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.
POPE JOHN PAUL IIThe 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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Each man, in his suffering, can also become a sharer in the redemptive suffering of Christ.
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Those who perceive in themselves… the artistic vocation as poet, writer, sculptor, painter, musician, and actor feel at the same time an obligation not to waste this talent but to develop it, in order to put it to service of their neighbour and the humanity as a whole.
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Commending the victims to almighty God’s mercy, I implore his strength upon all involved in rescue efforts and in caring for the survivors.
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Life with Christ is a wonderful adventure.
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The Rosary is my favorite prayer. A prayer so simple and so rich; from deepest heart, I exhort all to recite it.
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
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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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Furthermore, because God created it, The human body can remain nude and uncovered and preserve its splendour and its beauty.
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The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who lives for the spirit for God. This being the case the Seminary is the place where he learns ‘to be with Him.’
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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 matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
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To reach peace, teach peace.
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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 Eucharist is the source and summit of the Christian life
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St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families.
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