Limitation of one’s freedom might seem to be something negative and unpleasant, but love makes it a positive, joyful and creative thing. Freedom exists for the sake of love.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe Church imposes nothing; she only proposes, she proposes like a lover to the beloved.
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The Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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Freedom exists for the sake of love.
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Beauty is the vocation bestowed on the artist by the Creator in the gift of artistic talent.
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The Church must persist in the teaching transmitted to her by Christ.
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The Eucharist is the heart of the Church. Where Eucharistic life flourishes, there the life of the church will blossom.
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True holiness does not mean a flight from the world; rather, it lies in the effort to incarnate the Gospel in everyday life, in the family, at school and at work, and in social and political involvement.
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Is not Jesus pointing to children even as models for grownups?
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Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.
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The Mother of Christ, who stands at the very center of this mystery…is given as mother to every single individual and all mankind.
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A just wage for the worker is the ultimate test of whether any economic system is functioning justly.
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The worst prison would be a closed heart.
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The Family that prays together, stays together.
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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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The future starts today, not tomorrow.
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Truth must be the foundation stone, the cement to solidify the entire social edifice.
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