You are called to stand up for life! To respect and defend the mystery of life always and everywhere, including the lives of unborn babies, giving real help and encouragement to mothers in difficult situations. You are called to work and pray against abortion.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe distinctive mark of the Christian, today more than ever, must be love for the poor, the weak, the suffering.
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The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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What have I done with my baptism and confirmation? Is Christ really at the center of my life? Do I have time for prayer in my life? Do I live my life as a vocation and mission?
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We are the sum of the Father’s love for us
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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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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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In the newborn child is realized the common good of the family.
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None of us is alone in this world; each of us is a vital piece of the great mosaic of humanity as a whole.
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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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Do not drink coffee in early A.M. It will keep you awake until noon. Do not go from the slavery of the Communist regime to the slavery of consumerism.
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The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one’s word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest’s inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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The United Nations organization has proclaimed 1979 as the Year of the Child. Are the children to receive the arms race from us as a necessary inheritance?
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Chastity is a difficult long term matter, one must wait patiently for it to bear fruit for the happiness of loving kindness which it must bring. But at the same time chastity is the sure way to happiness.
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Christians, in particular, realize that their responsibility within creation and their duty towards nature and the Creator are an essential part of their faith.
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In my reading and in my studies I always tried to achieve a harmony between faith, reason, and the heart. These are not separate areas, but are profoundly interconnected, each giving life to the other.
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The fear of making permanent commitments can change the mutual love of husband and wife into two loves of self-two loves existing side by side, until they end in separation.
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The question confronting the Church today is not any longer whether the man in the street can grasp a religious message, but how to employ the communications media so as to let him have the full impact of the Gospel message.
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The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish.
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…if desire is predominant it can deform love between man and woman and rob them both of it.
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Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn’t misuse it.
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The person who does not decide to love forever will find it very difficult to really love for even one day.
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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 future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once difficult and uplifting, of working with Him in the building of the civilization of love.
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Hands are the heart’s landscape.
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