The purpose of art is nothing less than the upliftment of the human spirit.
POPE JOHN PAUL IITo believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the difficult path of the Gospel virtues.
More Pope John Paul II Quotes
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Faith leads us beyond ourselves. It leads us directly to God.
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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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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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The Eucharist is a priceless treasure: by not only celebrating it but also by praying before it outside of Mass we are enabled to make contact with the very wellspring of grace.
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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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The Lord has given you a heart open to great horizons; do not be afraid to commit your life completely to the service of Christ and His Gospel! Listen to Him as He says again today: ‘The harvest is abundant, but the laborers are few.
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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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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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The Church must breathe with her two lungs!
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God is Love. We eventually have to ask ourselves the question; why was Love nailed to a cross?
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Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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All human activity takes place within a culture and interacts with culture.
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Know what you are talking about.
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Gandhi was much more Christian than many people who say they are Christians.
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