Freedom is not the ability to do anything we want, whenever we want. Rather, FREEDOM is the ability to live responsibly the truth of our relationship with God and with one another.
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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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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What really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return
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Christ called as his Apostles only men. He did this in a totally free and sovereign way.
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The problem of pornography is that it does not reveal too much of a woman but too little.
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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 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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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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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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Respect for life and for the dignity of the human person also extends to the rest of creation, which is called to join man in praising God.
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Science can purify religion from error and superstition. Religion can purify science from idolatry and false absolutes.
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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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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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The greatness of work is inside man.
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I hope to have communion with the people, that is the most important thing.
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In the Eucharistic Sacrifice the Church venerates the memory of Mary the ever Virgin Mother of God and the memory of Saint Joseph, because he fed Him whom the faithful must eat as the Bread of Life
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