If you want peace, work for justice. If you want justice, defend life. If you want life, embrace truth.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIHumanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.
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Art has a unique capacity to take one or other facet of the message and translate it into colors, shapes and sounds which nourish the intuition of those who look and listen.
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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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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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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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Allow the light and the healing presence of Christ to shine brightly through your lives. In that way, all those who come in contact with you will discover the loving kindness of God.
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Man’s life comes from God: it is his image and imprint, as sharing in his breath of life. God therefore is the sole Lord of this life: Man cannot do with it as he wills.
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None are so poor that they have nothing to give…and none are so rich that they have nothing to receive.
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Man must reconcile himself to his natural greatness…. he must not forget that he is a person.
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What we talked about will have to remain a secret between him and me. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.
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May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death.
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The ethos of redemption is realied in self-mastery, by means of temperance, that is, continence of desires.
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The only way to peace is forgiveness.
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Do not be afraid to be saints. Follow Jesus Christ who is the source of freedom and light. Be open to the Lord so that He may lighten all your ways.
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Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.
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There is no true peace without fairness, truth, justice and solidarity.
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