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Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!

Pope John Paul II

Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Country Example People Responsibility
Rediscover the Rosary in the light of scripture, in harmony with the Liturgy, and in the context of your daily lives.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Light Rosary Scripture
Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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Artist Beauty Talent
The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A marvelous prayer! Marvelous in its simplicity and its depth. In the prayer we repeat many times the words that the Virgin Mary heard from the Archangel, and from her kinswoman Elizabeth.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Prayer Rosary Simplicity
This is no time to be ashamed of the Gospel. It is the time to preach it from the rooftops. Do not be afraid to break out of comfortable and routine modes of living in order to take up the challenge of making Christ known in the modern metropolis.
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Challenges Order Routine
Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece.
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Art Men Tasks
The world [is] tired of ideology [and] is opening itself to the truth. The time has come when the splendor of this truth has begun anew to illuminate the darkness of human existence.
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Darkness Tired World
Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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Faith Greatness Inspiration
The Gospel of life must be proclaimed and human life defended in all places and all times.
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Catholic Human Life
May the death penalty, an unworthy punishment still used in some countries, be abolished throughout the world.
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Country Punishment World
The sickness of a family member, friend or neighbor is a call to Christians to demonstrate true compassion, that gentle and persevering sharing in another’s pain.
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Christian Compassion Pain
Men and women will retain their sex in heaven
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Heaven Men Sex
Yes, the civilization of love is possible; it is not a utopia. But it is only possible by a constant and ready reference to the “Father from whom all fatherhood and motherhood on earth is named,” from whom every human family comes.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Faith Father Inspiration
God made us for joy. God is joy, & the joy of living reflects the original joy that God felt in creating us.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Creating God Joy Made
An important day in a young person’s life is the day on which he becomes convinced that Christ is the only Friend who will not disappoint him, on which he can always count.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Christ Important Life
Pray and learn to pray! Deepen your knowledge of the Word of the Living God by reading and meditating on the Scriptures.
POPE JOHN PAUL II

Praying Reading Scripture

Be demanding of the world around you; be demanding first of all with yourselves. Be children of God; take pride in it!

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