussions on the rest of the created order. If man is not at peace with God, then earth itself cannot be at peace.
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We are the people of life, because God, in His unconditional love, has given us the Gospel of Life, and we are called to act accordingly.
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From this moment on, live the Eucharist fully; be persons for whom the Holy Mass, Communion, and Eucharistic adoration are the center and summit of their whole life.
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Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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